Why the St. Andrews Links Collegiate was the family trip of a lifetime

Getting to compete on the Old Course at St. Andrews is particular already, however attending to do it surrounded by family is a entire different degree.

While the Notre Dame males’s and girls’s golf groups have been already surrounded by their Fighting Irish family for the inaugural St. Andrews Collegiate, in addition they received to play the first-of-its-kind school occasion with their very own households in attendance.

GOLF tagged together with the Notre Dame squads as they ready for and performed in the one-of-a-kind school occasion that includes three different colleges: Georgetown, North Carolina and Vanderbilt. The journey and occasion have been documented in GOLF’s newest documentary, Beyond The Bend, which you’ll watch in full above.

While many mother and father and households do journey for a lot of school occasions round the United States, going throughout the pond to Scotland for a school occasion together with your family in tow is a once-in-a-lifetime expertise.

“To have each of our players have their parents here or someone from their family was super special,” ladies’s staff coach Caroline Powers Ellis stated. “And especially for [assistant] coach Kari [Bellville] and I to have our families here too— to get to celebrate it as a complete Notre Dame family was something really cool.”

Men’s staff coach John Handrigan added that family is one of the most necessary values to Notre Dame golf.

“Having all the families here to celebrate this moment— I saw tears from dads when their child was walking up 18 and having this experience with our families has been great,” Handrigan stated. “Nothing better than family.”

“You just never know what life has in store so to have this moment with them forever, I’m really thankful for it,” added graduate pupil captain Palmer Jackson.

For extra on Notre Dame’s journey to the Home of Golf for the St. Andrews Links Collegiate, you’ll be able to watch GOLF’s full documentary, Beyond The Bend, here.

Jack Hirsh

Golf.com Editor

Jack Hirsh is an assistant editor at GOLF. A Pennsylvania native, Jack is a 2020 graduate of Penn State University, incomes levels in broadcast journalism and political science. He was captain of his highschool golf staff and just lately returned to the program to function head coach. Jack additionally nonetheless *tries* to stay aggressive in native amateurs. Before becoming a member of GOLF, Jack spent two years working at a TV station in Bend, Oregon, primarily as a Multimedia Journalist/reporter, but additionally producing, anchoring and even presenting the climate. He will be reached at jack.hirsh@golf.com.