The St Andrews Links Trophy is an international
amateur golf tournament
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.
Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping w ...
contested on the
St Andrews Links
St Andrews Links in the town of St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, is regarded as the "Home of Golf.” It has one of the oldest courses in the world, where the game has been played since the 15th century. Today there are seven public golf courses; the ...
in Scotland. It has been played annually since 1989.
The format is 72-hole stroke play over three days. 144 players compete in the first two rounds after which the leading 40 competitors and ties play a further 36 holes over the
Old Course on the final day. The course or courses used for the first two rounds has varied from year to year, with combinations of the Old, New and Jubilee courses used. Before 2003 the event was played over two days. Originally the Old and New courses were used on the opening day. The Jubilee course was first used in 1999.
Winners
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See also
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St Rule Trophy
References
External links
Tournament homepageList of winners
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Amateur golf tournaments in the United Kingdom
Golf tournaments in Scotland
Sport in Fife
Annual sporting events in the United Kingdom
1989 establishments in Scotland
Recurring sporting events established in 1989