Last round I played was in St. Andrews about 15 years ago. I was playing the course adjacent to the Old Course. First tee I sliced into the fairway of the Old Course hole. I ran over and played from there so I can truthfully say I played on the Old Course at St Andrews. The wind picked up as I played. I lost some balls into the sea, others into gorse. The guys from the local University that I was playing with had season passes, cut a few holes to finish sooner, and left me behind. Eventually on the 15th or 16th, just so I could finish, I had to buy some balls from some young kids who were fishing them out of a pond to sell on. Fun and relaxed experience. There was even an older local man walking him dog off-leash through the course.