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Names
and Features of the Old Course
(hole by hole)
(Championship
Lengths 2005)
1.
Burn 376yds/par 4
The Swilcan Burn loops across in front of the green.
2. Dyke
453yds/par 4
The 'dyke' is the old wall which forms the boundary between the
hotel and the 17th fairway. Cheape's bunker is named after the family which owns the nearby Strathtyrum estate.
3. Cartgate
397yds/par 4
So named because it is close to the cart track which crossed the
fairway and led to the beach.
4. Ginger
Beer 480yds/par 4
Where Old Daw Anderson set up his refreshment stall in the1850s selling more potent brews than the name suggests!
5. Hole o'Cross
568yds/par 5
Maybe the former site of a cross or a reference to the gulley golfers
had to cross to reach the green.
6. Heathery
412yds/par 4
A reminder of the times when the green was largely heather.
7. High
390yds/par 4
Shell bunker is one of the largest traps on the course.
8. Short 175yds/par 3
At 175 yards the name is self-explanatory.
9. End 352yds/par
4
The Kruger bunkers were built during the Boer War (1899-1902) when
the British were fighting in the Transvaal whose president was Paul
Kruger.
10. Bobby
Jones 380yds/par 4
Named after the great golfer who died in 1971 and had such a close
association with St Andrews.
11. High
174yds/par 3
Strath Bunker guards the green and refers to the Strath brothers,
especially Davie, a friend and golfing partner of Young Tom Morris.
12. Heathery
348yds/par 4
Stroke bunker is so called because, once in it, you lose at least
one stroke.
13. Hole
0'Cross 465yds/par 4
Walkinshaw was a local golfer whose enthusiasm exceeded his proficiency
and he often ended up in a deep little 'pot' bunker which is named
after him.
14. Long
618yds/par 5
At 581 yards it is the longest hole and has the largest bunker,
Hell Bunker, around 100 yards from the pin. Others are the Beardies,
Kitchen and Grave.
15. Cartgate
456yds/par 4
Sutherland Bunker refers to Mr A G Sutherland, a keen golfer who
in 1869 was so outraged when he discovered that the bunker had been
filled in that he wrote to the R&A several times. It became
a talking point culminating in two cousins who went on to the course
one night and recreated the bunker leaving a note with Sutherland's
name on it. Cottage Bunker refers to Pilmour Cottage which is now
Pilmour House and the Eden Clubhouse.
16. Corner
of the Dyke 423yds/par 4
A cluster of three bunkers makes up Principal's Nose, possibly a
reference to Mr Haldane, principal of St Mary's College in the early
19th century and endowed with a prominent, bulbous nose.
17.
Road 455yds/par 4
Its fame is matched by its degree of difficulty. Named after the
turnpike road running behind the green which has proved the downfall
of many a top professional, most memorably when it cost Tom Watson
the 1984 Open. The small but treacherous bunker in front of the
green featured in the 1995 play-off between Daly and Rocca who took
three shots to escape.
18. Tom Morris
357yds/par 4
The18th green was considered by Tom Morris to be his finest work.
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