Live from St. Andrews - The Old Course and Fife
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What were the highlights of Andy and Matt's trip to Scotland?
I miss a green, for example, I'm already upset. When I find my ball in the bunker, I'm really upset. And when I find my ball in a fried egg, fried egg, the dreaded fried egg, fried egg, fried egg, fried egg, fried egg, fried egg lie, I'm about ready to run off the golf course.
Welcome back to the Friday Golf Podcast. I am your host, Andy Johnson, and I'm excited. I'm back from Scotland, back from the Masters, wrapped up a ton of crazy travel, and wanted to unpack... a little from our trip from Scotland. So we've got a couple of things for you in today's episode. We have our live podcast with Scott McPherson, the great author, historian, golf course architect who wrote The Evolution of the Old Course, an exhaustive history on all the changes and kind of how the old course came to be as we know it. But first, I'm going to unpack Scotland a little bit with one of my colleagues, Matt Ruches, who joined the trip. And we're going to talk a little bit about golf in Scotland, the old course, old course reverse.
And then we'll kick it over to our live podcast that was held at the Bayer Theater in St. Andrews. really organized and put together by the links trust big thanks to both of them for doing that um it was kind of part of their programming for old course reverse a a great event that i would uh suggest Everybody enter the lottery for. I know that lotteries can be frustrating if you don't get it, but enter for the rest of your life and maybe you'll get it once. Maybe you'll get it twice. I met somebody who had won it twice in the short couple of years since they restarted doing the big lottery for it. So it was really fun, a really great event, and Scott was a wonderful guest. So we'll do that. But before we get to Matt, let's talk about our friends over at Perfect Practice.
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Big thanks to our friends at Perfect Practice. All right, let's welcome in our colleague, Matt Ruches. Matt Ruches. You're back from Scotland. I got to ask you, I think this was your first trip to Scotland, right?
Yeah, very first time. I made it to Ireland first, was my first overseas trip, and England last fall, and now I've completed the trifecta and made it to Scotland.
Wonderful. Wonderful. I, uh, I asked you to do a little prep for this. Uh, Matt obviously does a ton of writing for us, uh, and Friday golf club about golf courses. He makes a lot of videos also about golf courses. He was, uh, kind of the solo dolo on our recent YouTube video about crooked stick. Um, Matt's got a lot of bona fides in terms of his golf architecture understanding and education through the years of either working on construction sites, working on turf teams, and now working with us.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What were the highlights of Andy and Matt's trip to Scotland?
0:00–7:03
2
How does the Old Course at St. Andrews compare to other golf courses?
7:03–16:43
3
What makes the Old Course a unique golfing experience?
16:43–29:29
4
What are the historical changes that shaped the Old Course?
29:29–53:29
5
How do different pin positions affect play on the Old Course?
53:29–54:18
6
What insights does Scott McPherson provide on golf course architecture?
54:18–1:14:29
7
What are the advantages of playing the Old Course in reverse?
1:14:29–1:35:54
8
What are the essential tips for first-time players at the Old Course?
1:35:54–1:36:09
Speakers
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