user: ### NOW ANSWER:
Question: What's the To par of St Andrews before the year 1888?
Columns: ['Year', 'Country', 'Course', 'Location', 'Total score', 'To par [a ]']
Types: ['real', 'text', 'text', 'text', 'text', 'text']
Sample row: [1860.0, 'Scotland', 'Prestwick Golf Club', 'Prestwick , Scotland', '174', 'n/a']
SQL:

assistant: SELECT "To par [a ]" FROM "Table" WHERE "Course" = 'St Andrews' AND "Year" < 1888.0;