WEE WONDERS

FEW ARE SHORT BUT ALL ARE SWEET EXAMPLES OF WORLD-CLASS GOLF DESIGN. WELCOME TO THE MIDDLE EAST’S BEST PAR 3S.

- KENT GRAY

With a defense system including (but not limited to) an old railway shed, a grand hotel, heather, a skinny green, a subterranean pot bunker, and an equally uncompromising stone wall, the fearsome reputation of the ‘Road Hole’ at St. Andrews is warranted.

If you still need a refresher on why the 17th at the Old Course is the most recognizable hole in golf, search the ‘Sands of Nakajima’ and follow the endless thread. Just don’t say you weren’t forewarned, especially if you are of a nervous disposition in the sand already.