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St Andrews Links, Balgove Golf Course
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St Andrews Links, Balgove Golf Course |
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St Andrews Links Trust |
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St. Andrews |
State: Fife |
Postal Code: KY16 9SF |
Country: Scotland UK |
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01334 466666 |
Fax: 01334 477036 |
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St Andrews Links, Balgove Golf Course |
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Balgove Course - This 1520 yard nine-hole course has bunkers and a double green and offers a real golfing experience to children and beginners. The green fee is for 9 or 18 holes.
When the Balgove opened in February 1972, it was 2,085 yards. Then part of it was taken over in the 1989-90 remodelling of the Eden Course.
Plans for a redesigned Balgove Course were announced by the Trust in September 1990. It was to have nine holes, a length of 1,700 yards and a par of 31.
The course was constructed at the same time as the new 18-hole course, the Strathtyrum, and it was opened on the 20th of June, 1993 at 5pm by members of the St Andrews Children's Golf Club. It had to be shortened slightly to 1,520 yards, and the par reduced to 30, but to children it was a real course with proper tees, greens and even two greenside bunkers. The old Balgove had been little more than a field, and the contrast was obvious.
The course proved so popular with adults as well as children, that the Links Management Committee had to introduce a special rule. During school summer holidays, adults could only play the course when accompanied by a child. This no longer applies today and many adult beginners use the course for practice.
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