Donald Trump has announced that he will attend the public enquiry into his planned golf resort in Aberdeenshire. The hearing is set to take place in June, ahead of a final ministerial decision.
The plans for the resort include two championship golf courses, 950 holiday homes, 36 golf villas and 500 private homes.
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The Royal & Ancient have decided that, as the qualifying tournaments are already underway, no competitors will be tested for drugs at this years British Open. Testing has been scheduled to start on the US and European tours in July. The 2009 British Open will be the first with drugs testing.
Discounted Curtis Cup season tickets are only available until Thursday. The tickets are normally £35 but until Thursday they are only £30. To purchase a discounted ticket you can visit the LGU website by clicking here.
You also get 25% off at the Dukes course with your season ticket, during the week of the Curtis cup.
A golf course designed by former Open champion Paul Lawrie has been granted outline planning permission by Aberdeenshire Council. The project will also see a hotel and hundreds of new houses being built, on a site 6 miles southwest of Aberdeen. The Scottish Government will now be asked to make a final decision on the proposals.
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Renee Powell is to become the first woman golfer to be honoured by the university of St Andrews. Powell will be made a Doctor of Laws (LLD) on Wednesday 25 June 2008.
The Barbers Pole on South Street are giving customers a free whiskey with every haircut.
134 South St
St. Andrews
Fife
KY16 9EQ
Tel: 01334 477743
The new Castle Course at St Andrews opens this summer and it looks as if it’s going to be a huge success. A good article was written on thestreet.com about the course.
Here’s a link to the article.
When we were in St Andrews last week I noticed a lot of roadworks in the centre of town. Seems these have really been hurting some of the small businesses, with most of them having a big drop in trade. The owners of one 50 year old business on South Street have had enough and decided to put their shop up for sale. For the full story click here.
With the Curtis Cup taking place from Friday 30 May to Sunday 1 June 2008, there is now a lack of available hotel rooms in St Andrews. If you have accommodation to let, contact us and we’ll put details up on the site. Also, if you are someone looking for accommodation, you can also contact us and we’ll put something on the site for you.
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Looks like he’s human after all. After finishing only 2nd at the Master’s, Tiger Woods will be out of action for 4 weeks following surgery on his left knee. He has been experiencing pain in his knee since the middle of last year, and took the decision to have the surgery after the Masters, probably so he’s back for the US Open.
Wonder why he waited until now? If he’d got the surgery at the end of the 2007 season, he could’ve played all of 2008 without having to take a break.
