Hazel Irvine recalls St Andrews room with a view – and early golf ‘commentary’
“In my final year at St Andrews University, I had a room in Hamilton Hall, number 91, which overlooked the 18th hole of the Old Course,” she recalls.
“I put my desk by the window, intending to study, but I quickly realised it was impossible.
“I spent my time watching the fashions coming up the 18th and muttering to myself, ‘short – into the Valley of Sin, short – into the Valley of Sin’!.