Designer: Nature, generations of sheep, Old Tom Morris, etc.
Difficulty: Moderate to Difficult (if you play it in dry conditions and high winds like it really is), otherwise Easy to Moderate
Thanks to: Scott Chesney, Jay Johnson and Jim Matthews for various trees and brush borrowed their fine links courses.
JNUG Design: Lee Ritze (VIALEE on Accolade BBS, TKNK81A on Prodigy)
Sources: The World Atlas of Golf (ISBN 0-394-40814-4)
The World Atlas of Golf Courses (ISBN 0-792-45284-4)
Great Golf Courses of the World (ISBN 0-8317-4082-5)
Golf: Great Courses of the World (ISBN 0-89660-016-5)
Golf Digest, July 1989 Issue
The Golf Courses of the British Isles (ISBN 0-88-266-485-9)
The Yardage Card:
OUT IN
HOLE PAR YARDS HOLE PAR YARDS
1 4 370 10 4 342
2 4 411 11 3 172
3 4 398 12 4 316
4 4 463 13 4 425
5 5 564 14 5 567
6 4 416 15 4 413
7 4 372 16 4 382
8 3 178 17 4 461
9 4 356 18 4 354
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36 3528 36 3432
I'll skip writing the obligitory background and history of this course that we commonly provide with these text files. Everyone knows St. Andrews, and there are scores of outstanding books that detail the lore of this course.
The Old Course at St. Andrews has been by far my favorite JNUG designing experience. This is in spite of the fact that JNUG's designing capabilities do not allow the computer course to represent accurately the challenges of St. Andrews bunkers, its never-flat lies, and the bump-and-run skills needed to master the real course. Any frustrations I had in these areas were far more than compensated by the fun I've had of studying and learning so many things that I'd never known before about St. Andrews. The stories behind such landmarks as Hell Bunker, Miss Grainger's Bosoms, Sutherland Bunker, Road Hole, Hell's Kitchen, The Principal's Nose and dozens more are great entertainment. I hope that reading this and playing my rendition of St. Andrews will give you a taste for reading more about this course; you won't regret it!
Now for some thoughts on playing St. Andrews. The major trouble on most holes is on the right (gorse heather, O.B, the usual stuff), especially when the wind comes from the golfer's left. The pros with experience at St. Andrews often play down the adjoining fairways to the left, just to make sure they have a free swing at their second shots. Many of the greens are shared by two holes and have two pins. Don't get confused when you see two pins off in the distance as you approach these greens...JNUG will aim you at the correct pin. IMPORTANT: If you want the real experience of St. Andrews you will always play it with dry conditions and high winds. With its wide fairways and no trees, JNUG experts would find the course a pushover under less severe (i.e. unrealistic and chicken-hearted) conditions.
Thanks for downloading St. Andrews. If you find you enjoy it and haven't tried my other courses, here are other works of mine that you can find on Accolade and Gamesman BBS's:
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Devil's Thumb DEVILSTB.ZIP northern Colorado Mar 91
Useless Bay USELESS.ZIP Olympic Peninsula, Apr 91
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Whitehorse Pass WHITEHOR.ZIP northern British Columbia Apr 91
Bay of Rainbows RAINBOW.ZIP foothills of Jura May 91
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FireWheel FIREWHL.ZIP Garland, Texas Near Dallas May 91
Seminole SEMINOLE.ZIP Palm Beach, Florida Jun 91
Gig Harbor GIGHARBR.ZIP Gig Harbor, Washington Jun 91
Shinnecock Hills SHINNCCK.ZIP Southhampton, Long Island Jul 91
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