page_title: Strathtyrum
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Strathtyrum / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Fairway on Strathtyrum golf course. Fairway and shelter hut on one of St Andrews' many golf courses
context_page_description: Strathtyrum is a 400-acre country estate in the north-western outskirts of St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. It is accessed via the A91.
context_section_description: The estate was owned by St Andrews Cathedral Priory prior to the Reformation, whereafter ownership was granted to the Duke of Lennox and it subsequently changed hands several times. It was purchased by Archbishop James Sharp in 1669 and by James Cheape, the son of a laird, in 1782.
  The adjacent property of St Andrews Links on the northern side of the estate was acquired by James Cheape in 1821 and sold by his brother's grandson, also named James Cheape, to The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews in 1893. Control of St Andrews Links was regulated by an act of Parliament in 1894 and another in 1974 which resulted in the creation of the St Andrews Links Trust. The Strathtyrum Course of St Andrews Links, which was opened in 1993, was built on land that was previously part of the estate and sold to the St Andrews Links Trust by Mrs Gladys Cheape in 1986. The Strathtyrum estate was subsequently inherited by Henry Ismay Cheape.
caption: Strathtyrum Course fairway of St Andrews Links
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