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April - June 2005
June 2005
June edition of Links News online now
27/06/05
Golf Practice Centre to be top golf academy
From 2006 golfers wishing to refine their skills at the Home of Golf will be able to use a state-of-the art coaching facility which is set to become one of the foremost golf academies in the UK.
Work starts in the autumn on the creation of an additional14 indoor bays at the Golf Practice Centre, which is run by St Andrews Links Trust. This will bring the total number of bays to 51. Four of the new bays will be dedicated to coaching and equipped with the latest video and digital swing analysis technology. It will also have a new equipment testing and club fitting facility more
The new extension will be built in the grass tee area
21/6/05
Big Break at the Old Course
Golf Channel's new series, Big Break IV, visited the Home of Golf with contestants given a rare chance to play at the 17th and 18th holes.
Filming at the 18th hole
Old Course tee plaques online auction - St Andrews juniors to benefit more
May 2005
29/5/05
St Rule sudden death drama
Naomi Edwards of Ganton, Yorkshire, today won the St Rule Trophy. She defeated Felicity Johnson and Heather Nolan at the second extra hole. All three ladies had tied on 225.
22/5/05
Links Trophy
A superb Sunday of low scoring on the Old Course from Lloyd Saltman of Craigielaw, near Edinburgh, saw him clinch the Links Trophy. A third round 69 followed by a final round 65 gave the nineteen-year-old the title by four shots from overnight leader Jamie Moul. Saltman's aggregate of 275, 13 under par, is a new tournament record.
Final Positions
Rounds One and Two - Full Scores
Report
18/5/05
Home of Golf visit from legends
Open champions Jack Nicklaus and Bill Rogers were in St Andrews today. They took a clinic at the Golf Practice Centre before playing the Old Course. Nicklaus shared his trenchant views on the nature of the modern game and articulated his desire to see a limit on technological development, particularly relating to golf balls.
11/5/05
History dug up from the streets of St Andrews
Throughout this spring work has been going on to replace some of the old drainage system in St Andrews. One curious fact about the history of golf is that the diameter of a hole is four and a quarter inches because just such an old drainage pipe was adapted to cut the turf on the greens of the Old Course in the nineteenth century. If only the pipes of St Andrews had been twice that size! Below is a piece of drain taken up from Links Road, beside the 18th green of the Old Course.
9/5/05
International field set to make the St Andrews Links Trophy best ever
The Links Trophy, the top European stroke play tournament, begins on May 20. More Top Scottish player Jamie McLeary of Leven begins his defence on the Jubilee Course at 7.40 am. The draw for the opening two rounds in full
6/5/05
Home of Golf tribute to Jack Nicklaus
Two-time St Andrews Open champion, Jack Nicklaus, is a revered figure at the Home of Golf. To mark the final appearance of the greatest ever player of the game at the Old Course St Andrews Links has commissioned a special limited edition print more
2/5/05
St Andrews Links Golf Shops launch Open prize draw
Throughout May 2005 St Andrews Links Golf Shops will be running a prize draw for online customers. Two winners and their guests will each receive weekend tickets to the Open Championship, two nights' hotel accommodation, and hospitality in one of our clubhouses at the heart of the Links.
April 2005
26/04/05
New telephone hotline launched
A new one-stop service to make booking a golfing holiday in St Andrews easier was launched today. The hotline - 01334 474799 - allows golfers to book tee-times on courses in and around St Andrews. These include the New, the Jubilee and the Eden at St Andrews Links, the Torrance and the Devlin at St Andrews Bay, the Dukes Course and Kingsbarns. For more information visit www.standrewsgolf.org
22/4/05
Father and Son title goes to Japan
The 4th annual Father and Son Tournament has been won by Muneaki and Munekazu Tachibana from Japan. The better ball stableford competition was played this year on the New Course, Carnoustie, Crail and the Old Course. In an exciting climax, the Tachibanas just edged out Jonathan and Sebastian Nixon by one point, scoring 141 points to the English pair's 140. The American couple of Pete and Pat Shields came in third with 138 points.
Muneaki and Munekazu with their trophy
15/4/05
Book the Links online until 31 October
Linksnet, St Andrews Links' online booking service has more times available to golfers wishing to ensure tee times at the Home of Golf. Times on the New, Jubilee, Eden and Strathtyrum Courses can be reserved throughout this year's high season and shoulder season find out more
Please note: play on the Old Course is by ballot only throughout the same period.
4/4/05
Golden age of Scottish craftsmanship celebrated at the Links
An exclusive, hand-crafted golden putter is available from St Andrews Links Golf Shops. Celebrating both the return of the Open Championship to the Home of Golf and the finest traditions of Scottish club making the putter is only available in a limited edition of ten more
1/4/05
Links News for April available online
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