St. Andrew's - How To Play The Old Course

Published: Mainstream Publishing
RRP: £20.00

The Old Course at St. Andrew's is the ultimate challenge to the world's best golfers. This book describes how the Old Course should be played, whether you are a professional or an average golfer.

One of golf's greatest caddies, Tip Anderson, walked the course with one of the world's great golf course designers, Desmond Muirhead. Together they have

produced a shot-by-shot, hole-by-hole description of how the course should be played, in fair weather and foul.

Don't play the course or watch the Open and other great golf matches on TV at St. Andrew's without reading this book. It's invaluable, instructive, fascinating and will be for many years to come.

Fifty-five colour photographs taken from the ground and the air illustrate shots and hazards, and 18 drawings of the holes beautifully complement the text.

Desmond Muirhead has designed over 100 golf courses in 25 countries around the world in all climates from the deserts of Dubai and Palm Spring to the jungles of Indonesia to the confined spaces of Japan. In assessing the playability of a golf course, he knows what he is talking about, which makes this book invaluable to anyone setting out to play the Old Course.

Tip Anderson was himself a champion golfer in his youth, but took up caddying after his father, who was a caddy to champions. Tip made his own reputation by caddying for 3 Open champions - Arnold Palmer twice and Tony Lema once. He knows St. Andrew's like the back of his hand and freely offers his expert advice to anyone who reads this book.