Can You Play St Andrews on Awesome Golf? Here’s How

St Andrews is harder to get right in a simulator than any other famous course. The double greens are enormous. The shared fairways do not make sense on a rectangular screen. The wind is the whole defense of the course.

Awesome Golf’s version handles it well. The Road Hole (17) is the standout — the green complex is diabolical, the out-of-bounds is right there, and the angle into the pin forces you to make a decision that will probably be wrong.

How It Plays on Awesome Golf

The double greens are rendered at the right scale. On a small iPad screen, the massive putting surfaces look appropriately large. The long putts from 60 feet track correctly on Awesome Golf’s green physics engine.

The wind matters. St Andrews without wind is not St Andrews. Awesome Golf’s physics engine treats wind as a three-dimensional force that affects ball flight and roll-out. The crosswind on the 17th tee pushes the ball toward the out-of-bounds. The headwind on the 18th approach lengthens the carry.

The Valley of Sin on 18 is present and accounted for. You can putt from the front of the green and watch your ball roll back to your feet. That is the St Andrews experience.

How to Access It

Open Awesome Golf on your iPad. Select Virtual Golf. Browse the course list for “St Andrews” or “Old Course.” Play it in the wind. Calm St Andrews is not St Andrews.

The Value Play

St Andrews on Awesome Golf is a solid version of the Old Course. It is not as detailed as FSX Play’s 4K version or as physically accurate as Trackman’s LIDAR scan. But it costs $199 for the entire library, runs on an iPad, and requires no additional purchases. For the value, it is excellent.

For the full list of courses worth playing on Awesome Golf, read The Best Courses on Awesome Golf. Need the full software breakdown? Check the Awesome Golf Review.