Made it to the Home Of Golf

[EdStraker]

I got the opportunity to play the Old Course in August 1996. I had to wait 4 hours to get on because the Royal Air Force was playing a match against the St. Andrews club.

I started off with a par on #1, #3, parred holes 7 thru 11, 16 and 18. The 2-putt on 8 was probably the best 2-putt of my life. I pushed my tee shot and was actually on the 10th green and was about 120 feet from the hole. I got the putt to about 5 feet and then sunk the second putt to save par.

I had to hit sideways to get out of the 2 pot bunkers I landed in. One of the guys I played with was 6' 4" tall and I couldn't even see him when he went into one of the bunkers to blast out.