Royal Troon Golf Club Hole by Hole: Hole 7

The seventh is a wonderful dogleg-right par-4 named after a battle fought in 1882

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A guide to the seventh hole on the Old Course at Royal Troon ahead of the 145th Open Championship

Royal Troon Golf Club Hole by Hole: Hole 7

Hole 7 - Par 4 - 401 yards

The seventh at Troon is named 'Tel-el-Kebir' after a battle in 1882, just before the hole was created.

Royal Troon Golf Club

The 7th hole. Credit: 'Strokesaver' - Golf's number one course guide

The dogleg right is littered with fairway pot bunkers so the tee shot, from an elevated teeing ground, has to be accurate.

The longer hitters may be able to take it over the corner but a shot of around 260 yards is all that is needed here to set up a short iron into the green.

The putting surface is guarded by three bunkers and if missed short, you could roll down into the gully that leads up to the green.

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Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!


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Driver: Titleist TSR4

3 wood: Titleist TSi2

Hybrids: Titleist 816 H1

Irons: Mizuno MP5 5-PW

Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore 50, 54, 58

Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5

Ball: Srixon Z Star XV