Wednesday, April 9, 2008

The Pilgrimage...

Well my conference is over and I left Edinburgh this morning on a bus.  Just as muslims go on a pilgrimage to Mecca, golfers must go to St Andrews.  Thus I arrived in St Andrews this morning and am staying at the only hostel in town.  When I got here I asked how many people were in the town and he started to laugh and then said about 20.  I think he meant 20,000.  Below are a few pictures from my journey through St Andrews today, the ruins are from St Andrews Cathedral that was quite impressive, albeit many rocks and gravestones.  I also walked around and found my way to the St Andrews golf courses.  In total, they have 5 courses but are most renowned for a course named simply, "The Old Course".  The British Open is played at St Andrews every 5 years and it is the home of golf.  This course has been around for more than 600 years.  

I am planning on playing tomorrow morning.  Hopefully it will warm up and I'll get some sun.  I haven't decided yet if I'm going to take a caddie but either way it won't be a cheap round of golf, however, when in St Andrews, you must play golf.




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