U-turn on ‘horrible’ changes to St Andrews landmark after backlash from golfers

Renovation work around the Swilcan Bridge on the Damaged-down Course in St Andrews is to be undone after notorious golfers led a backlash towards the “contaminated” changes.

Paving was lately assign in on the landmark, which is estimated to be about 700 years outdated-fashioned.

It is a fashionable situation for tourists following in the footsteps of their golfing heroes.

Greats admire Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson, the unhurried Arnold Palmer, and ‘Damaged-down’ Tom Morris, viewed by many as the father of contemporary golf, have been pictured on the bridge in the past.

Due to the footfall from visitors, St Andrews Links Belief said the turfed intention most incessantly falls into disrepair.

Nevertheless, the crawl to set up a brand contemporary round paved situation was broadly criticised on social media.

Critics integrated legends of the game.

Conventional Initiate champion Sir Sever Faldo tweeted: “In case that you might well have travelled halfway around the sector on your bucket record round at St Andrews, would you rather crawl away with a piece historic dirt on your sneakers or a few cement combine scraps?”

While US golf fan and No Laying Up blogger, Tron Carter, said it regarded “admire a DIY backyard patio”, adding: “I know or no longer it is tough to grow grass in that top visitors situation, nevertheless my goodness. Depraved.”

Twitter user UK Golf Guy also likened the restore to a “backyard patio”.

In a U-turn on Monday, St Andrews Links Belief, which manages the golf route, announced that the situation will likely be reinstated with turf.

In a affirm, the belief said it had trialled “slightly diverse solutions” in most up to date years to glean a long-period of time fix to the smash and lunge.

It added: “Nevertheless whereas this installation would have equipped some protection, in this instance we dispute we are unable to construct a scrutinize which is per its iconic environment and have taken the decision to get rid of it.

“The frequent attention and commentary is indicative of the regard in which St Andrews is held around the sector and we are conscious of our role in keeping this heritage whereas recognising its hallowed grounds have continued to evolve to meet calls for for more than 600 years.

“Within the arriving days our group will likely be reinstating the situation with turf. We would admire to thank golfers for his or her patience as we continue this work. Within the intervening time we are able to continue to explore replacement options for a permanent solution and can simply work with all relevant companions, together with Fife Council, and key stakeholders.”