Guaranteed departure time from the Old Course | Saint Andrew

Guaranteed tee times can be secured by purchasing Old Course related packages from various hotels or golf tour operators. Most of these packages include a minimum of three nights at a hotel in St. Andrews, including three rounds of golf, including a guaranteed tee time, lunch and dinner at the Old Course. There is a premium associated with these guaranteed times and this is not cheap, but book well in advance to secure your departure times.

St Andrews | Nerd | Lottery

Another option open to visiting golfers is to request a time through the ballot (or lottery) that is drawn every day. This is the best way to ensure a well-priced departure time, but it does not offer a guarantee of success and is therefore often not considered ideal for foreign visitors planning ahead. However, if you want to take a chance in the raffle, local B & Bs or hotels can apply on your behalf. You can vote for 2 to 4 golfers at a time.

Individual golfer

If you are a single golfer; May I suggest that you approach the starter on the day you want to play and let him know that you are willing to join any group that is not playing four balls. He will try to accommodate you, in case there is a place available to play. Or if you want, why not hang out at the first tee in St. Andrews and notice that two or three golfers are teeing off, ask if you can join them?

Play golf in Scotland

The beauty of playing golf in Scotland is that the country is steeped in Scottish traditions and national pride of hosting the various British Open Championships throughout the year.

Perhaps you have your own memories of your favorite great golfers from the past or from recent times who have walked down 18th fairway knowing the trophy will be yours! I can remember Nick Faldo’s 18 consecutive pairs to win the Open Championship at Muirfield and wow, Sir Nick Faldo was indeed the best player in the world for a while.

Have you played golf in Scotland and maybe you were lucky enough to have played some of the courses at the British Open? That’s great and you have great memories. If you have played Carnoustie? Can you remember how much knowledge of the course was needed? If you played that course again you would do it differently … I found that Carnoustie was flat in parts but very tricky and the last six holes played very difficult the day I played.

But like everything else in golf, you have to play the golf course to experience how the course is played and then imagine yourself in the position of winning the open championship.

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