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.

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