FIFE · UNITED KINGDOM

Old Course at St Andrews

Editions hosted: 33
Majors: 33
Latest par: 72
Latest yardage: 6,784

COURSE DNA

How this course plays

3 full-field editions (2015–2024), women’s cohort. Medium confidence

Scoring difficulty+0.31field average strokes to par per round77th percentile of 14 coursesn=3 · MEDIUM

Scoring spread3.07standard deviation of round scores54th percentile of 14 coursesn=3 · MEDIUM

Under-par rounds40.6% of rounds under par38th percentile of 14 coursesn=3 · MEDIUM

Winning score−13average winner total to parn=8 · HIGH

Cut line+1.6average 36-hole cut to parn=8 · HIGH

Length6784yards (latest published setup)n=8 · SOURCED

HOLES

Hole by hole

2024 setup. Scoring column: hole-by-hole scorecards observed for this edition (sources: Wikipedia leaders cards and/or ESPN field cards).

Hole	Par	Yards	Contenders’ avg to par	Cards
1	4	375	0	4
2	4	400	+0.25	4
3	4	366	-0.25	4
4	4	413	-0.25	4
5	5	525	-0.25	4
6	4	370	+0.25	4
7	4	361	-0.25	4
8	3	173	0	4
9	4	349	-0.5	4
10	4	341	-0.25	4
11	3	165	+0.25	4
12	4	351	-0.25	4
13	4	430	0	4
14	5	577	0	4
15	4	415	0	4
16	4	380	0	4
17	4	439	+0.25	4
18	4	354	0	4

LAYOUT VERSIONS

Published championship setups

Each edition’s setup is a separate layout version; years are never mixed.
Edition	Par	Yards	Hole table
2024 Women's British Open championship setup	72	6,784	18 holes
2022 The Open Championship championship setup	72	7,297	18 holes
2015 The Open Championship championship setup	72	7,297	18 holes
2013 Women's British Open championship setup	72	6,672	18 holes
2010 The Open Championship championship setup	72	7,305	18 holes
2007 Women's British Open championship setup	73	6,638	18 holes
2005 The Open Championship championship setup	72	7,279	18 holes
2000 The Open Championship championship setup	72	7,115	18 holes

TOURNAMENT HISTORY

Champions here

Edition	Champion	To par	Coverage
2024 Women's British Open	Lydia Ko	−7	Full field · every round
2022 Open Championship	Cameron Smith	−20	Full field · every round
2015 Open Championship	Zach Johnson	−15	Full field · every round
2013 Women's British Open	Stacy Lewis	−8	Top finishers only
2010 Open Championship	Louis Oosthuizen	−16	Top finishers only
2007 Women's British Open	Lorena Ochoa	−5	Top finishers only
2005 Open Championship	Tiger Woods	−14	Top finishers only
2000 Open Championship	Tiger Woods	−19	Top finishers only
1995 Open Championship	John Daly	—	Champion only
1990 Open Championship	Nick Faldo	—	Champion only
1984 Open Championship	Seve Ballesteros	—	Champion only
1978 Open Championship	Jack Nicklaus	—	Champion only
1970 Open Championship	Jack Nicklaus	—	Champion only
1964 Open Championship	Tony Lema	—	Champion only
1960 Open Championship	Kel Nagle	—	Champion only
1957 Open Championship	Bobby Locke	—	Champion only
1955 Open Championship	Peter Thomson	—	Champion only
1946 Open Championship	Sam Snead	—	Champion only
1939 Open Championship	Dick Burton	—	Champion only
1933 Open Championship	Denny Shute	—	Champion only
1927 Open Championship	Bobby Jones	—	Champion only
1921 Open Championship	Jock Hutchison	—	Champion only
1910 Open Championship	James Braid	—	Champion only
1905 Open Championship	James Braid	—	Champion only
1900 Open Championship	John Henry Taylor	—	Champion only
1895 Open Championship	John Henry Taylor	—	Champion only
1891 Open Championship	Hugh Kirkaldy	—	Champion only
1888 Open Championship	Jack Burns	—	Champion only
1885 Open Championship	Bob Martin	—	Champion only
1882 Open Championship	Bob Ferguson	—	Champion only
1879 Open Championship	Jamie Anderson	—	Champion only
1876 Open Championship	Bob Martin	—	Champion only
1873 Open Championship	Tom Kidd	—	Champion only

PLAYER COURSE HISTORY

Best here against the field

Players with at least 8 observed rounds here, ranked by scoring vs field.
Player	Appearances	Best	Rounds	Vs field
Jordan Spieth	2	4	8	+2.57
Adam Scott	2	10	8	+1.82
Dustin Johnson	2	6	8	+1.44
Francesco Molinari	2	15	8	+1.19
Billy Horschel	2	21	8	+1.19
Danny Willett	2	6	8	+1.19
Sergio García Fernández	3	5	8	+0.94
Patrick Reed	2	20	8	+0.82
Lee Westwood	3	2	8	+0.69
Russell Henley	2	20	8	+0.57
Hideki Matsuyama	2	18	8	+0.57
Cameron Tringale	2	58	8	+0.07
Paul Casey	3	3	8	-0.18

Course Fit for every player

Player DNA against this course’s profile: course history, difficult-setup and length alignment, recent form. Each component shows the player value, the course signal and both samples. No composite score.

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Identity and sources

Venue identity: Wikidata Q167245. Coordinates 56.351484, -2.816147. Setups and results from edition articles on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Results, fields and course setups adapted from Wikipedia articles (CC BY-SA 4.0; the redistributed results dataset is available under the same licence). Identities, championship editions and venues from Wikidata (CC0). Photographs from Wikimedia Commons with per-image credit. Sources & methodology