{"id":54283,"date":"2020-10-02T21:47:39","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T21:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rockstargolfscotland.com\/?post_type=eb_listing&#038;p=54283"},"modified":"2020-10-02T22:08:27","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T22:08:27","slug":"the-dukes","status":"publish","type":"eb_listing","link":"https:\/\/rockstargolfscotland.com\/?eb_listing=the-dukes","title":{"rendered":"THE DUKES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">The Dukes Golf Course has a Story to tell.\u00a0 St Andrews only Heathland course was actually the brainchild of The St Andrews Old Course Hotel.\u00a0 Despite its world-class location overlooking the Old Course, the hotel has no privileged access to the Old Course and its Tee Times.\u00a0 As a five-star hotel whose clientele is synonymous with elite golf.\u00a0 It was deemed essential to be able to offer guests guaranteed tee times on a superb Championship course. The only way to do that was to build The Dukes.<\/p>\n<p>The Duke\u2019s was carefully planned and designed to complement the classic links courses along the coastline and to enhance St Andrew\u2019s standing as the leading destination for golfers.\u00a0 Originally designed by 5 Times Champion Golfer Peter Thomson and his partner Ross Perrett. Their concept for the course was simple\u00a0 \u201ca golf course should grow out of the land&#8217;.\u00a0 Together they created a course that would be shaped by the elements, challenging and have 5 tee decks making it scalable for all golfers. One of Par 4s, Braw View provides golfers with an unparalleled and unforgettable panoramic view of the Skyline of St Andrews.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Duke\u2019s Course in St Andrews opened for play in July 1995 to great Fanfare. HRH The Duke of York, Prince Andrew, who played an inaugural round with British Lions and Scottish Rugby Captain Gavin Hastings OBE.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The course was improved further in 2006 by Tim Liddy, a then student of Pete Dye the renowned golf course architect.\u00a0 Liddy changed the course to a more traditional Heathland style making improvements to the bunker layouts, drainage, and adding three new finishing holes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Duke\u2019s Course has matured over the last 25 years and now offers golfers 18 magnificent holes in a spectacular location overlooking the historic university town and Fife\u2019s beautiful coastline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":54290,"parent":0,"template":"","eb_tags":[163],"eb_category":[113,119],"class_list":["post-54283","eb_listing","type-eb_listing","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","eb_tags-st-andrews-fife","eb_category-golf-courses","eb_category-parkland-courses"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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