After a thrilling Genesis Scottish Open, which saw Scotsman Robert MacIntyre prevail by one over Adam Scott, the focus shifts from Scotland’s East Coast to the West, where The Old Course at Royal Troon awaits.
Troon will host The Open Championship for the 10th time, as the Ayrshire course last welcomed the world’s best in 2016. It’s a proper links-style layout, which receives plenty of wind and rain off the Firth of Clyde. The first six holes run along the coast, often aided by a northerly wind that makes this stretch easier than the rest. Holes 7, 8, and 9 turn inland, with the famous par-3 8th, “The Postage
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