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Alexander Smail

The Open golf: Edinburgh to St Andrews travel guide as fans urged not to take train

The Open Championship golf tournament returns to St Andrews for another year this month, and many Edinburgh residents will be heading through for it.

Also simply called The Open, the championship is the oldest golf tournament in the world, and among the most prestigious. It was founded in 1860, and this year the winner will take home $14,000,000 in prize money.

Being one of the biggest sporting events in Scotland, people from across the country will be heading to St Andrews between July 10 and July 17. However, with the ongoing ScotRail strikes have called into question how travellers are meant to get to the tournament.

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