The subsequent time you see St. Andrews’ Swilcan Bridge, it’s going to look totally different.
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Trying to recreate Tiger Woods’ iconic stroll over the Swlican Bridge from final summer time’s Open Championship? Try as laborious as you’ll be able to, however you may not be capable of make it look simply the identical.
That’s of course other than the very fact the build-out and crowds from the Open gained’t return to the Old Course at St. Andrews for just a few years, however in accordance with current pictures, the course has made some changes to the legendary stone bridge itself.
The journey blogger UK Golf Guy posted three new photos of the bridge over the Swilcan Burn between the first and 18th fairways. Two new stone entry areas have been constructed on each approaches to the bridge.
Originally constructed at the very least 700 years in the past, the bridge helped shepherd livestock over the burn, however has taken on added significance on the “Home of Golf.” It’s customary for winners of tournaments on the Old Course to face and wave on the crowds from the bridge as they stroll down the ultimate gap.
It’s additionally been the setting of famous farewell moments for Open champions similar to Jack Nicklaus in 2005, Tom Watson in 2010 and most lately Woods final July.
The change appears to have caught many off-guard, together with three-time Open Championship winner Nick Faldo, who claimed the 1990 Claret Jug at St. Andrews.
There are three different crossings for the burn on 1 and 18, however the Swilcan bridge is by far the most common technique for these chasing their tee photographs on 18. Given the visitors the bridge receives, the patio approaches had been seemingly added to ease the wear and tear and tear on the turf surrounding the entries to the bridge.
The bridge can be a very fashionable photograph spot for golfers fortunately sufficient to attain a tee time and anybody else who walks onto the bridge in between teams, or on Sundays.
