Out: 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th

In: 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th

2nd, Dyke, 411 yards Par 4

Open Championship 2005: Difficulty ranking 4, stroke average 4.24

Open Championship 2000: Difficulty ranking 6, stroke average 4.09.

The line from the tee is over the gorse bushes in front that create a semi blind drive - in the distance are some tall trees and if one takes a target left of centre of them you will be well placed on the fairway.

There is a large bunker, called Cheape's, that awaits any balls hit left towards the 17th tee at 260 yards. Extremely nasty and will most certainly cost you a shot early in the round.

This is the first of the famous x7 double greens on the Old Course and one must remember that it is white flags going out & red flags coming back in. Nothing worse than hitting your approach to 10 feet at the wrong flag and finding you have actually got a 40-60 yard putt!

To have a good opportunity of getting reasonably close to the flag it is advisable to play your approach from the centre or right centre of the fairway. A good drive will leave you 130-140 yards to the front edge of the green. I would avoid playing short of the green here as the undulations at the front can throw the ball left or right, rarely straight. I would suggest carrying the ball x5 yards passed the front edge allowing the gentle left to right slope to take the ball down to the hole.

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