THE penultimate hole at an East Lothian golf course has been ranked in the top 15 at Open courses.
Muirfield, near Gullane, last hosted the prestigious tournament in 2013, when it was won by Phil Mickelson.
Now, Today’s Golfer has ranked the par-five 17th hole as the 11th best out of the holes at Open venues throughout the UK.
It describes it as “a typically classy hole” at the home of the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers and said: “Five bunkers decorate the inside corner of this arcing dog-leg, and then a quartet arranged across the fairway 100 yards out are very much in play into the wind.
“The green is set back into the dunes through a narrow entrance between traps left and right.”
The penultimate hole at St Andrews Old Course topped the list.
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