About a month ago a bunch of us went on a day trip to St. Andrews through our study abroad program. St. Andrews is known for being the home of golf, and it is simply just that. The town is made up of only three main streets, all of which lead to the golf course. We visited the old cathedral and castle, grabbed some pub lunch and called it a day!
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| St. Andrews Cathedral |
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| St. Andrews Castle |
Two days ago Chris and I went back to St. Andrews to finally play some golf! It was by far the nicest course I've ever played...just being there and knowing we were playing at St. Andrews made it all that more exciting. We had hoped to play the famous Old Course, but that required a long time advanced booking and a legitimate handicap score...so we "settled" (still amazing) for the Jubilee Course. We still walked around some of the Old Course and checked it out, but honestly the Jubilee and other courses are just as well kept and are very challenging, it is simply the history and name of the Old Course that makes it so famous. It was typical Scottish weather but fortunately the rain held off and it was just overcast...and to my surprise the wind was not as bad as I was expecting, on the back nine it picked up a little. The day before Chris and I had played a course in Edinburgh to prepare for St. Andrews, and that was the windiest weather I have ever played in, it was incredible.
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| The 18th hole on the Old Course |
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| British Golf Museum, behind the 1st tee of the Old Course |
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| The famous Swilcan Bridge on the Old Course |
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| We got used to spending time in the bunkers... |
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| Tee box on the coast |
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