An Hour in the Life

The 16th is the longest par three on the Open rota. The hole sees very few birdies and an awful lot of bogeys. At 248 yards it can be as much as a driver when the wind's against. Each day we're spending an hour monitoring it...

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Fergus Bisset
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The 16th is the longest par three on the Open rota. The hole sees very few birdies and an awful lot of bogeys. At 248 yards it can be as much as a driver when the wind's against. Each day of the Championship, Golf Monthly will be spending an hour viewing the to-ings and fro-ings...

Click here for an hour in the life of Carnoustie's treacherous par three 16th hole.

Fergus Bisset
Fergus Bisset
Contributing Editor

Fergus is Golf Monthly's resident expert on the history of the game and has written extensively on that subject. He has also worked with Golf Monthly to produce a podcast series. Called 18 Majors: The Golf History Show it offers new and in-depth perspectives on some of the most important moments in golf's long history. You can find all the details about it here.

He is a golf obsessive and 1-handicapper. Growing up in the North East of Scotland, golf runs through his veins and his passion for the sport was bolstered during his time at St Andrews university studying history. He went on to earn a post graduate diploma from the London School of Journalism. Fergus has worked for Golf Monthly since 2004 and has written two books on the game; "Great Golf Debates" together with Jezz Ellwood of Golf Monthly and the history section of "The Ultimate Golf Book" together with Neil Tappin , also of Golf Monthly.

Fergus once shanked a ball from just over Granny Clark's Wynd on the 18th of the Old Course that struck the St Andrews Golf Club and rebounded into the Valley of Sin, from where he saved par. Who says there's no golfing god?

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