The Isle of Mull Cheddar is a traditional artisan farmhouse cheese. Made at Sgriob-ruadh Farm, close to the town of Tobermory, this is definitely a cheese you should try.

Corra Linn is a sweet and nutty cheese made from sheep’s milk which is matured in cloth for between six and ten months. It’s handmade at Walston Braehead Farm in Lanark, South Lanarkshire.

Dunsyre Blue is a mould ripened hand made cheese from Walston Braehead Farm. They take the unpasteurised milk from the neighbouring cows at Kirklands Farm Dunsyre.

Next time you are in St Andrews I highly recommend you visit The Guid Cheese Shop just off South Street in Burghers Close.

The show reel ranges from laughs with Nick Faldo and Prince William, the 18th on the Old Course in the snow, seeing John Gallagher hit the ball cack-handed, enjoying trick shot specialist David Edwards, to hearing great stories from local Old Course caddy John Boyne on the famous Road Hole.

It also includes tips on playing Kingsbarns, to helicopter footage of the courses at St Andrews. In addition Andy profiles the famous 19th hole in St Andrews, namely the Dunvegan Hotel, and takes time to understand how playable hickory clubs are made at the St AndrewsGolf Company.

The show reel also features Musselburgh Old Links, the oldest course in the world, and spends some time with Karl Morris, the mind coach to Lee Westwood and Darren Clarke. Andy also talks to Ross Biddiscombe, author of Golf On The Edge 2.

If you a restaurant, retail shop, professional or service provider who wants to describe your own story on location in a documentary interview style, I can definitely help by producing a custom crafted 1 minute video especially for your web site. For those of you far away I can a professional voice over record a custom script, that is then laid over a 30 second photo montage to produce a great video about your business.

This week I visited St Andrews Golf Company Ltd, the last remaining Scottish golf club manufacturer, over at their new premises 6 miles south west of St Andrews at Largoward.

Hamish Steedman the managing director of this great golf company, was kind enough to show me around the show room and factory. It was fascinating for Elle and I to get a behind the scenes look at the last club maker in the world to to retain the traditional skills used to hand craft authentic period playable sets of hickory golf clubs. Not only that but this is home to 3 of Scotland’s most famous club making brands; George Nicoll, Tom Stewart, and of course St Andrews Golf Company itself. You can read a full account of the company’s history dating back to 1881 here.

Join me in this video as we step back in time and appreciate the unique skills required to make clubs for some of the game’s greats names like Bobby Jones, Gene Sarazen and Henry Cotton. It was a real pleasure and education to witness the various steps required to make a fully playable hickory club. Hamish explained how through the generations, the same materials and working methods are used to make clubs like a long nose spoon, brassie, mashie and a niblick. A full description of the club making process from start to finish is detailed here.

The company also offers a complete custom-fit service of ‘state of the art’ golf clubs. If I had had more time I would have used their advanced putter fitting system!

Clubs are sold online and at their new shop on Golf Place in Andrews. You have the choice of the Heritage Collection featuring single clubs and sets of period hickory clubs and the Modern range incorporating the George Nicoll and St Andrews Golf Company brands.

If you are ever in St Andrews I would definitely recommend a visit, you are bound to enjoy and appreciate over 125 years of golf heritage under one roof.

St Andrews Golf Company

20 St Andrews Road, Largoward, St Andrews, Fife, KY9 1HZ, Scotland

Website: StAndrewsGolfCo.com

Email: info@standrewsgolfco.com

Tel No: +44 1334 840860

Fax No: +44 1334 840862

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Finally the Question of the Day:

What is the oldest club you have ever played with? Please leave your answer in the comments section below. Thank you.

After two days of fantastic sunshine I thought we were all set for a mild patch, how wrong could I have been!

I awoke to find a deep blanket of snow, my walk at Tentsmuir beach in near tee shirt conditions the day before was a distant memory.

It then stuck me that I had never seen the Old Course under snow, only in pictures – so this was my chance to change that.

Thus this afternoon Elle and I drove into St Andrews and shot this 2 minute video. It was fun to shoot and the constrast to the footage shot for Episode 1 is clear to see!

The question of the day is as follows: “What are the worst conditions to have ever played golf in?” Please leave your answers below in the comments section.

Take care and remember it’s nice to be nice.

Cheers

Andy

The Question of the Day:

What are the worst weather conditions you have ever played in? Please leave your answer in the comments section below. Thank you.