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Outgoing chief executive of St Andrews Links Trust, Alan McGregor, talks about instigating change, local relations and the joys of early morning drives to work. Article and pictures by Mark Alexander.
A Matter of Trust
Every morning for the last 12 years, Alan McGregor has driven from his home in Perthshire through the heartlands of Fife to the Home of Golf. His journey concludes when he draws up to Pilmour House, an impressive white-washed country home on the outskirts of St Andrews. Surrounded by trees, the building is the administrative headquarters of the St Andrews Links Trust, and as chief executive of the Trust, McGregor is responsible for the most famous links courses in the World.
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“It takes 40 minutes on the way in and 50 on the way back. I am in the office at 6.45am,” he says. “On the way, I listen to the Today Programme but depending on what’s in my diary for the day, I often don’t hear a word. I think about how pleasant it is driving into the Auld Grey Toon as opposed to driving into NW10 Park Royal, where my last office was. “Driving into the rising sun, you think yep, there are worse places to be than this.”
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