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{{Short description|Golf course in St Andrews, Scotland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox golf facility
|golf_facility_name = Old Course
|image = [[File:Brand-protection-Old-Course-course-logo.png|220px]]<br />[[File:Swilken Bridge, Old Course geograph-6310525-by-Gordon-Hatton.jpg|220px]]
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|caption    = The Old Course's [[Swilcan Bridge]], 2019
|location = [[St Andrews]], Fife, Scotland
|coordinates = {{coord|56.343|-2.803|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
|establishment = 1552 (472 years ago)
|type = Public
|owner = [[Fife Council]]<ref name="Fife">{{cite web |url=http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2002/01/905 |title=St Andrews Link Trust appointment |access-date=28 December 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180113080153/https://www.gov.scot/News/Releases/2002/01/905|archive-date=13 January 2018}}</ref>
|operator = St Andrews Links Trust
|holes =  18
|tournaments = [[The Open Championship]], [[Alfred Dunhill Links Championship]], [[St Andrews Links Trophy]]
|website = [http://www.standrews.org.uk/Play/Courses/Old-Course/ Old Course]
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|par1 = 72
|length1 =  {{convert|7,305|yd}}
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|record1 = 61; [[Ross Fisher]] (2017)<br>61; [[Tyrrell Hatton]] (2024)
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The '''Old Course at St Andrews''', also known as the '''Old Lady''' or the '''Grand Old Lady''',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/robhodgetts/2010/07/flawed_or_fabulous_the_old_lad.html |title=Flawed or fabulous - the Old Lady has unique charm|publisher=[[BBC]] |date= 13 July 2010|access-date=12 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.golfmonthly.com/tour/open-championship/open-news/bunkers-of-st-andrews-74637 |title=Bunkers of St Andrews |publisher= [[Golf Monthly]]|date= 23 October 2011 |access-date=12 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/golf/mcilroy-stands-tall-after-work-short-game-pays-65-2264815.html|title=McIlroy stands tall after work on short game pays off with 65 |work= [[The Independent]]|date = 8 July 2015|access-date=19 February 2013}}</ref> is considered the oldest [[golf course]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scottishgolfhistory.org/oldest-golf-courses/ |title=Scottish Golf History – Oldest Golf Sites |access-date=19 February 2013}}</ref><ref name=yard>{{cite web |url=http://www.standrews.org.uk/golf/the_courses/old_course.html |title=St Andrews – The Old Course |access-date=19 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120921212811/http://www.standrews.org.uk/golf/the_courses/old_course.html |archive-date=21 September 2012 }}</ref> in the world. It is a public course over [[common land]] in [[St Andrews]], Fife, Scotland, and is held in trust by the [[St Andrews Links|St Andrews Links Trust]] under an act of [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament]]. [[The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews]] clubhouse sits adjacent to the first [[tee]], although it is but one of many [[Golf Club (establishment)|clubs]] ([[St Andrews Golf Club]], [[the New Golf Club]], St Regulus Ladies Golf Club and [[the St Rule Club]] are the others with clubhouses) that have playing privileges on the course, along with some other non-clubhouse owning [[Golf Club (establishment)|golf clubs]] and the general public. Originally known as the "golfing grounds" of St Andrews, it was not until the New Course was opened in 1895 that it became known as the Old Course.<ref name="Cook2016">{{cite book|author=Helen Cook|title=St Andrews The Postcard Collection|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EVMdDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT136|date=15 April 2016|publisher=Amberley Publishing Limited|isbn=978-1-4456-4580-3|pages=136–}}</ref>

==History==
The Old Course at St Andrews is considered by many to be the "home of golf" because the sport was first played on the [[links (golf)|links]] at St Andrews in the early 15th century. Golf was becoming increasingly popular in Scotland until [[James II of Scotland]] banned the game in 1457 because he felt that young men were playing too much golf instead of practising their archery.<ref>{{cite web |title=Acts of Parliament banning golf |url=https://digital.nls.uk/golf-in-scotland/banned/1457-act.html |website=[[National Library of Scotland]] |access-date=27 September 2021}}</ref> The ban was upheld by [[James III of Scotland|James III]], and remained in force until 1502, when [[King James IV of Scotland|James IV]] became a golfer himself and removed the ban.<ref>Andrew Leibs (2004). "Sports and Games of the Renaissance". p. 69. Greenwood Publishing Group,</ref>

===Governance===
In 1552, [[John Hamilton (archbishop of St Andrews)|Archbishop John Hamilton]] gave the townspeople of St Andrews the right to play on the links. In 1754, 22 noblemen, professors, and landowners founded the ''Society of St Andrews Golfers''. This society would eventually become the precursor to [[The R&A]] which is the governing body for golf everywhere outside of the [[United States]] and [[Mexico]].<ref name=bhl>{{cite web |url=http://www.standrews.org.uk/About-Us/History.aspx |title=St Andrews – A Brief History of The Links |access-date=19 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120704091144/http://www.standrews.org.uk/About-Us/History.aspx |archive-date=4 July 2012 }}</ref> St Andrews Links had a scare when they went bankrupt in 1797.<ref name=bhl/> The Town Council of St Andrews decided to allow rabbit farming on the golf course to challenge golf for popularity. Twenty years of legal battling between the golfers and rabbit farmers ended in 1821 when a local landowner and golfer named James Cheape of [[Strathtyrum]] bought the land and is credited with saving the links for golf.<ref name=oce>{{cite web |url=https://www.theexperiencegolf.com/golf-destinations/scotland/st-andrews/old-course/ |title=The Old Course Experience – A Brief History of The Links |access-date=19 February 2013}}</ref> 

The course evolved without the help of any one architect for many years, though notable contributions to its design were made by Daw Anderson in the 1850s and [[Old Tom Morris]] (1865–1908), who designed the 1st and 18th holes. Originally, it was played over the same set of fairways out and back to the same holes. As interest in the game increased, groups of golfers would often be playing the same hole, but going in different directions.<ref name=oce/>

===Influence on modern golf===

[[File:TomMorrisesFeature-RHP414(Whole) (1).jpg|thumb|left|upright|Plan of the Golfing course over the links of St Andrews surveyed by order of the Royal St Andrews Golfing Society]]

The Old Course was pivotal to the development of how the game is played today. For instance, in 1764, the course had 22 holes and the members would play the same hole going out and in with the exception of the 11th and 22nd holes. [[William St Clair of Roslin]] as the captain of ''The Captain and Gentlemen Golfers'' authorized changes to St Andrews on 4 October 1764.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.scottishgolfhistory.org/oldest-golf-sites/1574-st-andrews/|title = 1574 St Andrews - the Student Golfer - Scottish Golf History}}</ref> He decided that the first four and last four holes on the course were too short and should be combined into four total holes (two in and two out). St Andrews then had 18 holes and that was how the standard of 18 holes was created.<ref>Forrest L. Richardson (2002). "Routing the Golf Course: The Art & Science That Forms the Golf Journey". p. 46. John Wiley & Sons</ref> Around 1863, [[Old Tom Morris]] had the 1st green separated from the 17th green, producing the current 18-hole layout with 7 double greens and 4 single greens. The Old Course is home of [[The Open Championship]], the oldest of golf's major championships. The Old Course has hosted this major 30 times since 1873, most recently in 2022. The 30 [[Open Championship]]s that the Old Course has hosted is more than any other course, and The Open is currently played there every five years.

===Old Course and Bobby Jones===
[[Bobby Jones (golfer)|Bobby Jones]] (who later founded [[Augusta National]]) first played St Andrews in the 1921 [[Open Championship]].  During the third round, he infamously hit his ball into a bunker on the 11th hole.  After he took four swings at the ball and still could not get out, he lost his temper and continued the round, but did not turn in his score card, disqualifying himself. However, he did continue to play in the fourth round. Six years later, when the Open Championship returned to St Andrews, Jones also returned. Not only did he win, he also became the first amateur to win back-to-back Open Championships.  He won wire-to-wire, shooting a 285 (7-under-par), which was the lowest score at either a [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] or Open Championship at the time.  He ended up winning the tournament by a decisive six strokes.

In 1930, Jones returned to St Andrews for the [[The Amateur Championship|British Amateur]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/pga/2005-06-14-bobby-jones-slam_x.htm |title=Jones' 1930 feat still stands test of time |first=Morgan |last=Kelly |newspaper=USA Today |date=14 June 2005 |access-date=19 February 2013}}</ref> He won, beating [[Roger Wethered]] by a score of 7 and 6 in the final match. He subsequently won the other three majors, making him the only man in the history of the sport to win the [[Grand Slam (golf)|Grand Slam]].  Jones went on to fall in love with the Old Course for the rest of his life. Years later, he said "If I had to select one course upon which to play the match of my life, I should have selected the Old Course."  In 1958 the town of St Andrews gave Jones the [[Freedom of the City#Key to the City|key to the city]]; he was only the second American to receive the honour (after [[Benjamin Franklin]] in 1759).  After he received the key, he said "I could take out of my life everything but my experiences here in St Andrews and I would still have had a rich and full life."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/pga/2010-07-13-british-open-st-andrews_N.htm |title=History, mythology combine at St Andrews, the home of golf |newspaper=USA Today |first=Steve |last=DiMeglio |date=15 July 2010 |access-date=19 February 2013}}</ref>

==Features and hazards==
[[ESPN]] has said of the course, "No other golf course has as many famous landmarks as St. Andrews, its 112 bunkers and endless hills and hollows have been cursed for centuries, and many have their own names and legends."<ref name="ESPN">{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.co.uk/golf/britishopen05/news/story?id=2106441|publisher=[[ESPN]] |title=St. Andrews' Old tricks|date=12 July 2005|access-date=22 May 2021}}</ref> In 1949, the last bunker to be filled in on the course was Hull bunker on the 15th fairway.<ref name="Golf Monthly2"/>
 
{| class="wikitable"
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! Hole(s) 
! Name of hazard or feature 
! Type of hazard or feature 
! Notes 
! Image<br />''(Click to expand)''
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|rowspan="2" |All holes on the course||colspan="2"{{center|{{N/A|''Direction of play''}}}} ||align="left"  colspan="2" ;color: white"|Until the 19th century, the Old Course was played in a clockwise direction. [[Old Tom Morris]] separated the 1st and 17th greens around 1870. From then, the course was played in an anti-clockwise direction on alternate weeks in order to let the grass recover better.<ref name="Golf Monthly 1">{{cite web |publisher=[[Golf Monthly]]|url=https://www.golfmonthly.com/courses/uk-and-ireland/step-back-time-playing-old-course-reverse-188896|title=A Step Back In Time – Playing The Old Course In Reverse|access-date=23 August 2021|date=2 December 2019}}</ref> The general method of play now is anti-clockwise, although clockwise play has been permitted on one day each year in recent years. The course is closed on Sundays to let the course rest.<ref name=NYT61215>{{cite news |first=Sam |last=Borden |title=Sundays on the Old Course at St. Andrews: No Golfers Allowed |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/14/sports/sundays-on-the-old-course-at-st-andrews-no-golfers-allowed.html |access-date=14 June 2015 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=12 June 2015 |quote=Ground staff ask that people avoid greens and bunkers. On Sundays, locals and tourists explore the Old Course at St. Andrews as it enjoys a weekly rest.}}</ref><ref name="NatClub"/> On some Sundays, the course turns into a park for all the townspeople who come out to stroll, picnic and otherwise enjoy the grounds.  
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|colspan="2" {{center|{{N/A|''Flags''}}}}||The first (front) nine holes of the course have white flags, while the back nine holes (except the 18th hole) have red flags.<br />The 18th green has a white flag so that it can be seen in front of the red [[Hamilton Grand]] building.<ref name="Open">{{cite web |publisher=[[The R&A|R&A Championships]]|url=https://www.theopen.com/latest/2020/07/the-features-and-evolution-of-the-old-course|title=The Old Course / Features and Evolution at The Home of Golf|access-date=21 June 2021}}</ref>|||[[File:The Old Course 7th (white) & 17th (red) flags.png|140px]]<br />7th hole (white flag)<br />17th hole (red flag)
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|rowspan="4"|1 and 18 || The [[Swilcan Burn]] || [[Hazard (golf)#Water hazard|Water hazard]] ([[Watercourse]]) ||  This waterway flows from [[St Andrews]] into [[St Andrews Bay (Fife)|St Andrews Bay]] across the Old Course || [[File:Swilken Burn (St Andrews)-geograph-5530286-by-Tim-Glover.jpg|140px]]<br />{{center|The Swilcan Burn}} 
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|  [[Swilcan Bridge]] ||[[Footbridge]] || This is a small stone bridge spanning the Swilcan Burn.<br />The bridge is about {{convert|30|ft|m}} long, {{convert|8|ft|m}} wide and {{convert|6|ft|m}} tall.<br />Originally built at least 700 years ago to help shepherds get livestock across the Swilcan Burn. || [[File:Swilken Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 999441.jpg|140px]]<br />{{center|The Swilcan Bridge}}
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||Grannie Clark's Wynd ||[[Footpath]]  ||    A one lane paved public road.<ref name="LAT">{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-jul-12-sp-plaschke12-story.html|work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |title=Scotland Has a Good Course in History|date=12 July 2005 |access-date=22 May 2021}}</ref> <br />It was once used to haul boats from the town centre down to the West Sands Beach.<ref name="LAT"/> || [[File:Granny Clark's Wynd on the 18th hole on the Old Course @ St Andrews-geograph-5515245-by-Scott-Cormie.jpg|140px]]{{center|Grannie Clark's Wynd}} 
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|colspan="2"{{center|{{N/A|''Bunkers''}}}}||The 1st and 18th holes do not have any bunkers.<ref name="Sydney Morning">{{cite web |publisher=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/golf/the-sands-of-time-bunker-down-for-a-st-andrews-history-lesson-20100711-105oj.html|title=The sands of time: Bunker down for a St Andrews history lesson|date=11 July 2010|access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref><ref name="Golf Monthly2"/> However, until about 1840 a large bunker called Halket's bunker was in the middle of the fairway, which was then filled in.<ref name="Golf Monthly2"/>||[[File:Old Course St Andrews The 18th Fairway - geograph.org.uk - 361966.jpg|140px]]{{center|The 1st and 18th holes}}
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|1, 9, 17<br />and 18|| colspan="2"{{center|{{N/A|''Greens''}}}}||colspan="2" |The 1st, 9th, 17th and 18th holes have their own greens. All other holes have shared greens.<ref name="standrewsopen">{{cite web |website=standrewsopen.com |url=http://www.standrewsopen.com/courses/old.php |title=The Old Course|access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref>
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| 2 and 17 || Cheape's bunker ||[[Hazard (golf)#Bunker|Bunker]]|| colspan="2"| This bunker is named after Sir James Cheape who bought the golf course from rabbit farmers in 1821.<ref name="Hole 2"/> 
A later generation of the family sold the golf course onto [[The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews|The Royal and Ancient]] in 1892, who a year later sold it onto the town of St Andrews.<ref name="Hole 2">{{cite news |publisher=[[BBC]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/4629269.stm |title=Hole 2|date=6 July 2010 |access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref>
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| 3 ||Cartgate bunker||Bunker || A large bunker protecting the third green.<ref name="Irish Times">{{cite web |publisher=[[The Irish Times]] |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/139th-british-open-old-course-card-1.622092 |title=139th British Open: Old Course card|access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref>||[[File:St.Andrews Old Course, 3rd Hole, Cartgate out (geograph 5515114).jpg|140px]]   
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|  4  ||Students' bunker || Bunker ||Three small bunkers about 50 yards short of the green allegedly once popular with students wanting to seduce ladies.<ref name="Hole 4">{{cite news |publisher=[[BBC]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/4629277.stm |title=Hole 4|date=6 July 2010 |access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref>||[[File:St.Andrews Old Course, 4th Hole, Ginger Beer (geograph 5515121).jpg|140px]]
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|rowspan="2"| 5  ||The Spectacles bunkers || Bunkers || Two bunkers positioned either side of the approach to the 5th green.<ref name="Hole 5">{{cite news |publisher=[[BBC]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/4629279.stm |title=Hole 5|date=6 July 2010 |access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref>||rowspan="3"| [[File:St.Andrews Old Course, 5th Hole, Hole O'Cross out (geograph 5515132).jpg|140px]] 
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| Seven Sisters || Bunkers || The Seven Sisters bunkers were excavated after the [[1905 Open Championship|1905 Open]] by removing the [[Ulex|whins]].<ref name="Golf Monthly2">{{cite web |publisher=[[Golf Monthly]] |url=https://www.golfmonthly.com/tour/open-championship/open-news/bunkers-of-st-andrews-74637|title=Bunkers of St Andrews|date=8 July 2015|access-date=21 June 2021}}</ref>
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|  5 and 14 ||The Elysian Fields || [[Golf course#Fairway and rough|Fairway]] ||The fairway between the Beardies bunkers and [[Out of bounds#Golf|out of bounds]].<ref name="Irish Times"/> 
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| 6 || Nick's bunker || Bunker || <ref name="Inde2">{{cite web |work=[[The Independent]] |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/golf/a-caddie-s-guide-round-the-home-of-golf-708620.html|title=A caddie's guide round the home of golf|date=18 April 2009|access-date=21 June 2021}}</ref>||{{center|[[File:Bunkers, 6th hole, St Andrews Old Course - geograph.org.uk - 2405160.jpg|90px]]<br />The 6th bunker}}
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|7 and 11||Cockleshell bunker|| Bunker || colspan="2"|A large bunker between the 7th and 11th holes.<ref name="Uni">{{cite web |publisher=[[University of St Andrews]] |url=https://collections.st-andrews.ac.uk/photographs/item/the-seventh-and-11th-green-with-shell-bunker-in-the-centre-during-the-1984-open-championship/417170|title=The seventh and 11th green with Shell Bunker in the centre during the 1984 Open Championship|access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref><ref name="FriedEgg2"/>
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|7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 ||The Loop  || A group of 6 holes ||colspan="2"|Six crisscrossing holes at the far end of the course.<ref name="ESPN"/>
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| 8  || Short Hole bunker || Bunker || <ref name="Liveabout">{{cite web |website=liveabout.com |url=https://www.liveabout.com/the-old-course-at-st-andrews-pictures-4051564|title=The Old Course at St. Andrews - Pictures|access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref>||[[File:St.Andrews Old Course, 8th Hole, Short (geograph 5515152).jpg|140px]] 
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|rowspan="2"| 9  ||Boase's bunker || Bunkers || Deep pot bunkers<ref name="Hole 9">{{cite news |publisher=[[BBC]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/4629295.stm |title=Hole 9|date=6 July 2010 |access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref>||rowspan="2"|[[File:St.Andrews Old Course, 9th Hole, End (geograph 5515157).jpg|140px]]
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||End hole bunker|| Bunkers || Deep pot bunkers<ref name="Hole 9"/>
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| 10  ||Kruger bunkers||  Bunkers ||Built during the [[Second Boer War]] when the British were fighting in the [[South African Republic|Transvaal Republic]], whose president was [[Paul Kruger]].<br />The bunkers are called Mrs Kruger and Kruger's mistress.<ref name="Hole 10">{{cite news |publisher=[[BBC]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/4629301.stm |title=Hole 10|date=6 July 2010 |access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref>||[[File:St.Andrews Old Course, 10th Hole, Bobby Jones (geograph 5515162).jpg|140px]]  
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|rowspan="4"|11 ||Hill bunker || Bunker ||<ref name="Glenderran">{{cite web |publisher=Glenderran Guest House |url=https://glenderran.com/the-old-course/|title=The Old Course|access-date=21 June 2021}}</ref><ref name="NatClub">{{cite web |publisher=[[National Club Golfer]]|url=https://www.nationalclubgolfer.com/news/st-andrews-old-course-backwards/|title=The Old Course|date=2 December 2019|access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref><ref name="FriedEgg2"/>|| rowspan="4"|[[File:St.Andrews Old Course, 11th Hole, High in (geograph 5515168).jpg|140px]] 
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|Strath bunker|| Bunker || Strath bunker is located in the front of the green.<ref name="Sky">{{cite web |publisher=[[Sky Sports]] |url=https://www.skysports.com/golf/news/11071/9906560/144th-open-st-andrews-course-guide |title=144th Open: A guide to playing the St Andrews Old Course|access-date=21 June 2021}}</ref><ref name="FriedEgg2"/>
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|Eden bunker|| Bunker ||<ref name="FriedEgg2">{{cite web |publisher=The Fried Egg |url=https://thefriedegg.com/eden-template-hole/|title=The Templates: Eden|date=9 October 2018|access-date=4 June 2021}}</ref>
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|Shelly bunker || Bunker ||<ref name="FriedEgg2"/> 
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|rowspan="2"|12 ||Stroke bunker ||  Bunker ||It is said that once a ball goes in it, the golfer loses at least one stroke.<ref name="Hole 12">{{cite news |publisher=[[BBC]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/4629305.stm |title=Hole 12|date=6 July 2010 |access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref>|| rowspan="2"| [[File:St.Andrews Old Course, 12th Hole, Heathery in (geograph 5515174).jpg|140px]]   
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|Admiral's bunker || Bunker || Legend has it that an Admiral who fell into it after taking too long a look at a young American woman in a red mini-skirt and white shoes.<ref name="evalu18">{{cite web |publisher=Evalu18 Ltd|url=https://evalu18.com/the-old-course-quiz/|title=Sr Andrews Old Course|access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref>     
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|rowspan="3"| 13 ||Walkinshaw bunker|| Bunker || Legend has it that it was named after a local golfer who kept going into it.<ref name="Hole 13">{{cite news |publisher=[[BBC]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/4629307.stm |title=Hole 13|date=6 July 2010 |access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref>|| rowspan="3"|  [[File:St.Andrews Old Course, 13th Hole, Hole O'Cross in (geograph 5515181).jpg|140px]]      
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|Lions Mouth bunker || Bunker ||<ref name="Irish Times"/> 
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| Coffin bunkers || Bunker ||A group of three bunkers located in the centre of the 13th fairway. The shape gives the bunkers their name.<ref name="Hole 6">{{cite news |publisher=[[BBC]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/4629283.stm |title=Hole 6|date=6 July 2010 |access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref>
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|rowspan="6"| 14 ||The Beardies bunkers || 4 bunkers || colspan="2"| Four small bunkers that are said to be difficult to mow, hence the name.<ref name="Hole 14">{{cite news |publisher=[[BBC]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/4629311.stm |title=Hole 14|date=7 July 2005 |access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref> 
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|Kitchen bunker || Bunker || colspan="2"|A small pot bunker originally shaped like a coffin.<ref name="FriedEgg">{{cite web |publisher=The Fried Egg |url=https://thefriedegg.com/eclectic-18-uk-old-course/#|title=Eclectic 18 UK – Hole No. 14: "Long," The Old Course at St. Andrews|date=22 October 2019|access-date=4 June 2021}}</ref>
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|Benty bunker || Bunker ||  colspan="2"|<ref name="FriedEgg"/>
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|Hell bunker || Bunker || [[Golf Monthly]] said that it is "one of the world's most notorious golfing hazards". It covers an area of {{convert|300|sqyd|m2}} and between {{convert|7|ft|m}} and {{convert|10|ft|m}} deep.<ref name="Golf Monthly">{{cite web |publisher=[[Golf Monthly]] |url=https://www.golfmonthly.com/features/the-game/golfs-famous-bunkers-138982|title=7 Of Golf's Most Famous Bunkers|date=28 July 2017|access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref><ref name="Hole 14"/> ||[[File:Hell Bunker, 14th hole, Old Course, St.Andrews-geograph-5178864-by-Scott-Cormie.jpg|140px]]{{center|Hell bunker}}
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|Grave bunker ||  Bunker || colspan="2"|<ref name="FriedEgg"/> 
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| Pulpit bunker || Bunker || colspan="2"|A pot bunker just above Hell bunker. [[Golf Monthly]] said it is so named because "you can look down into Hell (bunker)".<ref name="Golf Monthly"/>
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|rowspan="4"| 15 ||Miss Grainger's Bosoms  || 2 [[Mound]]s || Two prominent mounds on the 15th hole, named for prominent local 19th-century golfer Agnes Grainger.<ref name="ESPN"/> She used to be a member of the [[St Andrews Ladies’ Putting Club]].<ref name="todaygolfer">{{cite web |publisher=[[Golf Monthly]] |url=https://www.todaysgolfer.co.uk/news-and-events/tour-features/the-open-2015/the-old-course-funny-names-horrible-places/the-old-course-funny-names-horrible-places---page-7/|title=The Old Course: Funny names, horrible places|access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref>||rowspan="4"|[[File:St.Andrews Old Course, 15th Hole, Cartgate in (geograph 5515199).jpg|140px]]
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|Cottage bunker|| Bunker || Refers to Pilmour Cottage, which is now Pilmour House and the Eden Clubhouse.<ref name="Glenderran"/> 
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|Rob's bunkers || Bunkers || <ref name="Irish Times"/> 
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| Sutherland bunker ||  Bunker || In 1869 a tiny bunker about 260 yards behind the much bigger Cottage bunker was filled in only to reappear three days later. The golfer thought to be responsible for restoring it was one AG Sutherland. While it was ultimately determined that Sutherland wasn't the culprit, he had the bunker named after him anyway.
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|rowspan="4"| 16 ||Principal's Nose bunkers || 4 bunkers || Legend has it that the bunkers are either named for Mr Haldane, a 19th-century head of St Mary's College who reportedly had a prominent nose, or are a reference to the front porch of Sir Hugh Playfair's South Street House, which was nicknamed thus.<ref name="Hole 16">{{cite news |publisher=[[BBC]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/4629325.stm |title=Hole 16|date=6 July 2010 |access-date=21 June 2021}}</ref>||[[File:St.Andrews Old Course, 16th Hole, Corner of the Dyke-geograph-5515205-by-Scott-Cormie.jpg|140px]]{{center|Principal's Nose bunkers }}  
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| Deacon Sime bunker || Bunker || colspan="2"| About 30 yards beyond the Principal's Nose cluster.<ref name="Liveabout"/> 
|-
| Grant's bunker || Bunker ||colspan="2"|<ref name="Liveabout"/>
|-
| Wig bunker || Bunker || colspan="2"|<ref name="Liveabout"/>
|-
|rowspan="4"|17<br />(The Road Hole) || The [[St Andrews (Old) railway station|old railway]] sheds (part of the [[Old Course Hotel]]) || Previously [[train shed|railway sheds]]. ||<ref name="Irish Independent">{{cite web |publisher=[[Irish Independent]] |url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/golf/road-hole-to-be-extended-at-st-andrews-26574151.html |title='Road Hole' to be extended at St. Andrews|date=16 October 2009|access-date=21 June 2021}}</ref><ref name="Open"/>

|| [[File:17th Hole, Old Course. The Old Course Hotel, St Andtrews2406188 9637bbe7 (cropped).jpg|140px]] {{center|Old railway sheds}} 
|-
|The Road (Hole) Bunker<br />(a.k.a. the Sands of Nakajima)<ref name="Scotsman">{{cite web |publisher=[[The Scotsman]]|url=https://www.scotsman.com/sport/golf/hideki-matsuyama-buries-memory-of-sands-of-nakajima-with-historic-masters-win-3197640|title=Hideki Matsuyama buries memory of 'Sands of Nakajima' with historic Masters win|date=12 April 2021|access-date=21 June 2021}}</ref><ref name="Herald">{{cite web |publisher=[[The Herald (Glasgow)]]|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/11909750.has-golfs-most-notorious-bunker-become-a-shallow-of-its-former-self-st-andrews-hazard-has-been-moved-away-from-green-and-lowered-by-2ft/|title=Has golf's most notorious bunker become a shallow of its former self? St Andrews hazard has been moved away from green and lowered by 2ft|date=5 December 2002|access-date=21 June 2021}}</ref> || Bunker || ''[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]]'' has called the bunker "The most notorious golf hazard in the world."<ref name="Herald"/><ref name="Open"/>  || [[File:Road hole bunker.jpg|140px]] {{center|Road Hole bunker}}
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| Scholar's bunker ||  Bunker ||colspan="2"|<ref name="Glenderran"/> 
|-
|The Old Station Road<br />and [[stone wall]]<br />([[Out of bounds#Golf|out of bounds]])|| [[Single-track road]]  ||<ref name="Golf Magazine">{{cite web |publisher=[[Golf Magazine]] |url=https://golf.com/travel/road-hole-st-andrews-architecture/ |title=What makes a road hole one of the most iconic holes in all of golf?|access-date=21 June 2021}}</ref><ref name="Open"/> || [[File:The Road - geograph.org.uk - 1441857.jpg|140px]] {{center|Old Station Road & wall}}
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| 18 || Valley of Sin || [[Depression (geology)|Depression]]  || This is an {{convert|8|ft|m}} deep depression along the front before the 18th putting green.<ref name="Hole 18">{{cite web |publisher=[[BBC]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/4629335.stm|title=Hole 18|access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref>||[[File:The 18th (Tom Morris) Hole on the Old Course (St Andrews).jpg|140px]]   
|-
|}

==The Open Championship==

[[The Open Championship|The Open]] has been staged at the Old Course at St Andrews 30 times. The following is a list of the champions:

{| class="wikitable"
!rowspan=2|Year!!rowspan=2|Winner!!colspan=5|Score!!rowspan=2|Notes
|-
! R1 !! R2 !! R3 !! R4 !! Total
|-
|'''[[1873 Open Championship|1873]]''' || {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Tom Kidd (golfer)|Tom Kidd]]<!--<sup>1st</sup>-->||91||88||–||–||'''179'''||  This was the first time the Open Championship was played on an 18-hole course.  Instead of three rounds of 12 holes, there were two rounds of 18.  Kidd won £11.
|-
|'''[[1876 Open Championship|1876]]''' || {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Bob Martin (golfer)|Bob Martin]] <sup>1st</sup>||86||90||–||–||'''176'''||  Due to a controversial ruling, Bob Martin finished in a tie for first.  In protest, his opponent [[Davie Strath]] refused to participate so Martin walked the course and became the Open Champion. He won £10.
|-
|'''[[1879 Open Championship|1879]]''' || {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Jamie Anderson (golfer)|Jamie Anderson]] <sup>3rd</sup>||84||85||–||–||'''169'''||  With this win, Jamie Anderson became the first person to break 170 in the Open Championship. He won £10.
|-
|'''[[1882 Open Championship|1882]]''' || {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Bob Ferguson (golfer)|Bob Ferguson]] <sup>3rd</sup>||83||88||–||–||'''171'''||  This was the third straight Open Championship for Ferguson.  He won £12.
|-
|'''[[1885 Open Championship|1885]]''' || {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Bob Martin (golfer)|Bob Martin]] <sup>2nd</sup>||84||87||–||–||'''171'''||  The second of Martin's Open Championship wins, he won £10.
|-
|'''[[1888 Open Championship|1888]]''' || {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Jack Burns (golfer)|Jack Burns]]<!--<sup>1st</sup>-->||86||85||–||–||'''171'''||  Burns won after his score was re-added, giving him a one-stroke victory. The winner's share was £8.
|-
|'''[[1891 Open Championship|1891]]''' || {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Hugh Kirkaldy]]<!--<sup>1st</sup>-->||83||83||–||–||'''166'''||  Kirkaldy set the tournament record with his 166.  This was also the last Open Championship that was 36 holes. The winner's share was £10.
|-
|'''[[1895 Open Championship|1895]]''' || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[J.H. Taylor]] <sup>2nd</sup>||86||78||80||78||'''322'''||  This was the first Open to be played over two days (36 holes a day) and a total of 72 holes at St Andrews.  He shot the first sub-80 rounds at St Andrews. The winner's share was £30.
|-
|'''[[1900 Open Championship|1900]]''' || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[J.H. Taylor]] <sup>3rd</sup>||79||77||78||75||'''309'''||  This open marked the first time the "Great Triumvirate" finished 1-2-3.  That was the name given to the three golfers who dominated the game in the late 19th century to the early 20th century.  From 1894 to 1914, J.H. Taylor, Harry Vardon, and James Braid combined to win 16 Open Championships.  This was Taylor's third of five Open Championships. The winner's share was £50.
|-
|'''[[1905 Open Championship|1905]]''' || {{flagicon|SCO}} [[James Braid (golfer)|James Braid]] <sup>2nd</sup>||81||78||78||81||'''318'''||  This was the first Open to be played over three days, with 36 holes on the last day.  This was Braid's second of five Open Championships. The winner's share was £50.
|-
|'''[[1910 Open Championship|1910]]''' || {{flagicon|SCO}} [[James Braid (golfer)|James Braid]] <sup>5th</sup>||76||73||74||76||'''299'''||  This Open was the last of Braid's five Open Championships.  With this win he became the first person to break 300 in a four-round Open at St Andrews, and was the first to win five Open Championships. The winner's share was £50.
|-
|'''[[1921 Open Championship|1921]]''' || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Jock Hutchison]]<!--<sup>1st</sup>--><br />{{flagicon|SCO}}||72||75||79||70||'''296''' <sup>PO</sup>||  Born in Scotland, Hutchison was the first American citizen to win the Open Championship with this win.  This was also the first time Bobby Jones played St Andrews.  He ended up walking off the course after he took four shots to get out of a bunker on the 11th hole. The winner's share was £75.
|-
|'''[[1927 Open Championship|1927]]''' || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Bobby Jones (golfer)|Bobby Jones (a)]] <sup>2nd</sup>||68||72||73||72||'''285''' (−7)||  This win marked Bobby Jones's first Open championship win at St Andrews, his second straight Open Championship, fourth professional major, and his 7th career major (he was a three-time winner of the U.S. Amateur). As an amateur, Jones received no prize money.  [[Aubrey Boomer]] and [[Fred Robson]] finished in a tie for second, and the winner's and second place share of £75 for first place and £50 for second place were combined and divided into two, so each player earned 62 pounds and 10 shillings.
|-
|'''[[1933 Open Championship|1933]]''' || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Denny Shute]]<!--<sup>1st</sup>-->||73||73||73||73||{{nowrap|'''292''' (0) <sup>PO</sup>}}|| Shute won the Open title by five strokes in a playoff against Craig Wood. Leo Diegel could have joined them but he whiffed a putt on the 72nd hole, finishing one shot off the lead. The winner's share was £100.
|-
|'''[[1939 Open Championship|1939]]''' || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Dick Burton (golfer)|Dick Burton]]<!--<sup>1st</sup>-->||70||72||77||71||'''290''' (−2)||  The 1939 Open was the last Open until 1946 because of [[World War II]]. The [[Royal Air Force]] used the fairways of the Old Course as runways. Burton held the Claret Jug the longest (7 years), until the tournament resumed in [[1946 Open Championship|1946]], also at St Andrews. The winner's share was £100.
|-
|'''[[1946 Open Championship|1946]]''' || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Sam Snead]]<!--<sup>1st</sup>-->||71||70||74||75||'''290''' (−2)||  Even though Sam Snead won the first Open Championship to be played since [[1939 Open Championship|1939]], he still lost money because of the high travel expenses; his winner's share was £150.  When taking the train into St Andrews, Sam Snead is quoted for looking out of the window and saying "Say, that looks like an old abandoned golf course" about the Old Course.
|-
|'''[[1955 Open Championship|1955]]''' || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Peter Thomson (golfer)|Peter Thomson]] <sup>2nd</sup>||71||68||70||72||'''281''' (−7)||  This was the second of Thomson's three straight Open titles, and five overall. His winner's share was £1,000.
|-
|'''[[1957 Open Championship|1957]]''' || {{flagicon|ZAF|1928}} [[Bobby Locke]] <sup>4th</sup>||69||72||68||70||'''279''' (−9)||  Between 1949 and 1957, Locke won the Open title four times. He survived a possible disqualification when he marked his ball on the 72nd green, and played his ball without replacing his ball mark.  The R&A decided that because he had a three shot lead, and he didn't gain an advantage, that in the spirit of the game, he should not be disqualified. The winner's share was £1,000.
|-
|'''[[1960 Open Championship|1960]]''' || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Kel Nagle]]<!--<sup>1st</sup>-->||69||67||71||71||'''278''' (−10)||  This was the 100th anniversary of the Open Championship, although due to wars it wasn't the 100th Open Championship to be played. [[Arnold Palmer]] finished second and is credited with returning the Open to the eyes of Americans. The winner's share was £1,250.
|-
|'''[[1964 Open Championship|1964]]''' || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tony Lema]]<!--<sup>1st</sup>-->||73||68||68||70||'''279''' (−9)||  From 1962 to 1966, Lema won 12 times on tour, but this was his only major.  He beat Jack Nicklaus by five strokes, and his winner's share was £1,500.
|-
|'''[[1970 Open Championship|1970]]''' || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jack Nicklaus]] <sup>2nd</sup>||68||69||73||73||'''283''' (−5)<sup>PO</sup>||  Doug Sanders missed a tough two and a half-foot (0.75 m) putt on the 72nd hole, bogeyed, and ended up tied with Nicklaus. The playoff the next day came down to 18th hole and Nicklaus birdied to win; it was his second Open title and eighth overall major; the winner's share was £5,250.
|-
|'''[[1978 Open Championship|1978]]''' || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jack Nicklaus]] <sup>3rd</sup>||71||72||69||69||'''281''' (−7)|| Nicklaus completed the career Grand Slam (winning all four majors in your career at least once) for the third time making it his third Open Championship. The winner's share was £12,500
|-
|'''[[1984 Open Championship|1984]]''' || {{nowrap|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Seve Ballesteros]] <sup>2nd</sup>}}||69||68||70||69||'''276''' (−12)||  Ballesteros birdied the 72nd hole to win by two.  His winner's share was £50,000.
|-
|'''[[1990 Open Championship|1990]]''' || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Nick Faldo]] <sup>2nd</sup>||67||65||67||71||'''270''' (−18)|| Faldo set the Open championship scoring record shooting 18 under par, winning his second major of the year, his second Open Championship and his fourth overall major. The winner's share was £85,000.
|-
|'''[[1995 Open Championship|1995]]''' || {{flagicon|USA}} [[John Daly (golfer)|John Daly]]<!--<sup>1st</sup>-->||67||71||73||71||{{nowrap|'''282''' (−6)<sup>PO</sup>}}||  Daly defeated [[Costantino Rocca]] in a four-hole playoff to win the Open title and £125,000. It was the final Open Championship appearance of Arnold Palmer, and the first for [[Tiger Woods]].
|-
|'''[[2000 Open Championship|2000]]''' || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tiger Woods]] <sup>1st</sup>||67||66||67||69||'''269''' (−19)||  Winning the 2000 Open was Tiger Woods's second consecutive major championship, making him the fifth golfer and the youngest to complete the career Grand Slam. Having won the [[2000 U.S. Open (golf)|2000 U.S. Open]] at [[Pebble Beach Golf Links|Pebble Beach]], he went on to complete the "Tiger Slam" by winning the [[2000 PGA Championship]] at [[Valhalla Golf Club]] and the [[2001 Masters Tournament|2001 Masters]] at [[Augusta National Golf Club|Augusta National]]. Woods did not hit a single bunker the entire tournament, won by eight strokes, and set the new Open Championship scoring record with 19 under par.  The winner's share was £500,000.
|-
|'''[[2005 Open Championship|2005]]''' || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tiger Woods]] <sup>2nd</sup>||66||67||71||70||'''274''' (−14)||  Woods' won his 10th major championship; it was the fourth he had won by five or more strokes. It was Jack Nicklaus's last Open Championship. The winner's share was £720,000.
|-
|'''[[2010 Open Championship|2010]]''' || {{flagicon|ZAF}} [[Louis Oosthuizen]]<!--<sup>1st</sup>-->||65||67||69||71||'''272''' (−16)||  On the 150th anniversary of [[1860 Open Championship|the first Open Championship]], Oosthuizen played consistently well, winning the Open title by shooting a 16 under par 272 and winning by seven strokes. [[Rory McIlroy]] shot a 63 in the opening round and the winner's share was £850,000.
|-
|'''[[2015 Open Championship|2015]]''' || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Zach Johnson]]<!--<sup>1st</sup>-->|| 66 || 71 || 70 || 66 || '''273''' (−15)<sup>PO</sup> || In the 144th playing of the Open Championship, Zach Johnson emerged from a three-man playoff to win the tournament. [[Tom Watson (golfer)|Tom Watson]] was given a special exemption by the R & A in order that he could finish his Open career at the Old Course. The tournament finished on Monday due to the extremely high winds that arose during Saturday's round. Johnson defeated [[Louis Oosthuizen]] and [[Marc Leishman]] in a four-hole playoff. The winner's share was £1,150,000.
|-
|'''[[2022 Open Championship|2022]]'''|| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Cameron Smith (golfer)|Cameron Smith]] || 67 || 64 || 73 || 64 || '''268''' (−20) || In the 150th playing of the Open Championship, with a final round 64, Smith came from four strokes behind third-round leaders [[Rory McIlroy]] and [[Viktor Hovland]] to win by one from [[Cameron Young]]. Smith's winning score of 268 (20 under par) set a new record for the lowest aggregate over the Old Course in the Open, and tied the championship to-par record, set by [[Henrik Stenson]] at [[Royal Troon Golf Club|Troon]] in [[2016 Open Championship|2016]]. The winner's share was £2,100,000.<ref>{{cite news |title=St. Andrews set to break attendance record for British Open |url=https://apnews.com/article/tiger-woods-sports-golf-b88e0c4b25bcaa0c84c46b97437ab561 |access-date=30 April 2022 |work=[[Associated Press]] |date=26 April 2022 |location=St. Andrews, Scotland |language=en}}</ref>
|}
*Note: Multiple winners of The Open Championship have superscript ordinal designating which in their respective careers.
*(a) denotes [[amateur]]

==Scorecard==
{|class=wikitable
!Hole!!Name!!Yards!!Par!! !!Hole!!Name!!Yards!!Par
|-
|align=center|1||Burn||align=center|376||align=center|4||rowspan=10| ||align=center|10||Bobby Jones||align=center|386||align=center|4
|-
|align=center|2||Dyke||align=center|453||align=center|4||align=center|11||High (In)||align=center|174||align=center|3
|-
|align=center|3||Cartgate (Out)||align=center|397||align=center|4||align=center|12||Heathery (In)||align=center|348||align=center|4
|-
|align=center|4||Ginger Beer||align=center|480||align=center|4||align=center|13||Hole O'Cross (In)||align=center|465||align=center|4
|-
|align=center|5||Hole O'Cross (Out)||align=center|568||align=center|5||align=center|14||Long||align=center|618||align=center|5
|-
|align=center|6||Heathery (Out)||align=center|412||align=center|4||align=center|15||Cartgate (In)||align=center|455||align=center|4
|-
|align=center|7||High (Out)||align=center|371||align=center|4||align=center|16||Corner of the Dyke||align=center|423||align=center|4
|-
|align=center|8||Short||align=center|175||align=center|3||align=center|17||Road||align=center|495||align=center|4
|-
|align=center|9||End||align=center|352||align=center|4||align=center|18||Tom Morris||align=center|357||align=center|4
|-
| colspan=2 align=center|'''Out'''||align=center|'''3,584'''||align=center|'''36'''|| colspan=2 align=center|'''In'''||align=center|'''3,721'''||align=center|'''36'''
|-
|colspan=5|<small>Source:</small><ref name=yard/> ||colspan=2 align=center|'''Total'''||align=center|'''7,305'''||align=center|'''72'''
|}

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{{par18|rssize=8pt|name=Men/Women|4|4/5|4|4/5|5|4|4|3|4|36/38|4|3|4|4/5|5|4|4|4/5|4|36/38|72/76}}
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{{black18|M: 73.1 / 132|376|411|370|419|514|374|359|166|347|3336|340|174|316|418|530|414|381|455|357|3385|6721}}
{{blue18|M: 71.4 / 129|355|395|337|411|514|360|349|154|289|3164|311|164|304|388|523|391|345|436|361|3223|6387}}
{{green18|M: 69.9 / 125<br />W: 75.5 / 138|339|375|321|401|454|325|335|145|261|2956|296|150|304|377|487|369|325|426|342|3076|6032}}
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== Women's British Open ==
Winners of the [[Women's British Open]] at the Old Course at St Andrews:

{| class="wikitable"
!Year!!Winner!!Score
|-
|'''[[2007 Women's British Open|2007]]''' || {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Lorena Ochoa]] || 287 (−5)
|-
|'''[[2013 Women's British Open|2013]]''' || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Stacy Lewis]] || 280 (−8)
|-
|'''[[2024 Women's British Open|2024]]'''  || {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Lydia Ko]] || 281 (−7)
|}

== Senior Open Championship ==
Winners of the [[Senior Open Championship]] at the Old Course at St Andrews:

{| class="wikitable"
!Year!!Winner!!Score
|-
| [[2018 Senior Open Championship|2018]] || {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Miguel Ángel Jiménez]] || 276 (−12) 
|}

==Structures overlooking the Old Course==
The following notable structures overlooking the Old Course in a clockwork direction from the north:
<gallery mode="packed" heights="133px">
File:St Andrews Links Clubhouse 5708118 8c03b04c.jpg|St Andrews Links Clubhouse
File:St Andrews Ladies’ Putting Club (The Himalayas).jpg|[[St Andrews Ladies' Putting Club]]
File:Caddie Pavilion under construction-geograph-6534075-by-Graeme-Yuill (cropped).jpg|The Caddie Pavilion
File:The Old Pavilion at the Old Course 6114081 424633ac.jpg|The Old Pavilion
File:The R&A World Golf Museum, St Andrews with a closer view of the building.jpg|[[R&A World Golf Museum]]
File:Old Course Starter Hut, St Andrew's Links 2679063 d82c872c.jpg|Old Course Starter Hut
File:Royal and Ancient Golf Club.jpg|[[The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews|The Royal and Ancient clubhouse]] 
File:Martyr's Monument St Andrews.jpg|Martyrs' Monument
File:The St Andrews' Links Shop-geograph-5028168-by-Stanley-Howe (close cropped).jpg|The St Andrews Links Golf Shop 
File:Hamilton Grand (cropped).jpg|[[Hamilton Grand]]
File:The Old Course Shop, St Andrews-geograph-5028194-by-Stanley-Howe.jpg|The Old Course Shop, previously the St Andrews Woollen Mill Shop
File:Tom Morris House And Golf Shop, 7-8 The Links, St Andrews.jpg|[[the Open Championship|The Open]] Store, previously known as the [[Tom Morris Golf Shop]] 
File:12 & 13 The Links, St Andrews.jpg|The clubhouses of [[The St Rule Club]] ''(left)'' and [[St Andrews Golf Club]] ''(right)''
File:Rusacks Hotel portrait view.jpg|[[Rusacks Hotel]]
File:The Jigger Inn, St Andrews Golf Course geograph-6911629-by-JThomas.jpg|[[Jigger Inn]], previously the [[St Andrews (Old) railway station|St Andrews Links railway station]] master's cottage.
File:Old Course Hotel-St Andrews-Geograph-6167264-by-Richard-Sutcliffe (cropped).jpg|[[Old Course Hotel]]
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Golf in Scotland]]
*[[St Andrews Links]]
*[[The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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*[https://www.standrews.com/play/courses/old-course St Andrews Links Trust official site of the Old Course]
*[http://golfcoursehistories.com/TOC.html Golf Course Histories] – comparison between 1932 and 2012 course aerials (prior to November 2012 changes)
*[https://www.top100golfcourses.com/golf-course/st-andrews-old Top 100 Golf Courses - The Old Course]
*[http://www.provisualizer.com/link.php?id=32 3D Course Planner] at ProVisualizer

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