Hugh Dodd
The Swilken Bridge, St Andrews
The Swilken Bridge, St Andrews, oil on canvas, 8" x 12"
What is golf if not a journey of companionship and sport? The most famous journey of all in this game must be over the Swilken Bridge on the 18th fairway of the venerable Old Course at St Andrews. Beyond it lays the Valley of Sin, and the commanding frontage of the Royal & Ancient Clubhouse, the Grand Hotel of old, Russucks and hundreds of years of history. To step over the Swilken Bridge is to complete a pilgrimage for any golfer - and every 'great' from Tom Morris to Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods has stepped forward to find victory or not.