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14.03
St. Andrews:
Blir lengre
Nå skal St. Andrews Old
Cours bli lengre. Det skal
settes inn ni nye tee-steder
og standard scratch score
blir hevet fra 72 til 73 -
"from the medal tees".
Her er en pressemelding
om saken:
The Old Course at St Andrews
will present golfers playing
its medal format with a new
challenge from early next
month.
This year's changes to
several key holes on the Old
Course will bring some of
its many natural hazards
back into play. Despite
lengthening the course the
changes will also reduce the
amount of time it takes to
play a round at the Home of
Golf by ensuring that
golfers should not have to
wait as long to play from
certain tees.
As of Tuesday, April 4, nine
new tees come in to play
taking the Old Course up to
6,721 yards from the plaques,
an increase of 112 yards.
The Standard Scratch Score
from the medal tees will
become 73 instead of 72.
Over the past few months
several former championship
tees have been converted to
medal tees while others have
been brought into line with
the official measurements
used for the Opens of 2000
and 2005.
The major adjustments are to
holes 3, 9, 10 and 13 which,
between them, account for
100 of the extra yards. The
biggest change is to the 9th
hole, which gains 40 yards
and will now play at 347
yards.
Alan McGregor, general
manager of St Andrews Links
Trust, which maintains and
administers the Old Course,
said, "These changes are
designed to improve the
experience of playing the
Old Course for golfers
playing in medals. We
continually monitor the pace
of play on the Old Course
and it has become apparent
that delays can take place
on some holes, such as the
ninth. The extra yardage on
these holes will enable
golfers to hit their drives
before the green is clear
and so speed up play. It
will also bring some
features back into play off
the tee such as the Kruger
bunkers and the heather on
the ninth. This can only add
to the enjoyment of playing
here."
Other changes to the Old
Course include the
lengthening of the 10th hole
to 340 yards, an increase of
22. The 13th hole, which
played as the second
toughest during last year's
Open, is now the third
longest par 4 on the Old
Course, at 418 yards.
Hole 3 has received an extra
18 yards, to bring it up to
370, creating a longer carry
to the fairway. The
remaining five holes that
have been changed, 1, 11, 17
and 18, are now playing at
exactly championship
distance: 370, 174, 455 and
357 respectively. The 14th
is now measured at 530
yards, an increase of seven
yards, following the
repositioning of the medal
tee to the right of the
teeing area.
The medal course is now only
212 yards shorter than the
course set-up for the Opens
of 1984, 1990 and 1995,
which produced champions of
the calibre of Seve
Ballesteros, Nick Faldo and
John Daly.
Despite the lengthening of
the Old Course, the Jubilee
Course retains its position
as the longest medal course
on the Links at 6,742 yards
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