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St. Andrews (Old Course)

The Old Course's shared fairways, vast double greens and Road Hole grew through centuries of play. Golf's most influential design still rewards imagination more than any prescribed shot.

The Home of Golf did not emerge from one architect's blueprint. Centuries of play and practical changes created blind bunkers, shared greens and a strategic model that designers still study.