Are you a fan of the sea? Dream of getting married near it? Do you also love golf? Then a wedding at the Old Course Hotel in St. Andrews might be an option for you. It is a stunning venue with views of the sea, a gorgeous garden to gather for the drinks reception and incredible views of West Sands beach. Chloe & Ben’s wedding was everything you could imagine.

Let’s start at the beginning

I met Chloe when I photographed her sister’s wedding. I was delighted when she got in touch to ask me to be part of her wedding to Ben. For their engagement session, we went to old Penicuik House, which was near to their home. And yes, we did manage to sneak in a few photos with their dog <3

Cut to their wedding at The Old Course Hotel. They chose Nomad Floral to do their floral arrangements. As huge fan’s of golf, they wanted to have something for their guest’s to do during the drinks reception. So it was a no-brainer that they contacted Blown Away who set up a mini golf course! As you can imagine….there ended up being A BIT of competitiveness. Luckily, everyone escaped unscathed.

We made sure to take some time to drive down to West Sands for their couple’s session, accompanied by the bridesmaids and groomsmen. We did a few photos on the boardwalk. As soon as we got there, two staff members at Dook came over to give Ben & Chloe a couple of mini prosecco bottles. Such a kind thing to do. We, of course, also headed to the Swilcan Bridge in between play to grab a quick photo. Other honourable mentions should go to their friend Laura for making their cake, as well as It’s No Reel for the fantastic ceilidh music. The Old Course is a perfect venue for a wedding. The conservatory for the ceremony is gorgeous. The Hall of Champions for the speeches and dinner has enough space for all your guests to be up on the dance floor.

bride is sitting in a chair and make up is being applied. she is sitting with her eyes closed and wearing a white satin gown
close up of a bride's hand as it rest on the wooden arm of a chair. you can see her three diamond engagement ring on her finger
gold bridal jewellery resting on a dark green suede cushion.
sparkly shoes sit on a green suede chair. The glitter on the shoes are sparkling in the sunshine.
a bride is helping her bridesmaid put a bracelet on.
a man is outside the living room window looking inwards. He is giving two thumbs up and smiling.
the brides mother is steaming the bottom of a cornflower blue bridesmaid dress with a hand steamer.
the bride is sitting on the sofa smiling.
a wedding gown is hanging in the hallway from bottom spindle of the stair case
top half of the wedding gown is shown and hanging from dado rail on the wall.
a tan coloured cockerpoo is sitting looking at the camera, surrounded by wedding flowers
there is a mixture of pastel coloured flowers, predominately yellow, pink, light blue and greens.
a small pink carnation and miniature thistles make up a button hole. two are lying on a wooden window sill.
a man and woman stand in the hallway, and the woman is helping the man fasten up the back of his waistcoat.
the bride is about to get ready and she is picking up her boxed perfume from the shelf. Her mum has just stepped in to the room and is looking at her.
the bride is having her dress fastened up at the back, there is a close up of the brides mum's hands.
a woman is smiling as her bridesmaid helps fasten up the back of her wedding dress.
a woman is standing looking towards the window light smiling, as she gets fastened in to her dress.
there are small lace sleeves on the dress and they are sitting off the brides shoulder.
the bride is smiling as she adjusts her necklace. curls of hair are hanging in front of her face.
the brides necklace looks like a small muscle shell with a pearl towards the bottom. the brides hands are up towards her ear as she puts an earring on
the father of the bride is standing at the bottom of the stairs dressed in a kilt outfit. he is smiling as his daughter is walking down the stairs towards him dressed in her wedding dress.
the brides father is kisses his daughter on the cheek as they meet at the bottom of the stairs.
the outside of the old course hotel in st. andrews shows the front door and the name signage. there are brightly coloured hanging baskets under the canopy at the front door.
the conservatory at the old course is set up for a wedding. the chairs are all facing away from the camera and you can see the floral arrangement at the end of the aisle
a large off white metal botanical chandelier is hanging from the ceiling of a conservatory.
pastel coloured floral arrangement, is tied to the top right corner of a copper frame. there is some netting draped behind it.
pastel coloured floral arrangement, is tied to the top right corner of a copper frame. there is some netting draped behind it.
two floral arrangements, one is on the floor at the bottom of a copper frame, the other is on the corner of the singing table.
a room is set up with Scottish crazy golf. each hole has a Scottish theme like the Falkirk wheel, Glasgow crane Forth rail bridge and a Highland cow.
a crazy golf hole has a small ginger haired highland cow on it.
this crazy golf hole has a wooden cut out of the loch ness monster. The monster is wearing a "see you jimmy" hat on its head.
Groomsmen are playing crazy golf, and the yellow ball half way down down the ramp.
groomsmen in dark blue suits are standing around talking as they lean on their golf clubs. the floor of the room has lots of purple thistles on it.
groomsmen are gathered outside in a garden and walking. They are carrying golf putters and swinging them as they walk.
groomsmen are walking down a hallway at the old course two by two. A very old picture of golfers is hanging on the wall to the left. They are gathered for a group photo and it looks like gentlemen from the early 1900's.
the groom and best man are talking at the top of the wedding aisle as they wait for the ceremony to start.
the groom and best man are talking as they wait for the ceremony to start.
the bride and her dad arrive at the old course hotel and have gotten out of a silver people carrier. staff members have gathered to greet them.
all the guests are gathered in the conservatory at the old course and are turned to watch the bride and her dad walk down the aisle

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