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An interesting day on the Old Course, St. Andrews, with the great young American golfer Paula Creamer playing the Old for the first time. Currently lying 6^th in the World rankings

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I had gone across to the driving range, adjacent to the 16^th on the Old Course, to hit some golf balls and attempt to rediscover a golf swing that had become a wee bit wayward recently when

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Old Course, St. Andrews.

Caddie Golf Tours have access to x3 tee times:

26/27th April 2007

x1 round on the Old Course & x1 round New Course, staying x2 nights at the world famous Old Course Hotel & Golf Resort, for x4 golfers sharing a twin room with bed & breakfast.

Cost per person £770 pounds sterling, approximately $1495.

12/13/14th May 2007 or 17/18/19th May 2007

x1round on the Old Course &/or x1 round New/Jubilee Course with x3 nights Dinner, Bed & Breakfast in the luxury 5* Rufflets Hotel in St. Andrews, for x4 golfers sharing a twin room. (Jack Nicklaus stays here when playing the Old).

Cost per person: £900 pounds sterling, approximately $1750.

To register interest please contact jboyne@caddiegolftours.com or visit the web site  www.caddiegolftours.com.

Limited availability & first come first served in operation.

 

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Hello golfers,

the season approaches. I am pretty lucky to be living here, in the middle of Scotland, as the weather is generally rather mild at this time of year allowing golf on the links courses without any of the 'winter greens' & 'mats' that are becoming more prevalent during this time of year.

On Saturday, 10th March, I played at the truly magnificent & World famous North Berwick West Links for the first time. The Old Course & Machrihanish have my heart but this links golf course runs them both really close. I will not go over the round shot by shot (sorry) but there are some photographs to view in My Album to give you a gist of what it is like. My round has been recorded in the Golf Tracker section for those who may want to view some statistics.

If any of the members of TGS are thinking of visiting Scotland for golf I would highly recommend this wonderful links golf course. It has history seeping out of every blade of grass and is a pure pleasure to play on. The staff were absolutely brilliant. The pro'  re-studded my shoes and offerred advice, the Starter was welcoming & encouraging and the bar staff produced the beers! Brilliant.

I managed, to my surprise, to shoot a good 78. The wind (25-30mph) was in our faces for the first 9 holes & at our back for the return. My putting was at its best, 29, so that was the big contribution to the round.

Take a look at the pictures & imagine.............

Cheers, John.

 

Going to be heading across to St. Andrews on Thursday 8th March for a tee time at noon on the undervalued Eden Course.

This is a really good golf course that tends to get overshadowed by it's more illustrious neighbours the Old, New & Jubilee. It was designed in 1914 by Colt and has had a couple of updates since then the last one being when they built The Old Course Hotel back in the 1980s.

It has some wonderful greens and though under 6000 from the mens tees (6162 from Medal) it never fails to test your game. The British Mid-Amateur qualifying was held on it a few years ago and the majority of the scores were in the mid to high 70s. The 35-45mph wind had a lot to do with that! One of my main aims is to get a par 4 on the first which somehow always seems to evade me then take it from there.

I'm going to be using it as a warm up for the game arranged for Saturday 10th March that has been organised on the fabulous links of North Berwick, situated below Edinburgh. This will be a real treat as the course is world famous and is a regular stop for many golf tours that come across to Scotland to taste links golf. They still have the winter green fee in place, approximately $100, and because it is a links course the fairways and greens should be in super condition.

My camera will be coming with me and I shall get the photographs posted on TGS as soon as I can.

Cheers, Boynie.