Tee Off in Scotland » Muirfield

6,601 yards • par 70

Muirfield, venue for the 2002 Open Championship, is simply one of the best courses in the world. The home of the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, it was designed in 1891 by Old Tom Morris and, including 2002, has hosted 15 Open Championships since 1892, the Amateur Championship on numerous occasions, the Ryder, Walker and Curtis Cups.

An outstanding feature of the course is the bunkering. Faced with turf, and powdery sand from the adjacent beach, some are over 6 feet deep which coupled with the wind makes the course a formidable test in the world of golf.

Although the thick rough and cavernous bunkers, of which there are 151, can make it a very severe test, it is a course which invokes respect from all who have tangled with it.

Donald Steel, the well-known golf course architect and President of the English Golf Union described Muirfield in the following words-

“Architecturally it is a gem. A clockwise outward half encases an anticlockwise inward nine, an arrangement that ensures that players have to make incessant adjustment for wind direction. Jack Nicklaus liked what he saw so much that he named what he considers his home course after it. In terms of producing the best champions it has an impeccable record. Apart from the classic challenge it presents, the delights of its surroundings are attractively congenial and, if for the more humble golfer, the emphasis is on the culinary wonders of its clubhouse, Muirfield is second to none.”

Weekday (T.T.) Round: £££££. Day Ticket: £££££.
Weekend (S.S.) Round: N/A. Day Ticket: N/A.
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