St Andrews Links (The Old Course)

Rarely is the Old Course ranked outside the top ten because it’s a very special links. Surely there is little left to write about St Andrews; the spiritual home of golf, the world’s most famous links course, the mother of golf and so on. Golf was probably played here in the 12th century; what is certain is that the Old Course is one of the oldest golf courses. In 1553, the Archbishop of St Andrews administered confirmation, at last allowing the community…