Jason Lamers Hort' 4000 May 4,2005

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Jason LamersHort. 4000May 4,2005
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• 8th Century the relics of the disciple St Andrew
  were brought to St. Andrews from Constantinople
  by a monk called St Regulus or St Rule
• 1200 St Andrews Castle was constructed
• 1320 The Cathedral St Rule's Tower was
  consecrated construction was had started in the
  mid 12th century

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• 1411 Scotland's first university formed at St.
  Andrews
• 1400s Golf began
• 1400-1600 St. Andrew's served as the religious
  center in Scotland
• 1457 golf banned by King James II due to it
  distracting young men from archery practice
• 1502 Golf allowed again by King James IV
• 1754 The Society of St. Andrews Golfers formed
  when 22 noblemen, professors, and landowners

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• 1764 The old course reduced from 22 holes to 18
  setting the standard we see today
• 1797 Due to bankruptcy the St. Andrews Town
  Council lost control of the golf course leading
  to rabbit farmers taking over the land
• 1821 James Cheape of Strathtyrum bought the land
  to save the links
• 1834 King William IV agreed to become the Patron
  of the Club and the Society of St Andrews Golfers
  became The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St
  Andrews
• 1894 The St. Andrews Town Council reacquired the
  links after the first Links Act was passed by
  parliament safeguarding the links for public
  access.

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City Of St. Andrews Links Act
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• 1895 The New Course at St. Andrews was
  constructed and funded by the Royal and Ancient
  Golf Club
• 1897 Jubilee Course was constructed
• 1914 Eden Course was constructed
• 1974 With the demise of the town council due to
  government reform the second Links act was
  passed, keeping the course open as a public golf
  course available to everyone
• 1993 Strathtyrum Course was constructed

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Jubilee Course Hell Bunker, Old Course
Old Course, Hole 4
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• 1993 Balgove, an extensive Golf Practice Centre
  consisting of 9 holes opened
• 1995 The first club house open to the public open
  serving the Old, New, and Jubilee courses
• 2000 The second public clubhouse opened serving
  the Eden, Strathtyurm and Balgove Courses and
  creating the largest public golf complex in the
  world
• Currently there is another 18 hole golf course in
  the works

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• In 1754, the Royal and Ancient Golf Club was
  founded under its original name of the Society of
  St Andrews Golfers. This club, originally
  composed of 22 noblemen, professors and
  landowners, now governs the rules of golf
  everywhere except the USA.

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• 1754 The Club first played for a silver club in
  their annual tournament
• 1806 The Club began playing for a Gold Medal
• 1836 A silver Cross became the Prize
• 1837 The Royal medal was awarded by King William
• 1838 The Queen Adelaide Medal Was awarded
• The winners of these tournaments acted as the
  captain of the club

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• 1835 Major Hugh Lyon Playfair formed the Union
  Club which consisted of many RA members
• 1853 The Union club built the first Clubhouse at
  St. Andrews
• 1877 the two clubs merged eliminating the Union
  Club name
• Significant changes were made to the original
  clubhouse in 1866, 1873, 1882, 1889, 1898 and
  1924, and 2002

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The Clubhouse For the Royal and Ancient Golf Club
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• 1857 The Club hosted the first tournament in
  which members of neighboring courses were invited
  acting as a National Championship
• 1859 The tournament was run again with less
  interest
• 1860 Prestwick Golf Club inaugurated the Open
  Championship
• 1872 The RA with Prestwick and the Honorable
  Company of Edinburgh Golfers, jointly took over
  responsibility for the running of the Open.  They
  were later joined by Royal St Georges, Royal
  Liverpool and Royal Cinque Port s Golf Clubs.

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• 1894 With the passage of the Links act the RA
  took over maintenance of the old and new courses
  and were forced to appoint the first full time
  paid secretary to handle the business of the
  club, Colonel R. Elliot Lockhart
• 1897 There was much speculation over rules of the
  game and the RA set up a Rules committee to
  handle this job. This came 3 years after the
  USGA was formed in the United States.
• 1909 the first rules pertaining to golf clubs
  were written
• 1920 the first rules pertaining to ball size were
  written

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• 1930s The RA made a concerted effort to consult
  golfing bodies at home and abroad over changes to
  the Rules of Golf and those of Amateur Status.
• 1951 The RA held a conference with the USGA to
  seek uniformity between the two governing bodies
  over the Rules of Golf.
• 1970 The Club held its first conference with
  golfing bodies from around the world to discuss
  issues relating to the governance of the game.
• 2004 The RA celebrated its 250th anniversary

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• Open Championship
• Amateur Championship
• Commonwealth Tournament
• St. Andrews Trophy 
• Eisenhower Trophy
• Walker Cup
• British Mid Amateur Championship
• Seniors Open Amateur Championship

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• The RA Serves125 national and international,
  amateur and professional organizations, from over
  110 countries and on behalf of an estimated 28
  million golfers in Europe, Africa, Asia Pacific
  and The Americas (outside the USA and Mexico)
• Today the RA has 2400 members
• There is also plans being put in place to bring
  the old course up to today's standards, With
  video footage showing changes

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• By developing The Open Championship as one of the
  world's great sporting events and an outstanding
  commercial success, The RA is able to invest an
  annual surplus through The RA Foundation into
  grass roots development projects around the
  world.
• Particular emphasis is placed on the
  encouragement of junior golf, on the development
  of the game in emerging golfing nations, on
  coaching and the provision of open-to-all courses
  and practice facilities.
• The RA also provides best practice guidance on
  all aspects of golf course management, with
  specific reference to ecological and conservation
  issues, to help the growth of the game in a
  commercially and environmentally sustainable way.

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• The Royal and Ancient Golf Club at St. Andrews,
  2005 http//www.theroyalandancientgolfclub.org/ind
  ex.cfm?cfid611107cftoken68567742eeee
• St. Andrews Links, 2005 http//www.standrews.org.u
  k/
• St. Andrews Virtual Tour Map
• http//www.saint-andrews.co.uk/Tour/tourmap.htm
• 2005, http//www.standrews.com/courses/