The New Course, St Andrews

Bordering the Old, The New Course is viewed by numerous individuals as the best on the connections, with the absolute most popular openings in world golf. After a delicate beginning, the New has numerous troublesome driving gaps, flanked firmly by immense banks of yellow-blossoming gorse. Played into the teeth of a solid breeze, the standard 4 6th is one of the hardest in St Andrews, while the standard 3 ninth which skirts the Eden Estuary is a brute, frequently requiring a strong 3-wood.