Diners Club® Carte Blanche® Golf Program

Course Description:
St Andrews Links is the Home of Golf, its cultural home, the Mecca to which every golfer aspires to make a pilgrimage to at least once in his or her golfing life where the game evolved and where the spirit and traditions of golf have been safeguarded for over six centuries. The six courses at the Links are managed by St Andrews Links Trust.

The Old Course is unique among the world's great golf courses. From the nerve racking 1st tee shot, you take up the challenge that has humbled so many of the world's top golfers. The Old Course is unique in that it owes little to the hand of man in its design and layout.

To stand on the 1st tee immediately in front of the Royal & Ancient clubhouse is to stand on the most inviting fairway in the game of golf. The course has wide fairways with little elevation and interrupted at intervals by huge double greens. There are only four single greens on the Old Course, the 1st, 9th, the famous 17th Road hole, and the Home hole, the 18th. This course is full of tradition and history with features such as the Swilken Burn, the Road hole and the Hell bunker. Twenty-four British Opens along with the prestigious Dunhill Cup have been hosted by the Old Course.

Course History:
The Old Course originally consisted of twenty-two holes, eleven out and eleven back. On completing a hole, the player teed up his ball within two club lengths of the previous hole, using a handful of sand scooped out from the hole to form a tee. In 1764, the Society of St Andrews Golfers, which later became the Royal and Ancient Golf Club, decided that some holes were too short and combined them. This reduced the course to eighteen holes and created what became the standard round of golf throughout the world.

Tee	Par	Yardage
Championship	72	6566

* Please note that the handicap limit on the Old Course is 24 for men
and 36 for ladies.

The OLD COURSE EXPERIENCE:
Through an exclusive commercial contract with the St. Andrews Links Trust, the Old Course Experience guarantees prime tee-off times between April and October on the Old, New, Jubilee or Kingsbarns Courses at St Andrews Links and Carnoustie. These times form the basis of three or four night luxury programs in St Andrews that may be extended to encompass other championship courses and resorts in Scotland, England and Ireland with non-golfer programs also available.

HREE NIGHT OLD COURSE EXPERIENCE PROGRAM INCLUDES:

Three nights accommodation in either the five-star Old Course Hotel (sharing an Eden facing twin), the five-star Fairmont St Andrews (sharing a Deluxe King room), the four-star St. Andrews Golf Hotel (sharing a Standard twin), or the three-star Rusacks Hotel (sharing a non-course facing twin) all with full Scottish breakfast each morning.
Lunches served each day in the Clubhouse restaurant.
Three course table d’hôte dinner in your hotel on one evening.
One round on the Old, Kingsbarns or Carnoustie and the New or Jubilee Championship courses.
Transfers each day from hotel to golf course and return including full bag transfer service.
Old Course Experience representative available throughout your stay
Visit to the British Golf Museum and the Driving Range.
Souvenir group photograph taken on the first tee of the Old Course.
Full use of the St. Andrews Links Clubhouse and Kingsbarns Clubhouse.

Many other features including:

Comprehensive documentation including brochure, wallet, maps, itineraries and handbook.
A generous range of official souvenir merchandise.

NON GOLFER PROGRAM:

Three Nights Bed and Breakfast.
Three course table d’hôte dinner in your hotel on one evening.

Three Night Program (Price per person in US Dollars):

Season	5 Star - Old Course Hotel	5-Star Fairmont St. Andrews	4-Star St Andrews Golf Hotel	3-Star Rusacks Hotel
April, May and October Golfer NonGolfer	$3560 $ 990	$3390 $ 820	$3390 $ 820	$3260 $ 600
June through September Golfer NonGolfer	$33790 $1050	$3610 $ 870	$3560 $ 820	$3430 $ 690

Please note that the handicap limit on the Old Course is 24 for men and 36 for ladies.

The Old Course is shut every Sunday and times are not available on a Saturday as these are allocated to local residents.

Due to various tournaments and events on the Old Course, the above program is not available on special event dates (please check for applicable dates).

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