You tinker the Home of Golf at your risk. That would certainly seem the more than- riding message after the Royal & & Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews’ choice to construct what appears like a round yard outdoor patio leading up to the renowned Swilcan Bridge on the 18 th opening of the Old Course was consulted with a gush of adverse discuss numerous social networks systems.
The scene of a lot of golf’s most renowned minutes over the centuries, and also passed through by almost all of the video game’s greats, from Old Tom Morris to Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and also Tiger Woods, the 30- foot long curved bridge, which was initially constructed to aid guards relocate their groups of lamb over the Swilcan Burn, has actually been desecrated– well, it needs to cynics, of which there appears to be numerous.
‘That’ s like attracting a moustache on the Mona Lisa’ quipped @warrenallsworth on Twitter, while @jabba2711 commented, ‘The only thing missing is wrought iron patio furniture’.
The R&A has yet to talk about the precise factor for the building of the brand-new smooth location on the tee- side of the bridge, although some amusing onlookers have actually recommended that it could to suit a brand-new barbeque location or a system for bigger team wedding event photos.
As the picture over plainly reveals, the stonework is absolutely yet to mix perfectly right into its environments, and also it will certainly be a long time, perhaps years, prior to it handles the colour of the building to which it is so jarringly affixed.
However, not everybody is fretting this most recent modification to the globe’s most renowned golf links. @itismarkharris Tweeted: ‘It’ s simply a bridge. Everything is mosting likely to be alright.’
