The 2009 Open Championship:
18th hole - Duel In The Sun, 461 yards, par 4
The eighteenth is a good solid par 4 to finish, playing as a dog leg right to left. Three bunkers on the left hand side are to be avoided so the tee shot needs to be aimed at the gorse hoping for the wind to turn it round the corner. The second shot from the fairway seems like a six iron or seven iron to a slightly elevated green, with a fall off on the left where Jesper Parnevik ended up in 1994. The second shot is ideally played down the green letting it drift a little to the left on the wind. Again it is a solid hole and if you have to make birdie it can be achieved, but if you have to make par that brings its own pressure.
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