This simple looking finishing hole is another that the longer pros can drive -- Jack Nicklaus did it in every round as long ago as 1964. But there is out-of-bounds all the way up the right side and those who take a more cautious approach are left with a short pitch to a tilted green that climbs up from a deep hollow known as the Valley of Sin. The smarter option is often a low pitch and run up the slope.
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
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| 376 | 453 | 397 | 480 | 568 | 412 | 390 | 175 | 352 | 3603 |
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| 380 | 174 | 348 | 465 | 618 | 456 | 423 | 455 | 357 | 3676 |
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