Bordering the Old, The New Course is viewed by numerous individuals as the best on the connections, with the absolute most popular openings in world golf. After a delicate beginning, the New has numerous troublesome driving gaps, flanked firmly by immense banks of yellow-blossoming gorse. Played into the teeth of a solid breeze, the standard 4 6th is one of the hardest in St Andrews, while the standard 3 ninth which skirts the Eden Estuary is a brute, frequently requiring a strong 3-wood.