For More than Golf, St. Andrews in Scotland is the Place.

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For More than Golf, St. Andrews in Scotland is the Place

World-famous as the home of golf and currently Prince William, the first-time visitor might be mistaken into thinking that St. Andrews on Scotland's east coast, exists only to serve those whose obsession is with the game. And while that is true up to a point, the town is far, far more than a golf museum, having been involved with some of Scotland's most momentous occasions in a history stretching back to the Bronze...

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