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St Andrews
St Andrews is also known worldwide as the home of golf.
According to the earliest surviving document, the "playing at golf"
on the links adjacent to the river Eden was granted permission by Archbishop Hamilton in 1552.
The local authority (council) of St Andrews have owned the Links since 1894 and the St Andrews Link Trust run the business.
The Old Course has held The Open Championship 24 times, first time being in 1873.
There are many things to see around the area of the Old Course at St Andrews.
The R&A St Andrews Old Golf Club and the New Club. Museums and attractions.
R&A Golf Club
18th Green Old Course St Andrews Scotland
The Royal and Ancient
Golf Club of St Andrews
was founded on 14 May 1754.
British Golf Museum
Bruce Embankment
St Andrews Scotland
This museum highlights the world of golf its origins its players and the history of a game played worldwide. The game played in the 1300’s in Edinburgh and played to rules for the first time in 1744. Find out more on https://www.allaboutedinburgh.co.uk/golf-history-scotland
The Swilcan Bridge
The Old Course
St Andrews Scotland
The most famous bridge in golf
on the 18th fairway of the Old Course
at St Andrews.
The Swilcan Bridge has been used to cross the Swilcan Burn as you see it now since 1835.
Previously called the Golfers Bridge for
several hundred years as it was the only
way of crossing the burn.
Golf Courses in St Andrews
Old Course - Dukes Course
New Course - Castle Course
Fairmont Torrance - Fairmont Kittocks
Eden Course - Strathtyrum Course
Balgove Course - Jubilee Course
More details on this link
St Andrews Golf Club
The Links St Andrews
The golf club was established by a number of local tradesmen who enjoyed a game of golf. In September 1843 The St Andrews Mechanics Golf Club opened.
The New Club
The Links St Andrews
Tom Morris Plaque
The New Club was founded in 1902 as the only club at the time was for the members of the R& A who were the gentry. This was a club started by local 8 businessmen.
Tom Morris was the first honorary member and unfortunately had a fall in the club which was fatal on the 24th May 1908.
Old Course Shop
The Links St Andrews
The Old Golf Shop facing the 18th Green of The Old Course of St Andrews opened in 2006.
The building was previously the Forgan golf factory. Robert Forgan opened the Factory in 1860 for the History of Forgan and Golf clubs see https://www.forgan.co.uk/history-of-forgan
St Andrews Links Plaque
St Andrews
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Royal and Ancient Golf Club was founded in 1754. The Old Course was made up of 12 holes playing 10 hole twice giving a 22 hole course. In 1764, the R&A decided holes were too short and converted the first four holes into two holes. Which created the now standard 18-hole round of golf.
Auchterlonie Plaque
Pilmour Links
North Street St Andrews​
Willie Auchterlonie born in St Andrews 1872.
A golf club maker and a professional golfer.
He won the 33rd Open Championship
at Prestwick aged 21.
With clubs he made himself.
He became honorary professional
to the R & A in 1935,
and was first to be made an honorary
member of the Royal and Ancient Club.
The Old Pavilion
Old Course St Andrews
The Old Pavilion opened in 2014
including the Caddie Pavilion and
new Public Shelter.
Located on the far side of the 18th green
of the old Course St Andrews
Morris Family House
Pilmour Links
North Street St Andrews
Tom Morris lived here from 1866
till his death in 1908.
4 times Open Champion and
Keeper of the greens in St Andrews from
1864 till 1903.
Tommy his son won the Open Championship
4 times and lived here from 1866 – 1874
and returned in 1875 and died in this house.
Jock Hutchison Plaque
North Street St Andrews
Jock Hutchison was born in St Andrews
06 June 1884 (John Waters Hutchison).
He became a professional golfer
and won the Open Championship
at St Andrews over
36 holes by 9 strokes in 1921.
The previous year he won the PGA Championship. He die, aged 93 in 1977.
He won the inaugural PGA Seniors'
Championship in 1937 and inductee of
the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2011
