The British Open is almost upon us and, in honour of the 'home of golf', we are pleased to present you with a selection of our favourite pictures of the Old Course at St. Andrews. Although I have had the pleasure of playing the course a couple of times, I'm sorry to say that carrying a camera around was the last thing on my mind, so none of these are my personal shots. Please follow the links the the respective websites if you wish to pay tribute to the photographers.
Believe it or not, there is actually a house (Number 9, The Links) that overlooks the first tree and last green of St Andrews' historic Old Course! Nicknamed the “Royal Box of golf”, the house has five bedrooms, four bathrooms and three receptions – as well as a courtyard garden. As impressive as it already sounds, a massive selling feature of the house is its location on “millionaires’ row” The Links – a street with only three other houses.
Built in 1872 and originally bought for under £5000, the property came back on the market in 2004 at £2million. After being repossessed by a bank, it is now owned by local businessmen who bought it for around £3million. Back on sale again, in time for next year’s Open Championship, the house is now up for sale at £3.75million – clearly somebody hasn’t mentioned the housing slump to these people! Savillis, the company marketing the house, describe it as “a traditional style, three storey terraced house which has recently undergone a major refurbishment”. To have jumped £1.75million over 5 years – 2 of which have been a time of severe economic depression – I can’t begin to imagine how major this refurbishment must have been!
How much would you be willing to pay to overlook St. Andrews’?
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