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Carnoustie Golf Club
Golf has been played over the links at Carnoustie since the 1500’s but the course as it is was designed and opened in 1850 with later enhancements by Old Tom Morris, and James Braid. It is a brute of a course, the supreme test of golf, the toughest in the British Open Rota, and its three finishing holes do most of the finer players in. Carnoustie is a public links, and available to all to play, make your tee times well in advance if you plan on playing in the summer months. There's been 6 Opens here, won by the greats-Armour, Hogan, Cotton, Player, Watson, Lawrie where Jean Van de Velde lost the chance of being Open Champion and a place in history in the Barry Burn on the 18th, and Harrington. The course is laid out along the North Sea-which you never see, in a grey, industrial town of Carnoustie, about 45 minutes north of St. Andrews, Scotland. The course is long, ample fairways, cavernous bunkers, and just wears you out. After finishing, you'll know you've plaid one of the best tests of golf in the world
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Henry Longhurst on the 14th, the Spectacles.. one of the most difficult holes of any of the hundreds we've played so far in the top 100. With well placed bunkers in the fairway and O.B. left, it is a daunting tee shot. It is a 483 long par five with a pair of deep, high traps right in the middle of the fairway, 40 yards short of the green. The bunkers are so high that they effectively make the shot to the green blind. This hole is good evidence that a par 5 doesn't have to be long to be good.
Fantastically tough, long and heroic layout especially in the wind and rain. The bbartender told us that after the last Open in 1999 where Van de Velde disentegrated on 18 that there were rumors that the superintendent would be fired due to the unfairness of the course. His response was "look the pros all have titanium and psychologists", and I have is nature. He's still there, and so is the beast. Enjoy if you can.
Played with a caddie here and was hacking it around the course when I came to the Spectacles #14, a monster of a par 5 with two massivve bunker (the spectacle) about 100 yards out. I hit a monster drive, but my caddie didn't see it, and when we got to the fairway, couldn't find it. We did see a ball in the fairway about 330 yards out, and it turned out to be mine. The caddie, having watched my game all day, said there's no F#@!ing way that's your drive. Once we confirmed it was mine, his only advise was "don't screw this shot up". I ended up hitting a career 5 wood to the green, and birdied the hole-the highlight of my trip to Scotland Flag Content