As I was preparing to leave for St Andrews, I found that people usually only knew one of two things about St Andrews. Some knew that Prince William and Kate had gone to university here. But for everyone else, St Andrews is known as the birthplace of golf. There are, I think, seven courses in the immediate vicinity of St Andrews, but the most lauded is the Old Course, possibly dating back to the 1400s. On Sundays, there is no golfing on the Old Course; instead, it is open to the public to go for a walk. So the other Sunday, I went for a walk on the most famous course in golf.
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| My feet on the Old Course |
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| a view of the terrain |
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| one of the many traps |
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| 17th hole |
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| The Royal and Ancient Golf Club - a "men only" club and formerly the boss of international golfing rules |
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| Swilcan Bridge - according to Wikipedia, it's like 700 years old, originally built for shepherds. On Facebook recently, Michael Phelps posted a pic of him and Bill Murray sitting on the bridge. |
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| Royal & Ancient with Hamilton Hall |
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| West Sands, overlooking the North sea. I'm told that this is where they filmed the "running in the ocean" scene in Chariots of Fire. It's adjacent to the Old Course. |
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| Yup, it's me. |
