British Open
Know Your Open Courses
A crash course on the nine venues that comprise the current Open rota
July 2012
Old Course At St. Andrews
Where: St Andrews, Scotland
Times hosting: 28 (last in 2010)
You know it as: "The Home of Golf." There's not much more to say than that.
Unique features: The "Road Hole" (left), on which a road and a hotel come into play; Swilcan Bridge (think Jack Nicklaus waving goodbye); Hell's Bunker, large double greens, Valley of Sin, etc.
Noteworthy moments: This course has so much history that five players (Bob Martin, J.H. Taylor, James Braid, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods) have won two Open titles there. None were more impressive than Woods' eight-shot romp in 2000, though, when his 19-under-par total set a major championship record. Five years later, Woods would win again here during a week that also saw Jack Nicklaus play in his final major.
Times hosting: 28 (last in 2010)
You know it as: "The Home of Golf." There's not much more to say than that.
Unique features: The "Road Hole" (left), on which a road and a hotel come into play; Swilcan Bridge (think Jack Nicklaus waving goodbye); Hell's Bunker, large double greens, Valley of Sin, etc.
Noteworthy moments: This course has so much history that five players (Bob Martin, J.H. Taylor, James Braid, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods) have won two Open titles there. None were more impressive than Woods' eight-shot romp in 2000, though, when his 19-under-par total set a major championship record. Five years later, Woods would win again here during a week that also saw Jack Nicklaus play in his final major.
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