St Andrews Old
Ask anyone about their first visit to this
historic course and they’ll probably tell you
how nervous they were on the 1st tee, facing
possibly the widest fairway in the world. There’s no question that
every golfer wants to play here, to enjoy those double-greens
the size of small islands and sample fairways that every golf
course architect has studied in order to understand, appreciate
and even replicate this majestic links. Creating memories on the
course may be your prize of playing here but it is the rich history
of St Andrews as well as the links that puts it on every bucket list.
Just look at the classic layout – nine holes out, nine holes back –
the seven double greens, the Coffins, the Road Hole, the iconic
Swilcan Bridge and that Valley of Sin… now add in Snead, Palmer,
Nicklaus, the original 18 hole course (1764) and the home of Old
Tom Morris.
54