"of the top holes in the world, the par-3 8th hole (""Postage Stamp"") measures a scant , but its diminutive green measures a mere . Two holes earlier, the par-5 6th (""Turnberry"") extends to a lengthy . The 11th hole (""The Railway"") is one of the most difficult holes in major championship golf. Now a long par-4, a blind tee shot has a long carry over gorse with out of bounds all along the railway on the right. The lengthy approach shot is to a small green that falls away, with nearby out of bounds. On 1 July 2016, Royal"
"mostly further north than the Old Course, with no holes bordering the Firth of Clyde; it has its own clubhouse. The Craigend Course is a nine-hole par-3 course. The Club is private; guests are allowed at certain times, under advance booking, with a handicap certificate establishing proficiency. The Old Course has four tees – ""Ladies"", ""Short"", ""Medal"" and ""Championship"". For 2016 Open Championship: Lengths of the course for previous Opens (since 1950): Opens from 1962 through 1989 played the 11th hole as a par-5. The Open Championship has been held at Troon on nine occasions: Royal Troon Golf Club Royal"
"Troon members voted overwhelmingly to admit women into the club as members, avoiding a potential controversy that could have overshadowed the 2016 Open Championship, and potentially to the club being removed from the Open rota in the future. The Old Course is the championship layout at Royal Troon. Its second course, the Portland, also an 18-hole layout from 1895, but significantly shorter than the Old Course, was redesigned in 1921 by world-renowned architect Dr. Alister MacKenzie, a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. The Portland is also of very high standard. It is located slightly further inland and"
"its small green. Lee Trevino's bid for a third straight Open fell short, thirteen strokes back in a tie for tenth place. This was the last Open Championship as Troon Golf Club; it became Royal Troon Golf Club five years later in 1978, and next hosted in 1982. Old Course Lengths of the course for previous Opens (since 1950): Opens from 1962 through 1989 played the 11th hole as a par-5. ""Wednesday, 11 July 1973"" ""Thursday, 12 July 1973"" Amateurs: ""Edwards (+6), Homer (+7), Russell (+7), Foster (+8)"",<br>Stuart (+9), Milne (+10), Hedges (+13), Bonallack (+15), Sym (+15), Burch (+16), Eyles"
"mystery and charm of the course. The most famous hole is the third, a par 5, dogleg right, of 500 yards, where the fairway simply ends about 300 yards from the tee, as the land descends into a vast, deep bunker, nicknamed the 'Cardinal', about 50 yards across, which is buttressed by railway sleepers. Many championship hopes have died in this bunker. The Pow Burn flanks the hole down its entire right side. The Irish Sea / Firth of Clyde forms the western boundary of the course, flanked by sand dunes. The Royal Troon Golf Club sits immediately to the"
"the north. Glasgow Prestwick Airport is located slightly to the south and east of the club, and low-flying aircraft are nearest its southern section. Just prior to Royal Troon hosting its first Open Championship in 1923, the Old Course was redesigned, lengthened, and strengthened by James Braid, a five-time Open champion, one of the era's top architects, and a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. Other than having new back tees on several holes, the current Old Course is essentially very similar to Braid's finished work. Troon was granted its ""Royal"" designation in 1978, during its centennial. Its"
"tenth and 11th, marks a sharp rise in difficulty from the opening holes. With the 13th hole, the player turns northwards for a long, very stern finish, running parallel to the opening stretch. This comprises three long par 4s, two tough par 3s, and a challenging par 5 (the 16th) with its fairway bisected at the halfway point by a ditch, which can only very rarely be carried from the tee. The player very often has to face a strong prevailing wind. Royal Troon is home to both the longest and shortest holes in Open Championship golf. Regarded as one"
"Royal Troon Golf Club Royal Troon Golf Club is a links golf course in Scotland, located in Troon, South Ayrshire, southwest of Glasgow. The club, which now has a total of 45 holes, was founded in 1878, initially with five holes. It lies adjacent to the Firth of Clyde. George Strath was appointed in 1881 as the club's first golf professional, and together with 1882 Open champion Willie Fernie (golfer), designed the original course, expanding it to 18 holes by 1888. The two were assisted by Charlie Hunter, greenskeeper of the neighbouring Prestwick Golf Club, in Troon's formative years. When"
"which was then extended to form the current clubhouse. The course was established in the twentieth century and is unique, as it contains two masts, disguised as trees by the side of the fourth fairway. The par for the course is 68, containing seven par 3s, eight par 4s and two par 5s. The longest hole on the course is the 13th, which is 547 yards long, measured from the competition white tees. The shortest hole is the par 3 third, which is 142 yards in length. After the fourth, the player must cross a relatively busy road to get"
"Troon Golf Club (""Royal Troon"" since 1978) as the Open venue for southwestern Scotland. Turnberry was added to the rota in 1977, southwest of Prestwick. It was the last Open scheduled for just two days, at 36 holes each. In 1926, the first two rounds were on Wednesday and Thursday, and following a 36-hole cut, the final two rounds were played on Friday. This format was continued through 1965. ""Thursday, 25 June 1925"" Source: ""Friday, 26 June 1925"" Amateurs: Harris (311), Cruickshank (315), Tolley (320), Hayward (337) 1925 Open Championship The 1925 Open Championship was the 60th Open Championship, held"
"and John Henry Taylor. It has also hosted The Amateur Championship on 13 occasions. The club was founded in 1887 in a setting of wild duneland. Many holes feature blind or partially blind shots, although the unfairness element has been reduced somewhat, after several 20th century modifications. The club's Challenge Trophy dates from 1888 and is one of the oldest trophies in golf; it has been contested annually except for war years. The course also possesses the deepest bunker in championship golf, located on its fourth hole. Author Ian Fleming used the Royal St. George's course under the name ""Royal"
"nine holes. The small clubhouse was near the present fourth tee, but the present clubhouse was erected in 1897 and extended several times until 1912. The course itself is 6,291 yards long and was remodelled in 1903 along Wick Bottom; the land is leased from the corporation which acquired it in September 1913 as part of the East Brighton estate. Past presidents of the club include the Duke of Norfolk, Marquess of Abergavenny, Earl of Chichester and Earl Haig. White Lodge, The Cliff, Roedean is an atypically small house by Sir Edwin Lutyens, built for Victoria Sackville. It was one"
"clubhouse is richly decorated with historical golf artifacts. James Montgomerie, father of champion golfer Colin Montgomerie, served as Secretary in the 1980s. Its ""Old Course"" is one of the host courses for The Open Championship, one of the major championships on the PGA Tour and European Tour. The Club has hosted the Open nine times, the most recent in 2016. Past Open champions at Royal Troon include Justin Leonard, Mark Calcavecchia, Tom Watson, Tom Weiskopf, Arnold Palmer, Bobby Locke, and Arthur Havers. Six consecutive Opens at Troon were won by Americans, from 1962 through 2004, ended by Henrik Stenson of"
"addition of sixty new banked-up bunkers. Its length was reduced slightly, from ; the 5th hole (Greenan) was reduced from . ""Thursday, 14 June 1923 (morning)"" ""Thursday, 14 June 1923 (afternoon)"" ""Friday, 15 June 1923 (morning)"" ""Friday, 15 June 1923 (afternoon)"" Amateurs: R. Scott (307), Tolley (313), Soulby (315), Caven (325), E. Scott (328), Watson (330) 1923 Open Championship The 1923 Open Championship was the 58th Open Championship, held 14–15 June at Troon Golf Club in Troon, South Ayrshire, Scotland. Arthur Havers holed a bunker shot on the 72nd hole to win his only major title, one stroke ahead of"
"Monroe Golf Club Monroe Golf Club is a Donald Ross-designed course in Pittsford, New York, a suburb southeast of Rochester. Opened for play in 1924, it is home to the annual Monroe Invitational Championship, a highly regarded amateur event first played in 1937. Monroe Golf Club was ranked #96 in ""Golfweek""'s 2011 top 100 best classic courses. Nearby to the northwest is the well-known Oak Hill Country Club, also designed by Ross. In the semi-finals of the 53rd Monroe Invitational Championship in 1993, 17-year-old Tiger Woods hit a miraculous low, rising cut four iron that sliced some under, around, and"
"miniature golf-course opened in April 1957, but was reduced to 16 holes in 1988 for the new layout of Marine Drive to cater for Marina traffic; the adjacent area to the north of Roedean Road has also been used as a pitch-and-putt golf course. The East Brighton Golf Club in Roedean Road is a private club, founded in 1893 as the Kemp Town Golf Club. Initially it had just a few holes alongside Roedean Road, but it was soon extended to nine holes across the Downs, and in 1897 changed its name to East Brighton with the addition of another"
"holes. The course and slope rating is 79.3/155 from the tournament tees and 76.4/153 from the championship tees. Each hole has its own name, and some holes are named after famous courses or golf holes. The signature hole is the fifth hole (named Oak Tree), a 592-yard par five where players must avoid the oak tree that is used in the club's logo. Other notable holes include the eighth hole (named Harbor Town after Dye's Harbour Town Golf Links), par three with water down the entire left side. The tenth hole (named after the Prairie Dunes Country Club) is a"
"7,319-yard, 18-hole course was designed by Bobby Clampett and Chuck Smith. Each hole on the course is named for some aspect or notable moment in Stewart's life. The fifth hole, for example named ""Road Hole"", recounts the par Stewart made in the first round of the 1990 Open Championship at Old Course at St Andrews when he was forced to knock his third shot against the wall behind the green at the Old Course's treacherous 17th. His ball finished just on the back fringe from where he chipped in. On the 10th anniversary of Stewart's death in 2009, Golf Channel"
"was reduced to 54 holes by strong winds. St Andrews Links Trophy The St Andrews Links Trophy is an international amateur golf tournament contested on the St Andrews Links in Scotland. It has been played annually since 1989. The format is 72-hole stroke play over 3 days. 144 players compete the first two rounds, which are split across the Old Course and another course at St Andrews. After 36 holes the leading 40 competitors and ties play a further 36 holes over the Old Course on the final day. In 1999 and 2000 the event was reduced to 36 holes"
"July 2010, the course became a temporary heliport, when fog in Edinburgh forced the helicopter used by Elizabeth II and Prince Philip to land in front of the first tee. The course left a lasting legacy to the game's rules. The four-and-a-quarter-inch () diameter of a golf hole was the width of the implement used to cut the holes at Musselburgh; in 1893, the R&A adopted the measurement as a mandatory requirement for all courses. Musselburgh Links Musselburgh Links, The Old Golf Course in Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland, is generally accepted as being one of the oldest golf courses in"
"to golfers. The 4th hole is also called the ""Devil's Dip"", as the fairway from the tee-box to the green is a solid dip, which runs on as far as the eye can see. The 6th hole is named ""Tiger Hole"" because Tigers used to be sighted near it. The 12th hole is called the ""Cardiac Hole"", due to the strenuousness of the walk. A ""hard hitters"" course, the 13th ""Twister"" green is not visible from the tee box. The 15th hole (""New Long'un"") which has the longest yardage of , needs two long shots to sight the green. It"
"on the Old Course at Troon and 18 holes on the Lochgreen municipal course. Johnny Bulla led the scoring at 140 with Norman Von Nida next on 141. The field for the Open proper was limited to a maximum of 100 participants and did not include ties. The qualifying score was 153 and 93 players advanced to the first round on Wednesday. Arthur Lees led after the first round with 68, a shot ahead of playing partner Eddie Whitcombe and Locke. Dai Rees was the 36-hole leader at 139, followed by Bill Branch (140) and Locke (141). Lees and Whitcombe"
"the same hole, but going in different directions. The Old Course was pivotal to the development of how the game is played today. For instance, in 1764, the course had 22 holes and the members would play the same hole going out and in with the exception of the 11th and 22nd holes. William St Clair of Rosslyn as the captain of ""The Captain and Gentlemen Golfers"" authorized changes to St. Andrews on 4 October 1764. He decided that the first four and last four holes on the course were too short and should be combined into four total holes"
"Wilson. Competition: English Boys Amateur Strokeplay Championship. Date: 25 July 1996 Record Holder: Hugh Hamilton. Competition: Singles Stableford. Date: 10 September 2000 This course layout does not yet have a course record associated with it. Seaton Carew Golf Club Seaton Carew has held golf games since 1874, making it the tenth oldest golf club in England. The Club is based on the North Sea coast, north of the River Tees in North East England. When it was first established this classic links course became the only golf club in the English counties of Yorkshire and Durham, hence its original name"
"Royal North Devon Golf Club Royal North Devon Golf Club was founded in 1864, and is the oldest golf course in England. The course was designed by the Scottish golfer, Old Tom Morris. Royal North Devon Golf Club is located on Northam Burrows between Northam and Westward Ho! Northam Burrows is common land and was notified as a Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1988. Golfers share the environment with sheep, ponies and walkers. In January 2018 part of the seventh green was washed away during Storm Eleanor and there is disagreement between the golf club and Natural England on"
"Open Championship squandered by hitting their balls into those bunkers. The Old Course is also home of ""The Road Hole"", the par-4 17th, one of the world's most famous golf holes and perhaps the hardest hole in tournament golf. Among its unique features are: The general method of play today is counterclockwise, although clockwise play has been permitted on one day each year in recent years, and for several special one off events since. Originally, the course was reversed every week in order to let the grass recover better. One other unusual thing about the Old Course is that it"
"in 1897. Originally intended for Victorian dressed ladies, and other golf beginners, it has evolved into one of the hardest courses at St Andrews Links. The course is commonly used to test junior and amateur golfers for the British Mid-Amateur Golf Championship, as well as the St Andrews Links Trophy. Initially a 12-hole course, it was expanded to 18 holes in 1905. The course has seen considerable developments under the management of Willie Auchterlonie, Donald Steel, David Wilson and Graeme Taylor. It now plays at around 6,745 yards, and is host to the St Andrews Links Trophy. The Jubilee is"
"from the blue tees, from the white, from the gold tees and from the red women's tees. The women's championship tees are farther back at . The signature 14th hole, which for a time had been abandoned, has now been reintegrated to the main golf course and is open for play. This short par three with a classic postage stamp green was dubbed the ""Two or Twenty Hole"" due to the fact that in 1919 Bobby Jones and Gene Sarazen both took double figures on the tricky hole. There is a sign near the tee box referring to the difficulties"
"Club brought Harry Colt in to make further improvements. Rory McIlroy named Royal County Down his favourite golf course in the world. Royal County Down Golf Club Royal County Down Golf Club is a golf club in Northern Ireland, located in Newcastle, County Down. It opened 23 March 1889 and is one of the oldest golf clubs in Ireland. It has two 18-hole links courses, the Championship Course and the Annesley Links. The Championship Course at Royal County Down measures over from the back tees, and the fourth and ninth holes are featured in the book ""The 500 World's Greatest"
"Vajiravudh went on to be King and ruled Siam (now Thailand) from 1910 until his death in 1925. The course was originally presented to the people of the tiny fishing village of Newburgh for their enjoyment. The original 9 holes measured 1 mile, 401 yards (1 976 m) but it was changed around 1901 and was played as 18 holes up until the design was extended back to 18 holes in 1996 and now has a growing reputation as a ‘tough but fair’ traditional gorse lined links course where classic links shot making is required. The club's clubhouse was built"
"holes of the Grace Course, named after founding member Eugene Grace, were finished in 1953; five years later, the last nine holes were completed. The Weyhill Course, the third 18-hole course built at the club, opened in 1968. The Old Course used to be a 6,799-yard course, but after renovations that added more than 300 yards of length, it is now 7,126 yards with a par of 71. Among its holes are three par-fives that are more than 550 yards. The Grace Course is a 7,091-yard par 72, which ""Links Magazine"" describes as ""a big hitters' paradise"". The Weyhill Course"
"of a short game practice area with green and greenside bunker, four practice holes, and a driving range, the last of which is only opened rarely due to an embedded creek that floods during the rainy months of the summer. The practice area is open to all members, wait-list golfers, students of Dartmouth College, and members of the Hanover High School golf team. The four practice holes are remnants of a nine-hole course designed and constructed in 1932 by Ralph Barton, a Dartmouth graduate. The historic clubhouse at Hanover Country Club reflects a unique New England tradition. Known for its"
"(two in and two out). St Andrews then had 18 holes and that was how the standard of 18 holes was created. Around 1863, Old Tom Morris had the 1st green separated from the 17th green, producing the current 18-hole layout with 7 double greens and 4 single greens. The Old Course is home of The Open Championship, the oldest of golf's major championships. The Old Course has hosted this major 29 times since 1873, most recently in 2015. The 29 Open Championships that the Old Course has hosted is more than any other course, and The Open is currently"