For golf enthusiasts and traditionalists, the mere thought of tinkering with the Old Course at St Andrews will be akin to scribbling a moustache on the Mona Lisa.
With the Open Championship returning to the cradle of the game in 2015, however, this tinkering will begin at the weekend having being approved by the St Andrews Links Trust and the Royal & Ancient's Championship Committee.
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