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5th July, 1994
The 15th hole (Luckyslap) at the Carnoustie Golf Course, Angus
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1994 BPC37
Benham
Limited Edition of 2,500
Although it has not hosted an Open Championship since
1975, Carnoustie is an outstanding course. Laid out in such
a way that never more than two holes ever run in the same
direction, when the wind blows the course is unrelenting
Records confirm that golf was played here as early as 1560.
The first ten holes were laid out around the time of the
formation of the Carnoustie Club around 1839-42 and were
extended to 18 holes in 1857. The final three holes at
Carnoustie are the toughest in the world and the short 16th,
played to an upturned saucer of a green, is one of the toughest
holes in world golf. The Barry Burn twice winds its way
through the fairway of the 433-yard par-4 17th which is
played into the prevailing wind. In 1937 Henry Cotton won
in appalling weather conditions, and his 71 in the final round,
when play was nearly abandoned because of the deluge
, ranks
as one of the very great rounds in Open Championship history.
Photograph © Phil Sheldon Golf Picture Library
Benham (A. Buckingham) Ltd.,
Benham House,
The Bayle,
Folkestone,
Kent CT20 ISD
