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GOLF COURSES
 Golf Courses in Scotland
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St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
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Founded |
1895 |
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Designer |
W Hall Blyth & Old Tom Morris |
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Championship Length |
6,604 yards |
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PAR |
71 |
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SSS |
72 |
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Links |
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| St Andrews (New) Golf Club |
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Details:
There is no doubt that St. Andrews is recognised throughout the world as a true golfing Mecca and given the fact that there are eight excellent golf courses in or very near the town itself, it's not hard to understand why this is the case. St. Andrews Links contributes five of these courses (the Old Course, New Course, Jubilee Course, Eden Course and Strathtyrum Course), while it also offers the par-30 Balgove Course, which is ideal for beginners and children. The New Course at St. Andrews Links opened for play in 1895 and as such, it is the second oldest of all the courses in St. Andrews.
Given that the championship length of just over 6,600 yards is matched by a par of only 71, with the standard scratch being 73, it is quite clear that as well as everything else; adequate length is also a factor in the successful negotiation of the New Course. Opened in response to the increasing demand for golf at St. Andrews, from both the locals and the visitors, who by the late 19th century, were flocking to the town on the recently constructed railway, the construction of the course was funded by the Royal and Ancient Golf Club. As part of this arrangement, members of the R&A still have rights to starting times on the New Course.
It is frequently said that if the New Course at St. Andrews were not located so close to the revered Old Course then its star would have shone with a far greater degree of brilliance. This much is very true, as the New Course is a truly classic links and a first class golfing experience. It has a traditional out and back layout, shared fairways, and in the great St. Andrews tradition, it also has shared greens - on the 3rd and 15th holes. Although designed by a civil engineer from Edinburgh, W. Hall Blyth, the layout was in the hands of Old Tom Morris and his assistant, David Honeyman. So good in fact, was the original layout, that only the 15th hole has ever been significantly altered.
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