 I'll be spending the next 48 hours in what can only be described as the epicentre of the world of golf. Well that's not entirely true, it's more likely to be described as the home of golf, which is of course St Andrews in Scotland. First we check into our humble abode for the evening, that's also a lie there's nothing humble about the world famous Russocks Hotel which overlooks the 18th green and the first tea on the old course. The big question is, will we make that historic walk on the fairways in 24 hours from now? We'll be tasting Scottish delicacies such as deep fried Mars Bar, Fisher and Donaldson Yum-Yums and giant steak and ale pies, hopefully this episode leads to the sponsorship deal with Athletic Greens. We'll do all the touristy things like gaze at overpriced merchandise and probably happily buy it what the heck we are on holiday. I will be joined by a man who is renowned for his abullient nature and that's not a word I throw around lightly, Google is about to be hit by the largest ever surge for the word abullions. So are you excited for what it's about? Yeah. So as you can see the excitement was palpable and every effort was being made to curb the enthusiasm for what could be an unforgettable 48 hours. But that will be dependent on lady luck and as the Dalai Lama once said, remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck. He clearly never entered the ballad to play the old course. Yes we have succumbed to the law of walking the hallowed turf, the golf course that is described as pretty average apart from playing the first 17th and 18th, I can't wait to part with £250 for the privilege and I have to wait 24 hours to see if that privilege is actually bestowed on us. For now that's going to have to wait as we have one tea time guaranteed and it's on a golf course which has been on my bucket list since the day it opened. Which was only four years ago, a new golf course in the golf kingdom of five needs to be something special and for what I've seen and heard this place is exactly that. Met at the first tee by a very warm welcome from the course starter and a wee dram to oil the cogs. It was time to get underway and a drive that's as smooth as Tennessee whiskey or a Loch Lomond malt and to be honest it was neither. I should point out there is an epic match play coming up on the back nine but first of all I think we're going to start off with some stunning visuals that myself and Lewis only get in the way of. The course is picture perfect and as I now rate my course based on how photogenic it might be this would be ranked at number one. If I created a visual in my mind as to what I would want a golf course to look like then this would be it. Big congrats to Clive Clark and all the team at Dunbarney for a delivering what can only be described as a modern masterpiece. I would struggle to compare this to any other UK golf course. It seems to have drawn inspiration from so many different styles and combined to create something quite unique on Scottish soil. Fifty minute drive to get from St Andrews over to Dunbarney. Right Lou, before I go any further in this video we need to know we played eight holes so far or we're on the eighth green. What is your current score? I'm four under. Four under, putting first five hundred. Doesn't happen very often. Yeah, he's been unreal so far. This is where it goes wrong, I can feel it. Well, to be honest with you, mate, it all matters on the back nine. The front nine is almost irrelevant, but I'm encouraging him. To get rid of all these and have none left for the back. Has he got another? Has he got another? Oh, my word. Right, let's get to the next tee. Stymie's coming very soon and hopefully all your birdie putts have been used on the front, good part. As ever, big thanks to our series sponsor, PXG. Without their support, we simply could not create the off the beaten track series. Right, Lou, before we make our way and start our Stymie match on the back nine, you've played here before. Yeah, how'd you rate it? It's as good as anywhere. Yeah, it's actually good, isn't it? Yeah, I'm not just... That's because I've been here and it's just brilliant. It's nothing to do with the fact you're four hundred, now you genuinely like it. I love it. I love it. I've been buzzing all the way up, haven't I? To be fair, yeah, he's raving about it. And what do you think of it? I'm loving it. I'm loving it. I mean, obviously, we're still, this is hole nine. Probably my favourite hole so far, virtually from the tee. Yeah. And the fact that it's a decent tee shot helps as well. The hole's going that way towards the water. Amazing, isn't it? It's just stunning. Every... I have a virtue in every position that you land on, whether you've stood on a tee in the middle of a fairway, take a glance around you and it's pretty incredible. And I'm just glancing around because I can't... Oh, I've just snuck off the fairway. I'm on the fringe. Anyway, we're getting warmed up for Stymie. I need to get my putter going. I know that much and he needs to stop. Now, photo of the week is a bit special. Go for it. Louis or Andy in the comments section down below. Before we get into our match play, I must share with you what an amazing job Marine and Lorne have done in the revamp of Russocks. It is the place to stay in St Andrews. And more to come from here in next week's episode. My plan for our match was quite simple. Law Lewis into a false sense of security on the front nine and then unleash Hell on Earth on the back. And with my driver's speed topping out at 96 MPH, he better be ready for this whirlwind. Right, OK, so this is the most important bit of every week. Nowadays, it's Stymie and we're well and truly switched on. Yeah. You've been on fire. It's time I got going a little bit. Tell me first of all, what are we looking at in terms of stroking? Stroking next one. Stroke one? Stroke one. What a time to kick off. Let's toss the coin so you go first. Head to sails. Head to sails for Wales. Nails, yeah. Oh, she said so. That's head to sails. Tales for Wales never fails except in Stymie every week. Right, you having the honour? Yeah. What are you having on, aren't you? That's what you want to win. I'm going to have the honour. You're on a shot. I think I want the honour when you're on a shot, do I? Of course you do. You're in control of the hole, aren't you? You're in control of the hole. Nice. Nice shape. Little slider. That'll be all right, that, isn't it? So? Yeah. Question? Yeah. It is fit. Yeah, I think we're all right here, yeah. You're going to play. Yeah, I'm feeling good. Do you ever use a Stymie card or are you going to stitch me up like last time and just... I've got to look at the scorecard and I've seen where the stroking next are. OK, so you've got the experience round here, haven't you? That's pretty good. I don't know the line, you know it better than me, so it's a little bit tight down the right, isn't it? Yeah, I'll be fine. I probably got away with one, really. I think you're all right there. Yeah, it's OK. 165. Get up. And again. Oh, nice. Yeah. That's all right for you, isn't it? It's OK, yeah. It's on the safer side. I don't think there's much to miss on the right of the flag, so, yeah, it's pretty much as I planned. What are we looking at first, the world yardage? 158. 158. Straight at the flag? I don't think... Well, you're on the green, so I can't really do anything else. You've done well to get there in two on this hole. It's a tough hole. Yeah. Bit going OK today, haven't I, so? Yeah, it's been really good. Too good. That's the worst one so far, that... You'll find the green. Ah, a bad strike and everything. Oh, good. What a vista, I'm going to call it. Beautiful, but on the long way from the hole. I'm feeling like two from here could be good enough, Lou. That's a wonderful outfit, isn't it? Oh, really? I don't mean to say that for your gritted teeth, but... You're not meant to do that on a stroke in the next one, are you? I had to put that in it. That is a port, I wasn't... Honestly, I said two would be good and... Well, I wasn't expecting two, let's be honest. It's taken us five minutes to walk here. I know it has, yeah. It's got me stepping for the day. Right, so you've got a 40-footer for the half. When you're on shots, I feel as though having the honour is... I haven't got a clue what to do. OK. Well, I know I need this for the half, so... Let us know in that comment section down below who's playing stymie. And how's it going? It's just that brow, isn't it? Yeah, it's a good putt. He's on a good line, just never up. You know what they say, never up? Never up, one down. And one up, and it's a really interesting hole, very different than what we've played so far on the front. You said 2-4-2 to the flag. Yeah, 2-4-2 to the flag, par for no shots. I mean, we're on a forward or a slightly forward tee, aren't we? There's plenty of tee options which I like. Yeah, a lot of sand. I know. Is this a wise decision? Joke index. 13. No shots. I drove the world so well on the front nine, and then I've really gone to pot with that. I'm going to play stymie. You're stymieing? I'm stymieing, yeah. I think I... It's where I made the errors last week. I'm not on a shot. I haven't had a very good shot there. I'm going to play a stymie, a one-up, I think. Right there. Good stymie that, I think. I fancy this one. Great strike. Is that enough to get it there? Oh, yes, it is. It just carried that front-right bunker. Oh, I can just see it pop up now. I think my decision to stymie was tactically a blinder. So long my ball was free of trouble, it had left an awkward chip shot to a two-tier green. Lewis ran up a long pot. And I came very close to hauling out for birdie. Lewis came up agonisingly short to add into his own birdie tally. I think in the end, the stymie card... I retain the honour, but I was, like, a few millimetres away from losing the haul. So I think the stymie card was the right decision in the end. Yeah, yeah, that's it. And this is where we're going. So remind us Strogendex. Strogendex-15, this one. Yeah, it's a no-shot. OK. Straight down, bunker's on the left. OK. Better, Lou? Yeah. Steady that. Yeah. That's your safe shot, isn't it? But I like it. Yeah, it's OK. Are you going or you know? Yeah, that's the player, I think. I've used a stymie, so I'm in the fairway. I'm not on the shop, but I think I've got a... There's some holes you've just got to take on, so you can't... You can't void every hole, can you? That's it. Come on, then. Yeah, it's good. It's good. Yeah, I think I'm all right there, yeah. Well done. Two decent drives meant it was down to the short game and there was only one winner in that department. I need to chip up somewhere close to give you a chance of a par. And with Lewis's hot streak coming to a halt, I had the chance to make par and retain the honour. So I got a good half there out the way on a non-shottle. Do with one getting one away, yeah? Yeah. Good swing, that. Yeah, I got that away. That's the best. Yeah, that's right down the middle for Diddle. Yeah, I'm kiboshing that. Stymie. Oh, mate, that's still running, honestly. Do you call Stymie before I stop running? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, you just smoked that. We're not playing that. Yeah, super swing. Great drive. So with only the honour at stake, I will quickly explain the rules for those who haven't been watching of late. Stymie can be declared by the person who has the honour after they play their tee shot and Stymie can be declared by the second on the tee before they play their tee shot, which is a big disadvantage. You get two Stymie each in a nine-hole match and to be clear, if you play Stymie, the hole is nullified and you only play it out to declare who has the honour on the next tee. That's a beautiful drive-up. I'm in for five. What number? This is for Birdie. Yeah. What hole number was that, Lou? 12. This is 13. 13. Beautiful hole, that, wasn't it? Yeah. You got it? Yep. Look at that. Great Stymie. Four on a shot. Yeah, yeah. That's a birdie, net eagle. Yeah. Good decision. Doesn't get anything for it. So one... Well, you love saying that, don't you? So that's one Stymie each down, yeah? It's the happiest I've been all day. I know, yeah. You still won up? 154. 154. Okay. Between clubs. Come on, that's a shot. That's terrible. That's shocking, Lou. I don't know what happened there. Do you know what the only good news is? Is it in play? I didn't go in the bunker. My God, that was the worst shot of it in quite some time, but there you go. Over to you. Are you playing it? That is a good point. Well done. Thank you for saving me. I was that annoyed with me bad shot? Erm... Do you know what? No, I want a Stymie. I'll have a Stymie. I'm rid of Stymies again. Okay. Lewis followed up with what seemed to be a sublime iron. Great read. I told you that's a simple two-putt. We just had that shot. You've been unlucky would be an understatement. That's pitch, probably a yard past Pin Eye, which that's where the flag is. And he's bounced somewhere there and kicked all the way down. Oh, my word, I'm back in two. Oh, this is good. This is good. That's superb, mate. The great effort from there. Oh, that's a quality up and down. It's only for the honour on the table. I think it was another half, I suppose. I wouldn't have made a great deal of difference. It's nice to see the putter going, innit? Yeah, I'm still one down. So, is this part five? Part five. You've got no Stymies left. I've got one. And you're one up. So, can I go over directly over that... There's two fairways here. Yeah, but can I carry that centre bunker? It's a big carry. Is it? Yeah, probably the left one will be better for you. Left side. Great swing. Brilliant. You're on a shot here, as well. Yeah, I'm on a shovel. For me, it's obviously a tin plate, so... Brilliant. That's bang on. What are you going to do? Choice is yours. Now, last time we played... No, this is a really long hole, this. I'm going to make four here, so I'll do it. Oh, sorry. That's fighting strong. I love it, Lou. Right. So, he's keeping hold of that Stymie. He's got a bit of that tactic going on again. I better watch out for that. Oh, my word, he's nutted it. He's absolutely nutted it. That is drilled. Still a long way home, though, isn't it? Feeling good? Yeah, I'm feeling all right. Two... Yeah, it's 257 to centre. And the wind's in a bit. To light it with that drive, you don't realise how tight this fairway is, do you? No, it is the narrow bit, isn't it? Yeah, it is the narrow bit, but good drives. On a shot here, nice and steady. Pick up that. These tight fairways, it's solid. Really good, aren't they? Happy, delighted with that, to be honest with you. So nice, isn't it, though? Yeah. Look at that. Just a crisp fairway, just clipping one off the top. It's so nice and rare at the minute in the UK. Ah, big pulley there. Just off to the left of the tad. It should be okay. So, go on then. 75 in. Yeah, little sandwich. Don't like that pin. It's tucked a little bit, isn't it? Yeah. Come on, let's do strike again. Oh, brilliant. So good. Oh, it's three. Oh, I've strung three shots together there, mate. Delighted. Really good. Delighted. Oh. It stayed in the... It forced me to... Yeah. I don't know, that's not bad. It could be a lot worse. You'll just skip on a shot. I'm a man here, not playing style here, am I? Oh, pick it up. Pick it up? Pick it up, yeah. I'm having a stinker up here. Well, first of all, what an absolute stunning part three. Yeah, that's... But then concentrating on a match. It's quite hard at the minute because there's a switch up between concentrating on a match. Enjoy what you're looking at. Anyway, 150. This is a great hole, isn't it? I'm on a shot. You're on a shot on a part three. I've got a really good shot here. Swing again. Oh, wow. Stay there. Oh, and I'm so lucky. Oh, no. I'm so lucky I was going to the hole. It was coming into the hole, and it's just come back down, hasn't it? Wow. Right, I'm going to stime me, though. You're going to stime me? Yeah. Oh, I'm on a shot, yeah, sorry. Yeah. I'm going to stime me, though. Okey-doke. So I'm just playing for the honour, but oh, my word, that's so nice. I told you earlier on that the views are pretty much every T-box you stand on. I'm not sure how that works, but because they're not all elevated, but you've always got that view. Yeah. Just all the line. Just all big. Big as well, yeah. Wrong club. Good decision to use the stime. Good decision. Good decision. Well, do you not think like this week we're starting to grasp the whole stimey concept a bit better? Well, we've used all the stimes. Yeah. But I'm too down with two to play, so I feel as though maybe I haven't quite got a grasp of stimey yet. Super shot. That's a super effort from there on that downslope. 10 goals without you wouldn't get that any closer. No. No, it's very good. Yeah, nice effort. Yeah, probably the right line. But it just needed it. Ah, lovely three there. Lovely three. Great tee shot. Yeah, it's an amazing up and down there. I'll give you a due there. That was incredible. They got you an outboard. They got you nothing. No, they got me nothing. Well, there's a tee shot. So you can go left towards those bunkers, which would leave you an iron to over there. You can see on the horizon. So it's a bit of a quirky one. So is this a shuttle? The only code? No. No shots? No shots. No. 293. No shots. No stimes. This hole is in play. It's a good strike. Miss it. Miss the bunker. Miss one. Oh, it hopped it. I think that's where you always know it probably looks on your side when you carry one bunker and pop the next. You've got to put this on the flat, on the green, I think, really, haven't you? Yeah, yeah, thanks for that. Yeah, it's powerful. Just there. Yeah, thank you. Oh, it's not. That's okay, mate. It might have leaked a bit, but that's perfectly fine seeing that pop up as well. It didn't feel great. Played to perfection, wasn't it? Yeah, I just got the hardest right. Played to perfection. Just make sure you clear the bunkers. Good course management. Right, come on, shut up, and what are you doing here now? That's another world here, isn't it? That's another world. Right, Louie, you need one of them birdies that you had in abundance on the front nine. Yeah. Yeah, not add one on the back nine. Get up, ball. Come on. One more. Stay there. Yeah, it's on the right tier, anyway. Yeah, not great. It's a chance, mate. Not great. It's a putter's chance. So, in the no-shot situation, I feel this is obviously a must-make, isn't it? Yeah. Come on. Yeah, terrible pitch shot. Yeah, good roll. Great pace. They just haven't felt fire on the back bud. No. Pick that one up. That one was so nice to finish on a bird. You played really well. Of course I had that, Lou. Really good, that. Right, let's go out of the way of these behind. So, as you can see, hell was unleashed and victory was mine, which meant absolutely nothing. Oh, you were on. You're on. You were on. I'm out, yeah? Yeah, you're on. Yeah, I see you. No need for that. Yeah, definitely because you're on it. Oh, really? Yeah, yeah. Waffle it loads. Yeah, you can do that. But don't fuck it on your arm, because you're about what you were doing. I said trendy YouTubers. I am not. But I am not trendy and I am not a YouTuber. Yeah, that's what exactly you are. Anyway, cheers. Well played. Yes, well played. Good game. That was a tale of two hours, wasn't it? Very much so. Are you going to split the G? Yeah, a tale of two hours. I just love it, yeah. What do you think of the course? Absolutely lovely. Lovely. I was trying to think on the leisurely stroll of 18. Because you'd won. Was what it reminded me of. And I really struggled in terms of like pitching on into a UK golf course. And release on club. Yeah. Again, not the same at all. And you mentioned it's got similarities to King's Barns, which I've not played. I think those three are like a modern take on Link's Golf. Yeah, yeah. And I can't think of anywhere else that's in that bracket. Because Link's Golf is quite rusty in the UK, isn't it? Simple things. I mean, they've done it. They've done it wrong. They're not all rusty. They're brilliant, but these are a modern take on it. And I just love this. I love Relate Ones. I love King's Barns. Yeah. I'm afraid this and the oldie sort of links. Yeah, yeah. The turf was just fantastic to play off, wasn't it? You play an iron, where you play a wedge and get to a really crisp off the top. And it just felt superb. Greens were, I can't believe how good they were. I mean, they'll be a lot quicker in a month or two's time, but it was there. They were solid. I mean, they were firm. The whole course was so dry. And I think this is some of the weather we've had lately. That's just ace. I love it. I hope we'll come back here tomorrow and again the next day. But the big deal is, and what we've held on for, don't go anywhere because very shortly we will find out whether or not we're going to be playing the old course. And I've never played it before. Lois, I've got to say I'm quite excited and nervous at the same time. At the same time. Yeah. So yeah. It's not bad. I'm sure.