Hole-by-hole guide to the Old Course at St. Andrews

Burn
Green protected by winding Swilcan burn
Par 4
376 yards

Dyke
Ideal tee shot to right of Cheape’s bunker
Par 4
453 yards

Cartgate (Out)
Par 4
397 yards
Cartgate bunker guards left side of green

Ginger Beer
Choice of narrow fairway on right or bunkers on left
Cottage bunker
Par 4
480 yards

Hole O’Cross (Out)
Seven bunkers on right
Par 5
568 yards
The Spectacles (bunkers)

Heathery (Out)
The Coffins 
Bunkers either side of fairway are hiddenfrom tee
Par 4
412 yards
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High (Out) 
Dog-leg hole features wide and deep Shell bunker
Par 4
371 yards

Short
in just behind vertically-faced bunker on left
Par 3
175 yards

End
Perfect line is left of Boase’s and End Hole bunkers
Par 4
352 yards

Bobby Jones 
Named after U.S. golfer who wonOpen on Old Course in 1927
Par 4
386 yards

High (In)
Dramatically sloping green protected by two bunkers 
Hill bunker 
Strath bunker
Par 3
174 yards

Heathery (In)
Short but tricky hole features bunkers in centre of fairway andtwo-tier green 
Stroke bunker
Par 4
348 yards
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Hole O’Cross (In)
Coffins bunkers are main hazard to avoid on left 
Cat’s Trap 
Par 4
465 yards

Long 
Ideal play is left of Hell bunker to give good view of green
The Beardies
Hell bunker 
Par 5
618 yards

Cartgate (In)
Sutherland bunker in middle of fairway 
Rob’s bunkers could snare long drives
Par 4
455 yards

Corner of the Dyke 
Safe line is left of Principal’s Nose bunkers
Par 4
423 yards

Road
Requires blind drive over outbuildings to reach right of fairway
Road bunker
Par 4
495 yards

Tom Morris
Named after golfing pioneer who created 18th green
Swilcan Burn 
Par 4
357 yards

Source: R&A Championships Limited