OUT-OF-BOUNDS
Ian Baker-Finch won The Open at Royal Birkdale in 1991 playing sublime golf, shooting 64 and 66 in the final two rounds. But by the 1995 Open at St Andrews, his confidence was gone. Paired with the legendary Arnold Palmer, who was making his farewell appearance at The Open, ‘Finchy’ snap-hooked his ball from the 1st tee, straight over the parallel 18th fairway and out-of-bounds, nearly 150 metres to his left.
It may be one of the widest fairways in golf, but he wasn’t the first to do this, and he certainly won’t be the last.
With its ‘out and back’ design, the boundaries of the course come into play at several holes, including the 1st, 16th, 17th and 18th. If, after playing a shot, you think your ball…
