Concierge at Old Course Hotel

Snow, snow and a touch more snow. Our corner of Scotland has been thrown back into winter this week – but we are ever hopeful that Spring is just around the corner. In fact, as I write this blog, sun is streaming into the hotel and I can see golfers venturing back onto the Old Course in preparation for a round of their [...]

Happy New Year to all of our guests, visitors and members – and I hope everyone has had a wonderful Christmas and Hogmanay break. We were really busy over the holidays and saw in 2013 with an amazing firework display in the skies above the hotel. It has become quite a tradition at the resort [...]

We were keeping a close eye on the golf from Medinah this weekend and were delighted with the European retention of The Ryder Cup! This week we welcome many of the golfing world’s very best professionals and amateurs to St Andrews for The Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. It is a very special event and one that [...]

Good day folks! I left you last month with news of our Head Chef, Ross Marshall, judging the Scotland Food & Drink Awards. Since then, Ross has spent a day with the Scotland Food & Drink team in Glasgow. He saw presentations from Scotland’s top “Young Talent” across the industry and was bowled over by [...]

Hi folks, Ralph here. Thank you for joining me once again on the Old Course Hotel Concierge blog. Today I’d like to tell you the story of my good friend Hamish, the little bear who waits here at the Hotel for all the little boys and girls to join him. His full name is Hamish [...]