You need a large double green to use two holes simultaneously. There may have been other double holes cut, and they may simply have been used alternately, rather than out and in, to spread the wear on the green which also served as the tee'ing area at this time. (Many histories refer to this as the 5th hole, possibly because of the 1836 map, and some even date it to this earlier period.) Twenty years later, in 1855, Daw Anderson, a St Andrews ball-maker, in charge of the Old Course 1850-1855, created a double green on the 7th hole, as evidenced by the R&A Green Committee directive of 2nd May 1855. Old Course St Andrews Hole O'Cross 5th and High Hole 7th One round of the Links, or 18 holes is reckoned a match, unless otherwise stipulated. This was repeated in the 18 rules, but not in the 1888 rules. In the Rules of 1842, the Royal & Ancient laid down an 18 hole round, though the course was not yet 18 holes.
In 1832, the Chief of Clanronald suggested double greens at St Andrews and the Old Course plan of 1836 drawn by William Chalmers, which hangs in the R&A clubhouse, shows two holes on the 5th hole, the Hole O'Cross green, shared with the 13th and both named Hole O'Cross. Assembling the evidence from diverse sources produces the following tale. There is still confusion on the development of the 18 holes at St Andrews. When they added another hole it became a round of 21 holes.
Thus was born the 18-hole round, though it would be hundred years before there were eighteen holes and other courses followed suit.Įven as late as 1851, when Prestwick was built with 12 holes, it did not look out of place.Īlthough some clubs were playing 18 holes as medal round at this time, it was purely be accident, such as at Lanark from 1851-1853 where they had six holes that were played three times. In 1764, the golfers at St Andrews decided to combine the first four short holes into two, to produce a round of 18 holes, though it was still 10 holes of which 8 were played twice. The holes were laid out in a line and 10 holes were played twice, once 'out' and once back 'in', making a 'round' of 22 holes. Leith Linksħ holes for many years, adding an 8th in 1832 and a 9th in 1870ħ holes by 1810 14 holes by 1825 11 holes by 1849 and 25 holes by 1866, reduced sometime shortly after 1874.ġ2 holes by 1764, and probably much earlier. The order of play on Aberdeen Links is known to have been laid out in August 1780, but the layouts below were probably established much earlier. The early golf courses all had different numbers of holes and were not always played in a defined order, as evidenced at Earlsferry. Many people have asked why golf courses have eighteen holes and this is now the universal format played today.
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