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The New Course at St Andrews
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Rating: 3.5
Pace of Play
4
Greens
4
Service
4
Value
4
Design/Layout
4
St Andrews New Course is new in relative terms as it is over 100 years old. This championship course offers many of the features of the Old Course, rolling greens undulating fairways, hidden greens and thick gorse and is probably more difficult than ‘The Old'. It was built in 1895 and laid out by Old Tom Morris. It is a classic links course with great challenges, designed to exploit the natural topography, and take advantage of the constant wind. It is built over flat open-spaced ground with many undulations and depressions. Sandy soil and coarse grasses dominate the course. Par 71, 6604 yards, if it wasn't for the history of the Old, this would be the better course at St Andrews.
Published by: nickr
Posted by: McNally
Jul 21st, 2010
Played the Tuesday after the Open at the New. The fairways have lots of 4-6’ undulations and some of the greens are on plateaus. It’s also sandwiched between The Old and The Jubilee so it does loose a little for not having it’s own sense of place. However I had a ball playing this course. The wind howled throughout , L-R on the way out and the course is basically out to the Eden and back again with only 9, 13 and 15 offering major changes of direction. The truism is if this course were anywhere else it would be a favourite. I felt it had variety and interest throughout and was a good honest links course that I could enjoy day after day.
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Oct 29th, 2008
We played the New Course at St. Andrews today (if you call a course that was built in 1894 new). It was another fantastic weather day. We were fortunate to again play with the same couple we played with yesterday, the Baumhowers. The front nine wasn’t too bad, but it got a little tougher on the back nine for both of us. Lots of missed putts. You do an amazing amount of putting on these courses from at far as 50 yards from the green. Dad did that today and got really close. The wind has been very light so we have been told we haven’t really experienced true Links golf yet. We play what is supposed to be the toughest course tomorrow, Carnoustie. The weather is again supposed to be fantastic with a little bit more wind. Maybe we will be playing true Links golf tomorrow!
Posted by: joes
Aug 28th, 2008
Anyone who visits St. Andrews to play should try to experience as much of the tradition as possible along with the golf. That would include the town, the limited night life, and the people. If you are a Scotch drinker you have found heaven. If you don’t drink Scotch, there are a great number of beers to be had, and the pubs are a treat to visit. The food is somewhat limited, but a good meal is available at the Russel Hotel, and breakfast at the Lorimer House is consistently good. If you don’t drink and you are a picky eater, there is a Subway Sandwich shop. We ate good Italian and there is a Thai restaurant in town, though we did not get to try it. Burgers are available just about anywhere, so you would not go hungry.
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