Featured 17th and 18th Hole's
Royal St. George's 
Golf Club:

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This view (in the picture left) is of the tee box at the long and narrow 428 yard par four 17th hole. 

In this picture is Jose Maria Olazabel walking off the tee in practice after playing a one iron.

One iron is a typical club of choice to these hard narrow fairway's this week -as the golf ball will 'release' some 20 to 80 yards depending on the wind direction.  And the one iron keeps the ball low and 'out of the wind' as well.

 
This view (right) is of the par four 17th hole's tee shot 'landing 
area' which is severely mounded and typical of Royal St. George's fairway's with this one most severe.  


Imagine trying to keep your tee shot in the fairway here where it is only 15 to 20 yards wide.


And as well, playing your second from a contoured and mounded lie with a long iron into the small bunkered green of this difficult par four hole.

The 17th green is only 25 yards deep and mounded with a false front and bunkers short right and short left of her.

There are also deep back right and left bunkers guarding her.  After a tee shot to a pretty good lie in the left rough in Friday's second round, Davis Love missed the green in the back right bunker and left his third shot in there.  He then got that one up and down with about a 12 foot putt to save bogey.

This hole will be pivotal in the outcome of the tournament on the weekend here.

This finishing hole at Royal St. George's golf club and home of the 2003 British Open Championship is a long 460 yard par four beauty.

In the picture (right) is the view looking back to the tee in the distance. 

This picture affords a good look at the 'linksland' and typical of what the early designer's  saw when they envisioned a golf course being built here.

Off in the distance is the English Channel, separating the British Isles from the rest of Europe and a natural bane to any invasion by Hitler in WWII.
Here's the view of the tee shot landing area and 2nd shot view into the green of this long and certain to be pivotal par four finishing hole (pix left).

Just past the cross walk in the foreground of this pix, you'll see the fairway mounding which begins at 240 thru 285 yards which will 'kick' the tee shot to either side of the narrow fairway here.

Both Tiger on Thursday and Davis Love on Friday, had to work for their par fours to close out good rounds of golf.

The three cross bunkers in the distance are 325 yards off the tee.

Here's a look at a short bunker off the tee on #18 which is typical of many of the bunkers at Royal St. George's golf club.   

This inner 'floor' of this bunker is sloped all around it's circumference towards the center denying it's occupant any kind of flat lie.

Oh yeah, and good luck trying to fly it very far out of here.  You'd better just get out your 'shovel' and play it back to the fairway if you know what's good for you!

Tiger left one in a bunker like this on the right side of 12 on Friday trying to play it into the green.

This 18th green view is no less spectacular than most British Open finishing holes with the great grandstand  which extends nearly 100 yards or so down the sides of the hole and around the finishing green.

The green is 34 yards deep and mounded both right and left.  The best chance of recovery would be from a miss left of the green (unless the pin is on that side).

It's very likely you'll be seeing someone needing to get up and down for a par four here to maintain or win the tournament on Sunday.

The British Open Championship -is the oldest title in golf and a prized position coveted by all.  Someone will walk into this amphitheatre on Sunday to great applause or disappointment.  We'll just have to wait and see who they'll be!

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