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St Andrews Golf Club
| Business Name: |
St Andrews Golf Club |
| Contact Address: |
Links House, The Links |
| City: |
St. Andrews |
State: Fife |
Postal Code: KY16 9JB |
Country: Scotland UK |
| Phone: |
01334 479799 |
Fax: 01334 479577 |
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| Contact Email: |
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| Website: |
St Andrews Golf Club |
| Location: |
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| Description: |
The St Andrews Golf Club was formed on September 29, 1843. Its 11 founder members were mostly tradesmen, but included a Dancing Master and a Butler (George Morris, brother of Tom). At that time, a feather ball cost around 2/- (10p) and a day labourer might earn 1/6. Golf was not a poor man's game and our first members were men of some substance.
Soon they were joined by Alan Robertson and Tom Morris. Alan Robertson was the foremost golfer of his day and employed Tom in the family business making feather golf balls. In 1854 he became Captain of The St Andrews Golf Club. Both he and Tom Morris are recorded as having organised the members 'odds' or handicaps.
The club also had the rare distinction of having a member, Mackenzie Turpie, who competed in the first Golf Olympics in Paris in 1900. He was a postman in the town and paid his own entry fee and travelling expenses 'purely for the honour of competing.' In the first 60 years of its history, the club played regular competitions and met thereafter in various hotels and inns in the town for many happy evenings of 'toast, song and sentiment'.
The foundations of the present day club were laid when the first clubhouse was bought in 1905. This was the property in Golf Place, now occupied by Auchterlonies golf shop. In 1933 the St Andrews Golf Club moved to its present Clubhouse to overlook the 18th green of the Old Course. This splendid Victorian mansion provides an ideal grandstand for members during Opens and other major tournaments held in the town.
The St Andrews Golf Club welcomes bona fide golfers as temporary members, providing that they have a letter of introduction from their own bona fide club. The charges are £5 per day or £25 per week. Temporary membership is available from the office. The club also welcomes visiting groups of golfers who should book in advance. Meals and visitors' changing room are available by arrangement.
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