Royal Troon Golf Club Hole by Hole: Hole 6

The sixth hole at Troon, named 'Turnberry', is the longest hole on the Open rota

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A guide to the sixth hole on the Old Course at Royal Troon ahead of the 145th Open Championship

Royal Troon Golf Club Hole by Hole: Hole 6

Hole 6 - Par 5 - 601 yards

The sixth is named 'Turnberry' as the point of Turnberry, further South of Ayr, can be seen from Troon.

Royal Troon Golf Club

The 6th hole. Credit: 'Strokesaver' - Golf's number one course guide

This is the second par-5 on the golf course and the longest hole on the entire Open Championship rota.

The tee shot needs to avoid the bunkers right and left, ranging from 277 to 300 yards.

From there, some will be able to reach whilst those who lay up need to be short of the pot bunker some 55 yards short-left of the green.

The putting surface is guarded by one bunker short-left and is quite narrow so accuracy is at a premium.

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Elliott Heath
Elliott Heath
News Editor

Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!

Elliott is currently playing:

Driver: Titleist TSR4

3 wood: Titleist TSi2

Hybrids: Titleist 816 H1

Irons: Mizuno MP5 5-PW

Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore 50, 54, 58

Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5

Ball: Srixon Z Star XV

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