St. Andrews Value Golf Tour Itinerary...

Escorted or Self Drive

July 17th - July 24th, 2006

Scotland & British Open Golf Tour

Monday, July 17:
Upon your arrival in Edinburgh or Glasgow, escorted tours will be met by your SGH Golf tour manager/driver, who will assist you with your luggage and show you to your waiting minibus.

Self-Drive tours will be met by a SGH Golf representative, who will assist you with your luggage and present you with your travel guide, before showing you to your waiting rental vehicle.

Transfer to St. Andrews and the Russell Hotel. The Russell Hotel is situated overlooking the bay in St. Andrews and if you have a four iron handy you can hit the 18th green of the Old Course from the front steps of the hotel. The rooms are all beautifully appointed and the food wonderful.

The rest of the day is free to relax and unpack.

Glasgow to St. Andrews is approximately a 1 hour and 45 minute drive. Edinburgh to St. Andrews is approximately at 1 1/2 hour drive.

Overnight at the Russell Hotel.

Tuesday, July 18:
Today after breakfast golf will be arranged on the St. Andrews New Course. Opened in April 1895, the course was built in response to increasing demand for golf at St Andrews. The New Course is a classic links course which uses the natural features of the land to create a first class golfing challenge. The course has the traditional out and back layout, with the 18th green just to the right of the first tee. It also has, in the great St Andrews tradition, shared fairways and even a double green at the 3rd and 15th holes.

Non golfers may like to take a walking tour of St. Andrews. St Andrews is a fascinating town with a wealth of history not associated with golf. It was the ecclesiastical center of Scotland for many years before the reformation and houses the oldest university in Britain. Much of this history you can explore on your tour today.

Overnight at the Russell Hotel.

Wednesday, July 19:
This morning after breakfast golf will be arranged on the Carnoustie Golf Course. Of all the championship links Carnoustie is possibly the most severe. It has been recently reinstated on the Open circuit and hosted the British Open Championship in 1999. On the five previous occasions Carnoustie was used, it produced champions of the highest caliber. With the wind so intolerant, the rough so devastating and the greens so fast, this is the complete test, both mentally and physically.

Non golfers may like to visit Glamis Castle. Glamis dates back to the 9th century and is possibly the most spectacular of all the Scottish castles. It was the childhood home of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and birthplace of her daughter, the Princess Margaret. Glamis was also the setting for Shakespeare's Macbeth.

St. Andrews to Carnoustie is approximately a 45 minute drive.

Overnight at the Russell Hotel.

Thursday, July 20:
Today after breakfast golf will be arranged on the St. Andrews Old Course. Handicap Limit – Men: 24, Ladies: 36. The oldest golf course in the world has many remarkable features which help make it so special to golfers around the world. It is the Home of Golf where golf was first played 600 years ago and yet it remains a real test of golf for today's champions. Despite its reputation and status, it is a public course. The course is known for its particular physical features including 112 bunkers, some of which are especially famous e.g. 'Hell' on the long 14th, 'Strath' on the short 11th and the Road Bunker at what is probably the most famous golf hole in the world, the 17th or Road Hole (so called because a road - which is in play - runs hard against the back edge of the green). The Old Course’s truly remarkable feature is that in today's modern golfing world, a course which has evolved over six centuries, remains a true test of championship golf.

Non golfers may like to visit the village of Crail. Out of all Fife’s East Neuk villages, the village of Crail has the most picturesque harbour. From Crail’s wide main street, steep cobble-stoned wynds run down to it, this being the older part of the village. Painters and landscape photographers spend hours here. The small anchorage caters mainly for lobster and crab fishing boats and lobster creel-markers are seen in the water all along the coast. The upper streets of the village are more spacious with the Tolbooth at its centre behind which is the small Crail Museum and Heritage Centre giving an insight into the burgh’s history.

Overnight at the Russell Hotel.

Friday, July 21:
Today after breakfast golf will be arranged at Kingsbarns Golf Club. Located directly on the North Sea coast only six miles from St. Andrews, Kingsbarns is without a doubt one of the most breathtaking links courses ever developed. Kingsbarns Golf Links is a real one of a kind and contrasts with Scotland's other famous links courses in that it is a new, man-made development.

Non golfers may like to visit Falkland Palace. This is a lovely Royal Palace in a picturesque little town. The buildings of the Palace, in Renaissance style, date from 1501-51. This was a favorite seat of James V and his daughter, Mary Queen of Scots. The Royal Tennis Court of 1539 is still played on.

After golf you will transfer to Chester, England and the Mill Hotel. Situated on an historic Roman site the Mill Hotel was opened by its present owners in 1987. The original Griffiths Cornmill building dates from 1830 and great care has been taken to sympathetically incorporate many of the original architectural features during the conversion into a hotel. The Mill hotel has been extended in recent years with the addition of the impressive south wing, linked to the original building via a glass walled bridge over the Shropshire Union Canal. The hotel now boasts 129 en-suite bedrooms, conferencing facilities, and unrivalled leisure facilities including a gymnasium, pool, sauna, steam room.

St. Andrews to Chester is approximately a 5 hour and 20 minute drive. Overnight at the Mill Hotel.

Saturday, July 22:
Today after breakfast you will attend the Third Day's Play of the 2006 British Open Championship being held at Royal Liverpool Golf Club.

Chester to Royal Liverpool is approximately a 40 minute drive.

Overnight at the Mill Hotel.

Sunday, July 23:
Today after breakfast you will attend the Final Days Play of the 2006 British Open Championship followed by the presentation of the trophy to the winner.

Overnight at the Mill Hotel.

Monday, July 24:
Today after breakfast you will depart Manchester for home.

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