Golf courses · Central Scotland
Old Course at St Andrews
Old Course at St Andrews — oldest golf course in the world.
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Old Course at St Andrews is a golf course in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1552. Wikidata describes it as: "oldest golf course in the world". Coordinates: 56.3515°, -2.8161°.
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The Old Course at St Andrews, also known as the Old Lady or the Grand Old Lady, is considered the oldest golf course in the world. It is a public course over common land in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, and is held in trust by the St Andrews Links Trust under an act of Parliament. The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews clubhouse sits adjacent to the first tee, although it is but one of many clubs (St Andrews Golf Club, the New Golf Club, St Regulus Ladies Golf Club and the St Rule Club are the others with clubhouses) that have playing privileges on the course, along with some other non-clubhouse owning golf clubs and the general public. Originally known as the "golfing grounds" of St Andrews, it was not until the New Course was opened in 1895 that it became known as the Old Course.
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- Coordinates
- 56.3515, -2.8161
- District
- Fife
- Postcode
- KY16 9XL
- Parliamentary constituency
- North East Fife
- Established
- 1552
Sources
- wikidata: Q167245 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Old Course at St Andrews (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: 18th Green and Clubhouse.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Old Course at St Andrews?
- Old Course at St Andrews is in Central Scotland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 56.3515°, -2.8161°.
- When was Old Course at St Andrews built?
- Old Course at St Andrews dates to 1552 — the Tudor & Stuart period.