The Caddy and the course

[cris]

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

Comments

[ayun]

"You should just fire a ball into the crowd and let one of them take that and their concussion back with them as a souvenir."

I think that I love Tom.

love the strategy

[jasonlizard]

How is it that this is the single most engaging piece on golf I've ever read.

How was your dad's game?

[plankton]

thanks for sharing. i'm a terrible golfer but still enjoy playing when i get a chance. very interesting to hear St Andrews isn't quite the challenge you were expecting. i imagine the winds could make it tricky to play especially without a caddy.

[cris]

true, the winds are traditional challenges on courses like these, but they weren't terribly bad when we played.

if you're at all interested in the history of the sport, the course is worth playing just because it's so old-fashioned and different. It's like a hodgepodge collection of obsolete design theories preserved in amber (MASSIVE fairways! greens that are shared across different fairways! BUNKERS OF DOOM!) so can be cool just as a contrast to what we play with nowadays.