Road Hole

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Road Hole is the famously challenging 17th hole at the Old Course at St Andrews, renowned for its blind tee shot over buildings and treacherous road and bunker guarding the green.


Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf golf hole
adjacentTo Old Course Hotel
country United Kingdom
fairwaySurface links turf
featuredIn golf broadcasting coverage of The Open
golf literature
governingBody St Andrews Links Trust
greenProtection front bunker and road at back
greenShape narrow and angled
greenSurface fescue-dominant links turf
hasCulturalSignificance iconic symbol of links golf
hasFeature blind tee shot over buildings
deep pot bunker front left of green
dogleg right layout
narrow fairway
out of bounds right off the tee
road running along back of green
stone wall near road
hasHazard Road Hole bunker
out of bounds hotel property
road behind green
hasNickname Road Hole
hasPar 4
hasYardage over 450 yards in championship setup
holeNumber 17
hostCourseFor The Open Championship
influencedBy links land contours
isConsidered one of the most difficult par 4s in championship golf
one of the most famous golf holes in the world
isFamousFor blind tee shot
deep greenside bunker
difficulty
road behind green
locatedIn Fife
Scotland
St Andrews
locatedInCourse Old Course at St Andrews
orientation played away from town
partOf back nine of Old Course at St Andrews
penalizes long approach shots onto road
short approach shots into bunker
playedIn The Open Championship
requires accurate long approach
precise tee shot
strategy often played as three-shot hole into the wind
teeShotMustCarry Old Course Hotel property
windExposure high

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Road Hole
hasNickname
Old Course at St Andrews
notableHoleName

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