Royal Troon is home to one of the best links courses on the
west side of Scotland and is steeped in golfing history, notably several dramatic
Open Championships since 1923. The Open will be held there again in 2004.
The club was awarded its Royal Charter in 1978 to celebrate it's centenary.
Visitors must have a handicap of 20 or less and a handicap
certificate and letter of introduction to prove it.
Course Name: Old Holes: 18 Yardage:
7097 SSS: 74
Created in combination with the best of links course ingredients and the expertise
of Braid, McKenzie and Pennick, the Old course is an exceptionally demanding one
and recognised as one of the sternest tests on the Open Championship rota. This
course is perhaps most famous for its par 3 8th hole, the Postage Stamp, where
veteran Majors champion Gene Sarazen got down in 1 and 2 on subsequent rounds
of the 1973 Open Championship - a dramatic display of golf watched by millions
on TV.
The course is undulating in the classic links fashion but
danger lurks in the guise of wind, rough and bunkers. This is a course which demands
courage and a test of the mental aspects of golf. Course record of 64 is held
by Greg Norman from the 1989 Open.
| Hole
Stroke |
Yds |
Par |
Yds |
Par |
Hole
Stroke |
Yds |
Par |
Yds |
Par |
| 1
16 |
357 |
4 |
|
|
10
10 |
385 |
4 |
|
|
| 2
7 |
381 |
4 |
|
|
11
1 |
421 |
4 |
|
|
| 3
11 |
371 |
4 |
|
|
12
6 |
427 |
4 |
|
|
| 4
4 |
522 |
5 |
|
|
13
12 |
411 |
4 |
|
|
| 5
14 |
194 |
3 |
|
|
14
15 |
175 |
3 |
|
|
| 6
2 |
544 |
5 |
|
|
15
3 |
445 |
4 |
|
|
| 7
9 |
381 |
4 |
|
|
16
5 |
533 |
5 |
|
|
| 8
3 |
123 |
3 |
|
|
17
13 |
210 |
3 |
|
|
| 9
5 |
387 |
4 |
|
|
18
17 |
374 |
4 |
|
|
| Yds Out |
3260 |
|
Yds In |
3381 |
|
| Total Yds |
6641 |
|
| Total Par |
71 |
|
| |
|
|
