Had a chance to meet Paul Kimber, the architect with David Kidd Design who's overseeing the construction of the new course in St Andrews, over a Guiness last night...and he's offered to take me to the site of the newest course sometime in the next few weeks. He says it's scheduled for opening in 2008. Paul is a young guy who's been with Kidd for a few years now. I expect to go down and check things out in the next week and will be posting some pictures following the visit. The course does not have a name yet...a competition is being conducted to choose it. An interesting note about the current courses run by the Links Trust. The first initials of each course spell out B.Jones. (Balgrove, Jubilee, Old, New, Eden and Strathtyrum) Just a little caddy trivia. Believe me, I'll have plenty more before it's over.
Pictures of the 7th course soon.