Turnberry Ailsa Course: Hole 13 Tickly Tap
Double Open champion Padraig Harrington gives us his personal hole-by-hole course guide for the 2009 Open Championship venue at Turnberry Ailsa Course, where he will be bidding for a third straight Claret Jug.
The 2009 Open Championship:
13th hole – Tickly Tap, 410 yards, par 4
The thirteenth is an awkward driving hole, generally played with a cross wind off the right and yet it is a dog leg to the right. With bunkers down the left the difficulty is not letting the drive carry on the wind and run towards the bunkers, so it will play as a lay up off the tee with a long iron or a hybrid, trying not to let it swing away on the prevailing wind. From the fairway it is a short second shot but an interesting one to an elevated green. Again any player who plays the hole well will be looking to make birdie, but for someone who does not get into good position, it becomes very tricky.
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