ROYAL TROON
The motto engraved on the crest of the Royal Troon Golf Club isTam Arte Quam Marte -"As much by skill as by strength."
Royal Troon Golf Club certainly has the credentials of a great golf course: 8 Open Championships, 10 amateur championships, 4 International Championships, and 4 Ladies Open Championships have been played on its links.
The 133rd Open Championship was played on it in 2004. If you watched the Open on TV you got an idea of what a magnificent golf course this is. Of course watching on TV doesn't give you the full impact of the heavy gorse and broom rough . Nor will you feel the fierce wind or try to read the undulating greens. And you won't get to experience the punishing bunkers or navigate a treacherous fairway.
Royal Troon #8, the legendary "Postage Stamp " hole. Everyone mentions the 8th hole, a short 126 yard par 3. With a stroke index of 18 it's supposed to be the easiest hole on the golf course. Don't believe it. Sure, it's only a wedge but it's called "Postage Stamp" for a reason.
Royal Troon #8, the legendary "Postage Stamp " hole. Everyone mentions the 8th hole, a short 126 yard par 3. With a stroke index of 18 it's supposed to be the easiest hole on the golf course. Don't believe it. Sure, it's only a wedge but it's called "Postage Stamp" for a reason.
Did you ever see a large postage stamp? Exactly. It's tiny. Not only is it tiny, it is surrounded by 5 intimidating bunkers. Wait, it gets worse. One of the bunkers is called "The Coffin Bunker"--and the edges are severely sloped so that anything that doesn't hold the green leaves a delicate chip with a pretty good chance of ending up in bogey or worse.
Tiger Woods took a 6 here in his first British Open Championship and it's the only hole Greg Norman bogied when he set the course record with a sizzling 64.
As much by skill as by strength!
As much by skill as by strength!
