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Taking in St. Andrews
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland -- It's midnight here on the eve of the Open Championship, and I just finished an enchanting little stroll across the Old Course. The town of St. Andrews is still rockin', all the pubs SRO, with the revelry having spilled out onto the sidewalks. The course was something else altogether -- dark, deserted, a little bit eerie. The Northern Lights were visible on the horizon of St. Andrews Bay and they bathed the Old Course in a blue, metallic glow, bringing alive its lunar landscape. I started in the shadows of the R&A building, which was illuminated to a ghostly pallor. A handful of stragglers were trying to peer through the windows, in spite of the drawn velvet curtains. There was nothing blocking access to Grannie Clark's Wynd, so I followed the roadway out to almost the middle of the 18th fairway. I was shocked to see large puddles forming, from the sprinklers that were going full tilt. Reading the early-week transcripts, all the players have been whining about how hard and fast the course is playing. I'm surprised the greenskeepers are being so sympathetic.
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