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Rant on...

It appears that the St. Andrews Links and Trust announced the winner of the naming of the 7th course over the weekend....

Can you spell B O R I N G ???

The winning name??? {Drumroll please.....}


Are you ready for this???

{Make sure you're sitting down, and don't have any milk in your mouth, cuz you'll spit it out on your computer monitor when you see this lame-o name they selected....}

Ready???? Here goes.....


The Castle Course


BU WA HA HA HA HA HA - they had over FOUR THOUSAND entries, and they chose "The Castle Course"???


As this article in the Scotsman relayed, Mr. Alastair Dempster (are you sure it isn't DUmpster?) reported (somewhat defensively, apparently) "Defending the choice, Mr Dempster said trustees sought a name which was easy to understand, relevant to the course and town and which fitted in with the trust's family of names.

He added: "In golfing terms this is a major decision and a historic announcement. It's not every day that a new course at St Andrews is named. In reaching this decision, we were acutely aware that the name would have to stand the test of time and remain appropriate to a world-famous golfing destination." {Wake me up when it's over...)

Yeah, Alastair, "The Castle Course" should stand the test of time....and it SURE is easy to understand - not much risk or imagination there....apparently there used to be a castle called Kinkell Castle on the property, so there you go....(so if some farmer had abandoned his plow on the property, would it have been fair to suggest "The Plow Course"??? Unbelieveable....)

An American named Edwin Burtnett was selected from the other unimaginitive sheep, I mean contestants that played it safe, and Mr. Burtnett gets the opportunity to play one of the first rounds when the course is officially opened next year...I'm pretty sure Mr. Burtnett just AGONIZED for HOURS over his winning selection, along with the other contestants' names that were in the lottery fishbowl....

Click here for the OFFICIAL report....oh well, it still looks like a PHENOMENAL course, and I plan to go play it someday soon....along with a few others in the area....hopefully with Mom in the cart, enjoying the day, and her first trip back to Scotland since the end of World War II...

Maybe the locals will take to calling it "Seachdadhar Brae" (Seventh Heaven Hill)

Rant off....