HOLE 18
Par 4
473 yards

Alliss Analysis: "A good finishing hole, with three bunkers that protect the green. One shot I remember: When Peter Thomson won his second Open there, in 1965, the ground was hard. For his second shot, he used a 2- or 3-iron and pitched it to 20 yards short of the green. It came straight between the bunkers into the middle of the green, where he two putted and won. A good driving hole, it calls for a slight [left-to-right] angled drive. You've got the bunkers 'round the front-left of the green and on the right-hand side. You can picture young Seve Ballesteros chipping though the bunkers in 1976, and Justin Rose holing out from 80 or 90 yards as an 18-year-old amateur [in 1998]. And the extraordinary art-nouveau clubhouse at the back? It's a sublime arena for the final hole, which has had so much Open and Ryder Cup drama over the years."