Scott Macpherson

@CambridgeGrey @Driftless_Golf @fried_egg_golf @AndyTFE That’s correct, the 1886 was played on the ‘left hand course’. The Amateur Championship is a matchplay event and Hutchinson won the final match 7&6. What’s also amazing is that he won the 1887 Amateur also.

@Driftless_Golf @fried_egg_golf @AndyTFE @macphersongolf The Amateur Championship, I think in 1886, they played the two routings in alternate weeks back then and they simply forgot to reset the course for the event, won by the incomparable Horace G Hutchinson

.@AndyTFE and some of our Fried Egg Golf team recently returned from a dream trip to Scotland, which included multiple rounds at the Old Course. On this week's Fried Egg Golf Podcast we included a segment of our Fife live show with @macphersongolf and a conversation with @mattrouches discussing his first visit to @TheHomeofGolf.

@willyp26 @TheHomeofGolf @fried_egg_golf Yes, there’s a number of ways to play the Reverse Course, including the ballot. For more information contact the St Andrews Links Trust.

@macphersongolf @TheHomeofGolf @fried_egg_golf Do you have to have a podcast to do this or were there any members of the public that got through the ballot?

A feast of fun ⁦@TheHomeofGolf⁩. Played the Reverse Old Course with hickory’s and the @fried_egg_golf clan. Standout holes are 1, 2, 4, 7, 13. 17,18 is a good finish. 11th (reg. 8th) is a cracking par 3 - and due to the green contours, superior in this direction. Loved it!

@Driftless_Golf @barden_berry @BrendanPorath @TheHomeofGolf @fried_egg_golf Go for it. You won’t regret it I’m sure 👍

@macphersongolf @barden_berry @BrendanPorath @TheHomeofGolf @fried_egg_golf Great to hear. I brought mine and used them this morning on the Eden. Was going to use them for regular routing as well. May have to do Reverse now too.

Having never met, I finally got to thank awesome @andy_murray ⁦@TheHomeofGolf⁩ for signing his book encouraging my wife to let me play endless amounts of golf 😂. ⁦@mikeclaytongolf⁩ and Ivan Lendl acted as the middle men during the AUS Open in 2013. United by golf!⛳️

@barden_berry @BrendanPorath @TheHomeofGolf @fried_egg_golf Yes, loved playing with the hickory clubs. The reverse (left hand) course is set up at just under 6,300 yards - similar to its length in 1895. So it feels authentic to use hickory clubs, and it brings lots more ground contours into play … which is super fun. 🤩

@macphersongolf @BrendanPorath @TheHomeofGolf @fried_egg_golf Awesome! Are you glad you played the hickories? And what kind of yardage was the course set up at?

Wonderful to be in St Andrews with Andy Johnson and The Fried Egg podcast guys. It was great fun doing the live recording at the Byre Theatre on the history of Old Course…. And then getting to play it! Tomorrow we play it in REVERSE!

@RandA Congratulations Caitlin- fantastic win! 🥇

The final Student Tour Series Order of Merit standings for 2025/26 🏆 Congratulations to Ollie George and Caitlin Maurice 👏

Wonderful night #STGA26 last night. Incredible venue at National Museum of Scotland and well done to ⁦@bunkeredgolf⁩, sponsors, guests and finalists for making it a very special event. Scottish Golf Tourism is world class - keep up the great work!

This time last week I was at the Emirates and Riyadh Golf Clubs - fabulous places. It’s hard to imagine how much things have changed in a week. My thoughts are with all my golf friends in the Middle East. Let’s hope peace and golf will return to normal asap.

Congratulations to Yang and all the other competitors in the Women’s Amateur Asia Pacific Championship held ⁦@RoyalWellington⁩ Golf Club. A fantastic performance at a great venue and event. A real honour to be there. Well done to ⁦@RandA⁩ and everyone involved 🙏

Amazing being at ⁦@RoyalWellington⁩ Golf Club for the Women’s Amateur Asia Pacific Championship run by ⁦@RandA⁩. The course is in extraordinary condition - I’ve never seen it so good! Well done to the crew. 👏. Greens stimp at 10.8. Best of luck to all the players. 👍

Fanatic to be back ⁦@MiramarLinks⁩. The new 9- hole course, 9-hole@par 3 course and 18-hole putting course are now all open and it was wonderful to see so many people out enjoying the facilities…even saw a hole in 1👏. Congrats to the green keepers - it’s looking great.

Great to be at the BIGGA event in Harrogate as a guest speaker for GEO ⁦⁦@sustainablegolf⁩ .I was impressed by the talented and dedicated green keepers making our golf courses fantastic places to play golf. Keep up the good work!

Want to know how much the cost of playing the Old Course has gone up in 100 years? Brace yourself. In 1923 a round of golf cost 2s. That’s 10p in modern money. Using an inflation calculator, that increases to the equivalent of £7.26 today. But the current green fee is over £300.

@CambridgeGrey @Driftless_Golf @bamabearcat @JimHHartsell @SProctorGolf Thanks Simon. That’s very kind of you to say 🙏

@Driftless_Golf @bamabearcat @JimHHartsell @SProctorGolf "The Evolution of The Old Course" by @macphersongolf is essential reading to understand "The Old Lady"

What are the best books to read before The Old Course Reversed? I have played normal TOC once before and only read To The Linksland and A Course Called Scotland. @bamabearcat @JimHHartsell @SProctorGolf

From the 1930s archives… here’s something that you can’t (rightly) do any more. PS- tough green to hold😉

Old Course fact: Before there were flags on the links, players used fore caddies to look for balls AND indicate where the hole was cut. Holes were cut by knife or trowel in the morning and filled in each night. Golf was a wild cross-country adventure. Things have changed…a lot!

Christmas came early to me and I’d like to share it with you: For the first time I have copies of my award-winning book GOLF’S ROYAL CLUBS available to sell! FREE postage until Christmas. 🎄 🎁 Only shipped to UK addresses. Signed on request. scottmacphersongolfdesign.com/media-releases…