This 12 months’s Open will function the longest gap within the match’s historical past after Royal Troon’s sixth was prolonged as a part of moderations for the 152nd version of the most important.
The sixth was already a whopping 601 yards when the match was final performed on the Ayrshire hyperlinks in 2016 however this 12 months it’ll measure 623 yards.
Total the course will play 195 yards longer than in 2016 when Sweden’s Henrik Stenson held off Phil Mickelson in one of many biggest duels in Open historical past.
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After going through one of many longest holes in world golf, this 12 months’s area may then be confronted with one of many shortest with the enduring par-three Postage Stamp eighth probably coming in at 99 yards with a ahead tee and pin positioned near the entrance of the inexperienced for one of many 4 rounds.
The Postage Stamp may be a brief gap however by way of spectators it will likely be enormous with an L-shaped grandstand being constructed that may home 1,500 followers.
This 12 months’s complete attendance is predicted to be 250,000 — the third highest for an Open, behind solely the a hundred and fiftieth Open at St Andrews in 2022 and the 261,180 who attended Royal Liverpool final 12 months.