Old Course Hotel

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| name = Old Course Hotel

| classification = {{Rating|5}}

| status = Open

| building_type = Hotel

| logo = Old Course Hotel at St Andrews.png

| image = Old Course Hotel-St Andrews-Geograph-6167264-by-Richard-Sutcliffe (cropped).jpg

| caption = The Old Course Hotel overlooking the Old Course

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| owner = Destination Kohler

| address = Old Station Road

| location = St Andrews

| location_town = St Andrews

| location_country = United Kingdom

| map_size = 300

| coordinates = {{coord|56.34453|-2.81138|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| hotel_chain = Kohler

| opening_date = 1968

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| parking = Yes

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| website = [http://www.oldcoursehotel.co.uk/ Official website]

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The Old Course Hotel, or its full name, the Old Course Hotel, Golf Resort & Spa, is a five-star hotel in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.{{cite web|last=Trend |first=Nick |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/hotels/9160018/Old-Course-Hotel-St-Andrews-hotel-review.html |title=Old Course Hotel, St Andrew's: hotel review |publisher=Telegraph |access-date=1 May 2017}}

The hotel borders the Road Hole of the Old Course, and has 175 rooms, including 35 suites.{{cite web|author=Graham Metcalfe,Malcolm Laurie |url=http://www.luxuryscotland.co.uk/oldcourse/ |title=The Old Course Hotel in St Andrews |publisher=Luxury Scotland |access-date=1 May 2017}}

It was built in 1968, on the site of the old railway station,{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/united-kingdom/scotland/fife/st-andrews/hotels/old-course-hotel/|title=Old Course Hotel, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland |publisher=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=2020-11-23}} by British Transport Hotels Ltd (which was a subsidiary of British Railways). In 2004, Herb Kohler bought the hotel and now it is operated by Destination Kohler, a subsidiary of the American Kohler Company. The former stationmaster's house still stands and is called the Jigger Inn, which forms part of the hotel complex. In 2020, the hotel completed an expansion, which included 31 additional rooms and the Swilcan Loft restaurant.{{cite web |last1=Lazell |first1=Jeremy |title=Hotel review: Old Course Hotel, St Andrews |url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/uk-travel/scotland-travel/hotel-review-old-course-hotel-st-andrews-630qrzztc |website=The Times |access-date=19 July 2022 |date=11 December 2021}}

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File:17th Hole, Old Course. The Old Course Hotel, St Andtrews2406188 9637bbe7 (cropped).jpg|The hotel obstructs the 17th (The Road Hole) fairway on the Old Course. Previously they were railway sheds.

File:Old Course Hotel - geograph.org.uk - 394910.jpg|The Old Course Hotel at night

File:Old starter's Box - geograph.org.uk - 111911 (cropped).jpg|The Old Starter's Box. Previously it was a golf course starter's box

File:The Pro Shop, Old Course Hotel, St Andrews-geograph-3990566-by-Stanley-Howe.jpg|The Pro Shop at the Old Course Hotel

File:The Jigger Inn, St Andrews Golf Course geograph-6911629-by-JThomas.jpg|The Jigger Inn

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