Alongside the first fairway is a pavilion with freshly made sandwiches and other quick treats there’s also a golf museum and plenty of St Andrews souvenir shopping. The first tee and 18th green are next to each other and attract spectators. We took Tuesday off from big-girl golf (sating our golf hunger with our Himalayas round) to sleep in, fall in love with the scones at Conpanna, do a bit of shopping, have my rental Ping putter regripped in one of the town’s many golf shops, and hang out at the Old Course whetting our appetites for the next day. If you’re going to St Andrews, you must at least try to play the Old Course - there’s just no need to be overly disappointed if you don’t get on. I’ll happily say, “Been there, done that, paid my $250,” and give the Old Course just three stars for the average woman because it’s way too long and not all that scenic, with bathrooms only at the 11th. But it is a tough course, with many invisible bunkers (all of them with names!) because holes once were played in the opposite direction. It was pretty awesome walking this course where all the greats have played, especially with the Road Hole and the Swilcan Bridge to wrap things up. Davey finally asked if I’d like to play the rather hidden, more forward tees. The day was chilly, with rain on and off (dreich, the Scots might say), and after a nifty bogey on the 339-yard first, I struggled to reach fairways from the 6,032-yard red tees. Because we were on after noon, my husband could roll his clubs along I still requested a caddie to show us the way. Old Course:We were on the 16th tee of Jubilee on Monday when I checked my St Andrews app and learned that after two days of no success in the open ballot, we’d made it to the Old Course with a 12:10 tee time on Wednesday.
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