Open Qualifiers – Past and Present
With the 2018 US Open just behind us, it’s now time to look ahead to oldest major in golf, The Open Championship. This year the best of the best will fight it out for the Claret Jug on the Championship course at Carnoustie Golf Links. This will be the eighth major to be played at Carnoustie Golf Links, and with the return of Tiger Woods the excitement is already starting to build.
Whilst the top players have already booked their place at this year’s tournament, hopeful Pros and Amateurs still have a chance of making an appearance via Regional Qualifiers.
Here we look at some past and present venues available to book on Teeofftimes!
Panmure Golf Club
Right next door to Carnoustie, Panmure Golf Club has been host to seven qualifiers and this year will make it eight. Panmure Golf Club is a terrific choice for your regular rounds of golf or a new destination for you and friends when visiting Carnoustie!
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Goswick Links Golf Club
Ranked the number one course in Northumberland, Goswick Links is an qualifying venue for this year’s tournament. Located just off the A1, this course is a perfect stop off for golfers making their way up to Scotland from the North East. This golf course is a must for your 2018 golf calendar. It is a true championship links course and is rarely affected by the weather, remaining playable all year with dedicated tees to full greens. Only an hour from Newcastle and Edinburgh, it boasts the most stunning coastal scenery in Northumberland. A visit to this fantastic links will not be quickly forgotten.
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Leven Links Golf Course
Leven Links has hosted six qualifiers and has boasted a very impressive list of players, ranging from major winners to Ryder Cup players and a former world number one! Leven Links is a true test of links golf as the slopes and bounces of these natural obstacles come into play throughout the round. The golf course opens with a tricky hole where the green sits on a ridge plateau and it finishes with what some have boasted is one of the best finishing holes in the country. It is another difficult par-4 with a burn stretching across the front of the green.
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Ladybank Golf Club
Another fantastic addition to the list, Ladybank Golf Club has been an qualifying venue four times. Ranked number 52 in Scotland, this golf course features long, narrow fairways lined with trees and well-manicured greens. Ladybank Golf Club’s par-4 ninth hole is the course’s signature. It is a demanding right-to-left dogleg with a tree guarding the corner and a two-tiered green. New to Teeofftimes, play the premier inland course in Fife that has previously hosted legends of the game Seve Ballesteros and Jack Nicklaus.
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Scotscraig Golf Club
Scotscraig Golf Club has been an qualifying venue six times from 1984 -2010 and has had the likes of Justin Rose, Edwardo Romero and Larry Mize competing to qualify. With a location that is not adjacent to but near the coastline, Scotscraig Golf Club is provided with a landscape that has a unique blend of links and heathland features. The club was founded in 1817, making it the 13th oldest club in the world. While visitors looking for true links golf courses often overlook it, Scotscraig has always been one of Scotland’s hidden gems. The most memorable hole is the par-4 fourth hole. This tricky hole has a fairway that is well guarded to the left by large bunkers and there is treacherous heathery terrain to the right. It requires accuracy from start to finish, especially reaching the small plateau green.
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