It is difficult to say how old the Old Course at St. Andrews is. It's been known that gentlemen have wandered the cliffs overlooking the shore, whacking balls around with wooden sticks since the 1400s. There is still a public tradition within the course, where qualified visiting golfers can sign up for a daily lottery and any time slots that are ( Read more... )

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The idea for travelling in Scotland, to spend a week playing golf, was my father's. He proposed it four years ago, and for the last three, I had resisted. My reservations were various, but the reasons why I changed my mind over those years were also diverse and different. Still, one of the conditions that I wanted my father to meet was to let me ( Read more... )