Pilgrims in the Rough by Michael Tobert sampler
For centuries, people have been travelling to St. Andrews. Whether they were on a holy pilgrimage to see the magnificent Cathedral and the preserved bones of St. Andrew, or devout golfers putting their skills to the test on the Old Course - that holy grail of golf courses - or just students and scholars jostling for a place at one of Scotland’s most esteemed centres of learning, St. Andrews has always attracted pilgrims. Michael Tobert leads his readers through St. Andrews’ historic highs and lows with a potent combination of the anecdotal and the informative. His writing is both astute and downright funny, and he proves that sometimes, truth really is stranger than fiction.
For centuries, people have been travelling to St. Andrews. Whether they were on a holy pilgrimage to see the magnificent Cathedral and the preserved bones of St. Andrew, or devout golfers putting their skills to the test on the Old Course - that holy grail of golf courses - or just students and scholars jostling for a place at one of Scotland’s most esteemed centres of learning, St. Andrews has always attracted pilgrims.
Michael Tobert leads his readers through St. Andrews’ historic highs and lows with a potent combination of the anecdotal and the informative. His writing is both astute and downright funny, and he proves that sometimes, truth really is stranger than fiction.
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Contents<br />
Town Plan 9<br />
The Old Course Plan 10<br />
Acknowledgements 13<br />
Preface 15<br />
<strong>in</strong>troduction<br />
An Extremely Brief History 17<br />
travels around <strong>the</strong> town<br />
1 The Mound beh<strong>in</strong>d <strong>the</strong> R&A 27<br />
2 The Ca<strong>the</strong>dral 33<br />
3 The Harbour 45<br />
4 The Castle 51<br />
travels on <strong>the</strong> old course<br />
5 The Open<strong>in</strong>g Holes 61<br />
6 The Loop 73<br />
7 The Clos<strong>in</strong>g Holes 85<br />
fur<strong>the</strong>r travels around <strong>the</strong> town<br />
8 The University: early days 95<br />
9 The University: fall and rise 105<br />
10 The Burgh 113<br />
11 The L<strong>in</strong>ks road 127<br />
<strong>the</strong> necessities of life<br />
12 Eat<strong>in</strong>g 135<br />
13 Sleep<strong>in</strong>g 143<br />
14 Book<strong>in</strong>g a Tee Time 147<br />
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