It has both 9 and 18-hole courses,[3] and is open to men, women and children (6 years of age and above) visitors alike for a nominal fee.

[1] Before 1860, there were few recreational activities that young women could participate in, apart from croquet, battledore and shuttlecock, and archery.

At that time, the caddies of St Andrews laid out a small putting area on the Links behind Gibson Place, which is close to the present-day Rusacks Hotel.

Consequently, by 1866 the ladies felt that they should have their own links and club, and so in 1867 the St Andrews Ladies Golf Club was established with Mrs Robert Todd Boothby as President and Miss Ellen Boothby as Vice President.

[5][6] Old Tom Morris laid out a nine-hole “miniature links” golf course, called the Ladies’ Putting Green also commonly known as The Himalayas.