St Andrews Links
56.351388888889 - 2.8180555555556Koordinaten: 56 ° 21 ' 5 " N, 2 ° 49' 5 " W
The St Andrews Links are one of the greatest golf courses in the world and are located in St Andrews, Scotland. They are known as the home of golf ( " Home of Golf" ), which term is also common for the city itself.
History
The first mention of the St Andrews Links dates back to 1552 when Archbishop John Hamilton of the population in a decree the free use of the links, explicitly for golf, guaranteed and yourself at the same time secured all rights to the rabbit population. As a result of this adoption has been repeatedly confirmed by other archbishops and in 1726 was awarded a William Gibbs permission rabbit in the dunes to grow, provided that the golf course would not be damaged. However, precisely this feared damage was towards the end of the century, so that in the so-called "Rabbit Wars" the golfer, also supported by a court decision of 1805, resorted to self-help. Shortly before, in 1797 the city of St Andrews had pledged the links to individuals due to financial difficulties that had a commercial interest in rabbit breeding. After another change of ownership eventually bought the golfer James Cheape the links in 1821, thus ending the Rabbit Wars. In the nearly two centuries since then, the city had to trawl through repurchase heirs who even guaranteed tee times on the Old Course and free golf had secured at all other places for themselves and all their guests for parcel parcel of Cheapes.
First there was the only links golf course, which was accordingly the name of St Andrews Links. It was not until 1895, when the second golf course was opened, named it the old golf course at Old Course and the new logical received the name of New Course. Since then, the name St Andrews Links is valid for the entirety of all golf courses in St Andrews.
Current situation
The entire complex of the St Andrews Links is operated since 1974 by the St Andrews Links Trust and the St Andrews Links Management Committee, two specially founded for this purpose, non-profit organizations. Owner of the left is the town of St Andrews, although it is unclear whether this also applies to selling since 1974 land which the links Trust has acquired for its own account.
For the city of St Andrews, the golf tourism is now a major source of income to high season over 250 employees working for the Trust, which 70 are Greenkeeper. The 150 caddies in St Andrews work independently, but must be capable of license by the Trust.
Overall, about 210,000 rounds of golf here are played each year, of which 40,000 alone on the legendary Old Course. The rest is distributed to other golf courses:
- New Course (18 holes, start in 1895, architect Old Tom Morris)
- Jubilee Course (18 holes, opening in 1897, architect John Angus Jr., extensions Donald Steel)
- Eden Course (18 holes, opening in 1914, architect Harry Colt )
- Strathtyrum Course (18 holes, opening in 1993, architect Donald Steel)
- Balgove Course (9 hole, opening in 1993, architect Donald Steel)
- Castle Course (18 holes, opening in 2008, architect David McLay Kidd )
In addition to extensive practice facilities and golf shops, there are some links with the Club House and the Eden Club House, two club houses that are open to the public. Also, the Castle Course, which is located outside the city, has appropriate facilities. The famous clubhouse of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club is the preserve of its members.