St. Andrews Olde Course
 

Planning a trip to the UK next year. Gonna definitely play the Olde Course when I go there. Anyone play this course? What was your impression of the whole experience?

You should take a look at these two threads by a couple of forum members.

http://www.thehackersparadise.com/fo...hlight=andrews

http://www.thehackersparadise.com/fo...hlight=andrews

Hope you have a great time when you go and will share your experience as well.

Definately on my wish list of places to play one day

You will have the time of your life, just hope the weather holds up however that being said you will have fun regardless of the weather. This link will tell you pretty much everything you need to know

http://www.standrews.org.uk/The-Cour...ld-Course.aspx

Have a blast and pics please...

Thanks for digging those up Smalls...pretty good stuff.

Even though I'm there quite a bit, I can tell you that it still feels like a special place for a golfer. It's a lovely part of the world, with so many world class courses. If you don't get butterflies on that first tee, you're made of stone!

I think it's Left going out, center/left coming in. Take a caddie; local knowledge and extra hands are invaluable - you will be taking pictures. I don't think I would have found the second tee without guidance.

Have fun - eat haggis. They are not mutually exclusive.

I've been fortunate to play four rounds and making another trip in May this year (for a bachelor party - what a great call instead the 15th trip to Vegas). My advice:
- get a caddie; not cheap but absolutely critical to just know where to aim the ball, how to play shots (especially if you havent played a lot of links golf over there) and the caddie experience of walking with no bag duties is always cool
- great rain gear; real water proof stuff cause you will get wet on that trip if not that round
- dont worry about scoring low; It's actually a relatively easy course to score IF the weather is nice and you know where to hit the ball (see caddie comments above), but if you focus on scoring I think you'll miss the forest through the trees; note it is quirky, so make sure you are not expecting well defined fairways and straight forward shots
-just enjoy as it is truly a magical experience. Amazing how nervous you can be on the first tee with a fairway that is probably 200 yards wide and how awesome it is after playing the Road Hole to play in on 18. There are quite a few people just watching you on these holes, and a good finish on 18 will get you a solid golf clap from strangers...