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Had a visit to the St Andrews Links Academy this morning, lovely day and once I'd hit my balls I had a wander across the short game practice area to watch some people playing the Old Course and took one of my proper cameras.

The gate at the Academy which leads to the path along the academy is level with the 3rd/15th green and when I was there last week I watched a guy take several shots to escape Cartgate bunker - I've been in Hell bunker and survived but this one really scares me - you don't really get an idea of the scale of it from this (it's massive).

Coming down the 15th were a three ball and I watched them putt and then hit their drive on the 16th - and noticed how well behaved the Springer Spaniel (I think) which was wandering around with them was - here it is checking out why his master's putt hadn't gone into the hole - when the guy hit his drive the spaniel raced down the 16th fairway and waited next to his ball - a very good boy indeed.

And here's a view of the 15th with the dunes of the Jubilee course in the background

Next I had a wander across to have a look at the Balgove - it's a field with very nice greens and some tees and one of my favourite little courses - the turf is absolutely wonderful to walk on - as is most of the Links

And another couple of good boys (or maybe girls)

Been a while since I've owned a dog and I'm not sure whether I will in the future, but I love to see a well behaved dog on the golf course.