st. andrew's Stories - Waggle Room
Get A Look at the New Road Hole - Now, With More Road
As we first told you last October, the R&A had been plotting a forty yard extension of the hole by creating a new teeing ground across the hole's actual road namesake. At a press briefing today at St. Andrews, Royal & Ancient chief Peter Dawson officially unveiled the new Road Hole at the...
Tom Watson Given the All Clear at the Open Until He's 65
When Tom Watson was on the verge of winning the Open Championship at age 59 this summer, a lot of side chatter opened up about the R&A's decision to bring down the age ceiling for past champions. Watson (along with Greg Norman) would be exempt until age 60 under the current rules, making...
All-Male R&A Makes Seve Ballesteros Honorary Member
The Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrew's (aka The R&A) has made Seve Ballesteros an honorary member. Seve, still battling cancer, has said that he hopes to play in the 2010 Open Championship at St. Andrew's that will mark the 150th anniversary of the first playing of the...
The Road Hole? Try the Rail Hole: R&A to Lengthen World Famous 17th at St. Andrew's
A few weeks ago, John Hopkins noted in his Spike Bar column that the R&A may well have been floating the notion of lengthening the world famous Road Hole at St. Andrew's just in time for the 2010 Open. Yesterday, it became official. The R&A is lengthening the Road Hole to 490 yards for...
The Decider: What's Your Favorite Open Championship Course?
via www.golfersguide.com This week's Decider is straightforward. The Open is at Turnberry this week - the first "man made links course" - for the fourth time. But, is it the best course in the current Open Rota? Is it the best course to ever host the Open? Take a look at the list below of the...
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