Stories tagged ‘St Andrews Links Trust’
Monday, August 21st, 2000
On-line bookings go global
Golfagent.com, the direct on-line golf booking service, has expanded beyond the UK to include golf courses in over 10 countries from Spain to Singapore. There are 240 courses in the United States on the system
Monday, July 10th, 2000
Freedom of the Links for past Open Champions
On the eve of the Millennium Open past Champion golfers will be granted the Freedom of the Links by the St Andrews Links Trust. Each will receive a hand-made embossed certificate and a silver bag tag. In the history of the Links this honour has been granted only on very rare occasions
Scots company wins contract to keep St Andrews Millennium Open in trim
Top Textron dealer will provide round the clock support to the ground keeping staff, helping to maintain the highest standards of course presentation during the Championship
Friday, July 7th, 2000
Official Open Championship merchandise available on-line from St Andrews
Official St Andrews Millennium Open golf wear and gifts are now exclusively available on-line at the web site of St Andrews Links Trust. Merchandise is branded with The Open Championship Claret Jug and the Links Trust emblem
On-line booking brings boost for golf tourism to Scotland
Scottish golf tourism is worth almost £100m annually. The introduction of web sites will help to make it even more valuable to the Scottish economy. There is now a huge choice of courses in Scotland where golfing visitors can book tee-times on-line 24 hours a day. 44 golf courses in the Highlands are the latest to come onto the system
Thursday, June 22nd, 2000
Golf and environment bodies unite to protect wildlife at St Andrews
The Open is a huge operation which places considerable pressure on an extremely valuable and internationally renowned local environment and a sand dune system of some fragility. The golfing authorities have done much to ensure that The Open takes place with minimal long-term impact to the Links and the neighbouring Eden Estuary – a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a European Special Area of Conservation
Tuesday, January 11th, 2000
Road Hole Row
A row has erupted over the latest extension to the Old Course Hotel which will see 21 bedrooms being opened in May – two months before the Millennium Open. Various complaints have been made that the extension interferes too much with the line of the tee shot at the Road Hole 17th, but R&A secretary…read the full story
