Dave playing on the Old Course

Big moment today. Dave has finally got to play on the Old Course - this is the first golf course ever made so lots of history- and guess what.. the planets decided to align against Jupiter and Mars ..... and it was a lovely day for golf! Partly sunny, no wind at all, very mild temps. (got up to 20 degrees by mid day) so he couldn' t ask for better. He left early so I got up and had breakfast by myself (got super-duper service cause they felt sorry for me I think!) and looked down on the guys playing. I was supposed to see Dave as he came past the second hole, but was still in bed and he was long gone. Anyway, thanked the gods for putting on a lovely day, packed and waited till about mid-day and caught up with Dave as they were teeing off the 17th, and walked with him till the end. He was playing with 3 guys from Florida, who came over to play lots of golf at the different courses and they had caddies. The caddies were helping Dave with the layout of the course as well, so that was nice. He shot at 75 which was only 3 over par for the course, so he was extremely pleased with himself! I think the caddies advice helped the score as well (they called Dave boy-o when they spoke to him - cute eh?) Here are the photos of the course, the hotel and the round. You can see how close the hotel is to the course. These are some more photos of St Andrews town itself. It is bigger than it looks , with old buildings and castle etc. The university where Prince Willie went is spread out, but app. it is the oldest University in Scotland. Maybe thats why he went there? The beach runs alongside the course as well.