This morning we got up and had breakfast with Charlie and Ray and a couple from Toronto and another couple from Virginia.
We checked in for my 11:36 tee time at the St. Andrews Jubilee Course. If you go to the Old Course you have to play one other course (there are several) and I played Jubilee. Let me tell you, this course is MISNAMED. It should not be called Jubilee; it should be called Hell Hole or something much more adult-language. The wind was ridiculous (more than Texas, except maybe Corpus Christi), the wind was cold (50 degrees seemed like 30), and the putting greens were like shuffleboard tables (rock hard and covered with sand). This course was way harder than Carnoustie (in my opinion) and I failed bad - I finally figured out to bump and run the ball up to the holes because I couldn't get the ball to sit. Now, part of it was that my back was hurting from playing and WALKING 18 holes, the day before, but unlike Carnoustie where I thought I would shoot low 80's if I played it again, I think I would still not break 90 playing Jubliee (sic) again. |
| Himalayas Putting Green at St. Andrews |
We went to the clubhouse for a drink after the round and the 70 degree clubhouse felt like 100 degrees after getting out of the cold. Next to the clubhouse is a putting green called the Himalayas which has undulating greens and is open to the public to play for a small fee. We're going to go back and play it some afternoon. I had a St.Andrews IPA and I liked it a lot - it was a less hoppy IPA than I'm used to and that's good!
For dinner we tried Forgan’s – this time we made
reservations and we got a good time.
This is a farm to table type restaurant with a lot of different food
choices and was one of the best meals we had while we were in Scotland. It has a nice atmosphere and they offer
flights of beer, wine, and gin to try different things.
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