Each medal comes on a card stating the following: St. Andrew is the patron of golfers and Scotland because of his connection with the town of St. Andrews, birthplace of golf. Relics of the saint, who was a fisherman and one of the apostles, were brought to Scotland sometime before the 8th century and eventually enshrined at the medieval cathedral at St. Andrews. From the towers of the cathedral one can see the Old Course, and early histories of golf mention players entreating the saint for assistance as they played the windblown links. This coin–with Andrew on the front and the image of the ruins of the old cathedral on the back–was hand carved by Hank Schlau and was then cast in pewter.