The R&A World Golf Museum — Attraction in Scotland

While there is some interesting information and they do encourage interacting with exhibits, in all I felt the museum fell short. In general the displays were disorganized and not laid out in a logical manner. For example: the golf balls are displayed left to right from the bottom up, and the descriptions are laid out left to right from top down. Often times the description would be more than 10 feet laterally from the item on display.

On a macro level the museum is poorly laid out. An example, The timeline of medieval golf interrupted by a room dedicated to Seve memorabilia.

A lot of the digital interactive exhibits are jittery, slow, or out of focus. I sort of gave up attempting them halfway through because many were unresponsive so I didn't know if they had crashed or not. In order to make the projectors work the rooms need to be fairly dark. While it's nice that photography is encouraged, it is immediately evident that taking photos of anything behind a case will result in significant glare from the digital interactive exhibits.

I do think there's valuable information and interesting pieces to display, but the disorganization made it unnecessarily difficult to navigate. The pamphlet they give you with admission is a...

Never experienced such rudeness as was displayed by the thoroughly unpleasant shop manager (Jeanette) The 3 other till staff were kind and patient with our group of school children while she screamed at them and snatched items out of their hands accusing them of stealing despite the fact they had till receipts confirming proof of purchase. She then aggressively refused a 10 year old child access to the toilet saying we were not customers despite the fact that all children were excited to be in the shop and intended to buy souvenirs and not just look around. She informed us “there were plenty of other shops in town”. Absolutely appalling attitude after we have been met with nothing but kindness everywhere in Saint Andrew’s. The golf driving range complimented our children on their exemplary behavior. There is a lovely, friendlier shop just round the corner called the old course shop where we were made most welcome and they found a toilet for Manon. I have been a teacher for almost 20 years and can honestly say I have never experienced rudeness like it- would advise others to avoid at all costs as there are indeed ‘plenty of other places in town’ where the managers treat customers with courtesy regardless...

This review is for the cafe (I haven’t been to the museum yet). This cafe has an unbeatable location and view over the sea and the course. Great big windows means you get to see something no matter where you sit. The menu is simple with some nice drink options and thoughtful food choices. This may seem an expensive place for tea and a sandwich, but given the location it shouldn’t really be surprising. My sandwich was small but tasted really good, with fresh bread and a generous helping of chicken. Go with the expectation of modest portions of quality ingredients in a beautiful setting and prices that reflect the tourism that dominates the area and you will thoroughly enjoy the experience. The staff were incredibly friendly and welcoming. The place was very busy when we arrived and seems popular on weekends all day. Given how busy it was, service was relatively quick. We will certainly be back as...