James Sharp was Archbishop of St Andrews between 1661 and 1679.Assassinated in a very brutal manner in 1679 by being pulled from his coach just outside St Andrews at Magus Muir and stabbed repeatedly in front of his daughter, he was buried beneath an elaborate monument in the Holy Trinity Church at St Andrews. However . . . the tomb was opened in 1849 it was empty – and the body has never been found!
The Phantom coach of James Sharp can still be seen travelling in deathly silence along the first fairway of the old course pulled by four, giant black horses. Not a sight we’d like to encounter on a dark night! The wind created by the coach and horses can drive second shots back into the burn . He particularly picks on americans who are non-believer's .