No. 17 — 455 Yards, Par 4

To get the best angle of attack into the 17th green the tee shot has to be hit blind over the corner of the hotel grounds on the right, as close as possible to the out-of-bounds wall. From there the ball can be worked down the length of the narrow green as it runs behind the infamous Road bunker where David Duval's challenge ended in 2000. Get too bold with the approach and the ball can drop off the back of the green on to the road.

By Keith Mackie, golf historian and writer from a well-established golfing family in St. Andrews.

The Old Course at St Andrews
St Andrews, Scotland
7,279 yards / Par 72

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	OUT
Click hole numbers to navigate
376	453	397	480	568	412	390	175	352	3603
4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	36

10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	IN
380	174	348	465	618	456	423	455	357	3676
4	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	36

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Thanks to all that participated in the live chat with St. Andrews resident historian Keith Mackie in "At the Turn" presented by ING.