Royal Throne there will be longest hole in British Open history when the links are located in the Scottish county of Ayrshire, very close to Glasgow-Prestwick Airport, will host the event for the tenth time in its history next July.
He hole 6, par 5, will be extended to 623 yards (570 meters), 22 yards (20 meters) longer than in 2016the last time Royal Troon hosted a Grand Slam final on the calendar. The 152nd edition of the British Open will be held from July 18 to 21.
Coincidentally two holes later, players will face the 8th, the shortest hole, known as ‘stamp’and can be shortened to just 99 yards (91 meters) depending on the weather.
In total, nine new tees were built to extend the course to 7,385 yards (6,753 meters), 195 more yards (178 m.) than eight years ago, when Swede Henrik Stenson made history at by beating Phil Mickelson by three strokes to become the first Scandinavian to lift the Silver Jug.
He Royal and Ancient Golf Club He also revealed that Royal Troon is expecting an attendance of 250,000 spectators, 70,000 more than in 2016.
Source: La Verdad
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