St Andrews Golf Club
The Home of Golf

The Old Course at St Andrews Golf Club is the oldest and most famous golf course in the world. It was here that the first golf ball was struck 600 years ago!

This is where golf was founded, hence 'The Home Of Golf'. Since then the famous St Andrews Golf Club has hosted umpteen major events including The Dunhill Links Championship, The Ricoh Women's British Open and of course the biggest of them all, The Open Championship.

The Old Course Club House

Club House The Old Course

In fact St Andrews Golf Club has hosted The Open 27 times! And is also scheduled to host it again in 2010. An interesting fact is that The Old Course at St Andrews is only open for play on the final Sunday of these championships! Other than that the course turns into a park for local people to stroll, and take in the breathtaking scenery.

The Old Course is a tough St Andrews Links course, with huge double greens. Seven greens are shared with other holes with only 1st, 9th, 17th & 18th holes having their own greens.

St Andrews is most famously known for it's notorious bunkers like 'Hell Bunker' on the par 5 14th hole where in 1995 Jack Nicklaus took 5 shots to get out on the way to a 10!

Road Hole Bunker 17th

Like wise the infamous 'Road Hole' bunker on the par 4 17th where in 1978 Tommy Nakajima took 4 to get out which ultimately cost him the Championship.

The Old Course at St Andrews Golf Club is steeped in tradition. The Home Of Golf, where The Open Championship means so much more when it is won here.

The Old Course is reasonably priced at £130 ($280) in high season and around £90 ($200) in low season, with some great deals for midweek stop overs including golf. Short change for playing the most famous golf course in the world at The Home Of Golf.

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