The Old Course at St. Andrews for the 2023 Walker Cup

The Old Course at St. Andrews – host of 2023 Walker Cup in Scotland – wasn’t originally designed so much as it evolved in the early 15^th century. Architectural contributions were made hundreds of years later by Daw Anderson in the 1850s and Old Tom Morris a few decades after that.

Known as the Home of Golf, the Old Course ranks No. 2 on Golfweek’s Best 2023 list of classic courses in the United Kingdom and Ireland built before 1960.

The Old Course will be stretched to 7,313 yards with a par of 72 for the 49^th Walker Cup, the biennial match between amateurs from the United States versus amateurs from the United Kingdom and Ireland. The length of each hole for the Walker Cup is noted in the captions below.

The teams will play four foursomes matches Saturday morning, eight singles matches Saturday afternoon, four foursomes matches Sunday morning and 10 singles matches Sunday afternoon. (Foursomes is often called alternate-shot in the U.S., and each two-man side will play one ball, alternating shots until the ball is holed.)

The Walker Cup will be broadcast on Golf Channel in the U.S. at 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. EDT on Saturday, then 8 a.m.-2 p.m. EDT Sunday.

Thanks to yardage books provided by StrackaLine – the maker of detailed yardage books for thousands of courses around the world – we can see exactly the challenges the players face this week.

The StrackaLine yardage book for the Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland (Courtesy of StrackaLine)

The StrackaLine yardage book for the Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland (Courtesy of StrackaLine). No. 1 is officially listed as 375 yards for the Walker Cup.

The StrackaLine yardage book for the Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland (Courtesy of StrackaLine). No. 2 is officially listed as 452 yards for the Walker Cup.

The StrackaLine yardage book for the Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland (Courtesy of StrackaLine). No. 3 is officially listed as 398 yards for the Walker Cup.

The StrackaLine yardage book for the Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland (Courtesy of StrackaLine). No. 4 is officially listed as 480 yards for the Walker Cup.

The StrackaLine yardage book for the Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland (Courtesy of StrackaLine). No. 5 is officially listed as 570 yards for the Walker Cup.

The StrackaLine yardage book for the Old Course at…