On Saturday the 28th of June, the Castle course opens for play. The Castle is the 7th course at the St Andrews links trust and has been under construction for last 3 years.

Bookings can be made online at the St Andrews Links trust.

The Trump Organisation has made changes to its plans for a £1bn golf resort near Aberdeen to take into account the environmental impact on sand dunes. Environmental groups and local campaigners have criticised the project saying it will cause substantial damage, while many leading business figures backed it.

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Around 100 golfers have gathered to mark the centenary of the death of one of the sport’s most influential figures. Old Tom Morris from St Andrews, Fife, was a player, club maker, green keeper and course designer. He helped set up the Open which he won four times, and died in May 1908.

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Starwood Hotels and Resorts have announced a deal to sell the Turnberry golf resort to Leisurecorp for £55 million. Under the terms of the deal, the hotel at Turnberry will be redeveloped before the resort hosts the Open Golf Championship in 2009. Starwood will continue to operate the five-star resort, with a 30-year plus management contract.

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Looks like Tigers well along the road to recovery after his knee operation. Apparently things are going well and he’s now chipping and putting.

He said “If I can’t play before, then hopefully at the US Open. The rehab is going well, I’ve been training hard. I’m getting sick and tired of riding the bike, though. I’m chipping and putting. I’m not doing anything beyond that. Hopefully I’ll start hitting balls, start progressing soon and work my way up the bag.”

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St Andrews has been named the UK’s 4th best coastal town for 2008 by Coast magazine. They say it is “a town that provides an instant lifestyle fantasy.” St Andrews was beaten only by Christchurch in Dorset, Falmouth in Cornwall and Brighton.

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The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews has announced Hamish M J Ritchie as Captain for the year 2008 - 2009.

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Hotel du vin, the company that bought the St Andrews Golf Hotel in January 2008, have outlined proposals to renovate and expand the hotel to 40 bedrooms. An 18-bedroom extension will be added to the rear of the hotel along with a subterranean car park with 13 spaces, an external courtyard, better focus and pedestrian access to the hotel and its facilities from Murray Place and the town centre, re-landscaping of the public square and parking area at Murray Place and the introduction of upper terraces.

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To book your stay at St Andrews Golf Hotel, click here

Aberdeenshire councillors have claimed that the Trump Organisation are looking for a way to prevent them appearing at the forthcoming Menie inquiry - or to get their status at the inquiry reduced. The claim was made after lawyers for Trump sent a letter to a planning reporter to clarify the status of councillors at the public local inquiry.

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