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Links Parade, Carnoustie, Angus, DD7 7JE
Voted No. 12 in the Golf Monthly/HSBC
Top 120 UK Course Rankings - November 2006
The majestic Carnoustie Championship Course is just one of the many sparkling jewels from an overflowing treasure chest of superb golfing gems, which lie scattered throughout one of the world's finest, and as yet, comparatively undiscovered golfing regions.
After a spell in the wilderness, Carnoustie Golf Links got the Open Championship back in 1999 and duly showed why it is regarded by many as being the toughest course in the world. The Open will return again in 2007.
The layout is such that no two consecutive holes face the same direction, a factor that does nothing for the golfer in finding their rhythm in the face of often-stiff winds. Carnoustie's famous burns that snake their way around the course - Jockie's Burn and the Barry Burn represent two more obstacles to posting a respectable tally.
Regarded by many including Walter Hagen and Gary Player as one of the best links in the world, Carnoustie, though certainly long, is not a course for the unthinking big-hitter. With judgment of wind and distance critical, every tee shot needs careful placement to set up an approach to the green.
After 15 gruelling but majestic holes, the virgin player is still unprepared for the "toughest finish in golf". If you par the last three holes, you will invariably walk from the 18th green with your head held high - if not, as Jean Van de Velde found to his eternal cost, you may just lose the money.
No. of holes: 18
Length: 6941 yards
Par: 72
Course Type: Links
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