Rebrand for St Andrews golf course named after former prince Andrew | EUROtoday

The St Andrews golf course named after the previous Prince Andrew is to be rebranded.

The Duke’s Course, which is three miles from the centre of the Fife college city, will turn out to be the Craigtoun Course, after a close-by nation park.

A heathland course in contrast to the hyperlinks which dominate the house of golf, the Duke’s was opened by Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor in 1995.

He later turned captain of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club, which relies in St Andrews.

Andrew has given up his honorary membership, as a part of his retreat from public life within the wake of the scandal about his shut friendship with the paedophile and intercourse trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

The course and membership are additionally to come back below the administration of the St Andrews Links Trust on a long-term lease.

The membership’s emblem can also be being modified, to take away the royal affiliation.

An illustration that includes timber will change a lion rampant holding a saltire flag.

The belief already runs seven public programs across the Fife city, together with the world well-known Old Course, which hosts the Open Championship each 5 years.

Until 5 January, the Duke’s will proceed to be run by golf resort operator Kohler, alongside its possession of the Old Course Hotel.

From then on it is going to be know because the Craigtoun Course.

Following a rising public outcry about his hyperlinks to Epstein, Andrew was stripped of titles such because the Duke of York and his standing as prince, turning into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.

As a part of that announcement in October, Andrew was additionally to go away Royal Lodge and to maneuver into another lodging in Sandringham, the King’s personal property in Norfolk.

Andrew has additionally confronted calls from Democrat members of the US Congress to offer proof to a committee investigating Epstein’s actions.

Mr Mountbatten-Windsor had not replied to the request by the top of their deadline final month.

A press launch confirmed the course would tackle a “revitalised identity” however it didn’t point out the previous prince.

Neil Coulson, chief govt of St Andrews Links Trust, mentioned: “The agreement for The Craigtoun Course will see the first new course added to the Home of Golf’s portfolio in 18 years and presents an ideal opportunity to expand the golf experiences we offer.

“We are delighted to have reached settlement with the Old Course Hotel and look ahead to taking on what it’s already a major asset for St Andrews and Scotland and constructing on its fame.”