How the Old Course Became the Old Course (Great Courses 1)

The Fried Egg Golf Podcast

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Golf, Sports

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🗓️ 19 December 2023

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Over the next couple of weeks, we'll release the first few installments of what we're calling our "Great Courses" series. These episodes will tell the stories of some of the best and most influential golf courses in history. And where else could we start but with the Old Course at St. Andrews? Our guest is Scott Macpherson, a golf architect and historian, who recently published a revised edition of his fascinating, extraordinarily well-researched book St. Andrews: The Evolution of the Old Course. Scott joins Garrett to dispel some myths about the Old Course's history (no, it wasn't created solely by wind and sheep) and discuss how the links took on their modern form through a combination of natural and human influences. You can order your own copy of Scott's book on his website: St. Andrews: The Evolution of the Old Course.

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0:00.0	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
0:06.8	fried egg fried egg fried egg fried egg fried egg fried egg fried egg lie
0:11.8	I'm about ready to run off the golf course Well, Welcome back to another edition of the Friday Golf Podcast. I am Andy Johnson, but this is not my episode. This is actually Garrett's podcast. He's on a doctor-ordered
0:48.0	vocal rest. So I'm subbing in just for the intro and the and the advertisements from our partners.
0:56.0	I would you know I'd say that a vocal ordered rest is one of the worst things that could happen to a podcaster.
1:03.5	I think I'm starting to think about injuries that can derail my life and
1:08.5	something with my vocal cords would be a problem.
1:11.9	So anyway, this is an exciting series. I haven't listened to this
1:14.7	podcast and I am quite excited to listen to it. It was an idea Garrett had and I'm
1:20.8	I'm fascinated about the topics of this is he wanted to do a short series over this holiday break and maybe into early next year on a few of the greatest and most influential golf courses in the world.
1:34.4	So naturally the first course up is the old course at St Andrews.
1:39.2	So he's going to go into depth on the old course, I think on the history and architecture of it. His
1:47.0	guest for this episode is Scott McPherson. Scott is a golf course
1:51.2	architect and historian and he's the author of the book St Andrews
1:55.2	the evolution of the old course.
1:57.6	So Scott just came out with a new edition of this book and you can purchase a copy of your
2:02.1	own at Scott McPherson golf design.com.
2:06.0	That's Scott McPherson golf design.com.
2:09.8	So we're going to get to this interview, but first, let's talk about our partner, Fat Cork.
2:16.4	Fat Cork is a, you know, much like the old course, like a wonderful, you know, champagne that's super unique and a kind of a pilgrimage if you're into
2:28.4	champagne or if you know somebody that's into champagne you should be getting them fat Fat Cork. We are here in the holiday season.
2:35.8	There's a couple of things. You should have a nice little stock of Champagne for your holiday
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