Royal Troon Golf Club
| Old Course (Championship) | |
|---|---|
 Old Course Clubhouse |
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| Place data | |
| Coordinates: | 55 ° 31 ′ 57.8 " N , 4 ° 39 ′ 3" W. |
| Playable since: | 1878 |
| Par: | 71 |
| Length: | 7175 yards |
| Character: | Left |
| Portland Course | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: | 55 ° 31 ′ 57.8 " N , 4 ° 39 ′ 3" W. |
| Playable since: | 1895 |
| Par: | 72 |
| Length: | 6349 yards |
| Character: | Left |
| Craigend Course (9-hole / Par3) | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: | 55 ° 31 ′ 57.8 " N , 4 ° 39 ′ 3" W. |
| Playable since: | |
| Par: | 71 |
| Length: | 1191 yards |
| Character: | 9-hole par 3 short course |
The Royal Troon Golf Club is one of the UK's premium golf clubs located just south of the town of Troon in Scotland . He is a representative of the typical of the "original" -Golf Links courts and is since 1923 part of the " Rota rota of places that the open-called" British golf championships be hosting (British Open).
The club has two 18-hole courses, the "Old Course", which is located directly on the coastline and used as a championship course, and the "Portland Course", which is separated from the beach by the Old Course. It also has a 9-hole short course (Craigend Course) with par 3 holes.
South of the Old Course is the Prestwick Golf Club , the first venue for the British Open from 1860 to 1872.
Tournaments
British Open winner
| year | winner | Result |
Profit ( £ ) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | |||
| 1923 |
Arthur Havers 
|
73 | 73 | 73 | 76 | 295 | 75 |
| 1950 |
Bobby Locke 
|
69 | 72 | 70 | 68 | 279 (−9) | 300 |
| 1962 |
Arnold Palmer 
|
71 | 69 | 67 | 69 | 276 (−12) | 1,400 |
| 1973 |
Tom Weiskopf
|
68 | 67 | 71 | 70 | 276 (−12) | 5,500 |
| 1982 |
Tom Watson
|
69 | 71 | 74 | 70 | 284 (−4) | 32,000 |
| 1989 |
Mark Calcavecchia
|
71 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 275 (−13) | 80,000 |
| 1997 |
Justin Leonard
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69 | 66 | 72 | 65 | 272 (−12) | 250,000 |
| 2004 |
Todd Hamilton
|
71 | 67 | 67 | 69 | 274 (−10) | 720,000 |
Royal Troon Golf Club will host the British Open in 2017.
literature
- Renton Laidlaw: The R&A Golfer's Handbook 2010 . Macmillan, London 2010, ISBN 978-0-230-74125-6 .
Web links
- Website of the Royal Troon
- The Open Championship website
- Wolfgang Scheffler: The special rules of the Royal Troon Club. faz.net , July 14, 2016.
Individual evidence