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	Royal Troon Golf Club - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Royal Troon Golf Club is a golf course located in Ayrshire, Scotland.
		The 2004 Open Championship was held at Royal Troon, and was won by Todd Hamilton in a 4-hole playoff against Ernie Els.
		Royal Troon is home to both the longest and shortest holes in championship golf.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_Troon_Golf_Club (171 words)

	royal_troon
		Royal’ Troon was the last of the Royal Golf Clubs to be so honoured, gaining its title during its own centenary year of 1978.
		One of the abiding memories of a visit to Royal Troon, apart from the golf course, is dinner in the club restaurant, surrounded by the wonderful oil paintings looking down from the paneled walls listening to both the tales of woe and glory from golfers visiting, from different parts of the globe.
		Royal Troon is a course worthy of the game, and is a challenge not to be missed by any golfing enthusiast.
	www.golfscotland.net /courses/royal_troon.htm (662 words)

	ROYAL TROON
		Royal Troon is located on the west coast shore of Scotland with magnificent views of the Irish Sea.
		Referred to as the "Old Course at Troon", Royal Troon has both the longest hole (the 6th at 577 yards) and the shortest hole (the 126-yard 8th known worldwide as the "Postage Stamp") of any British Open Championship course.
		He later presented the "5-iron" he used from the tee on both days to the R. and A. Because of its humps and hollows, Royal Troon has had to endure its share of controversial comment, but is increasingly being recognized as one of the finest courses on the British Open roster.
	classic-golf.com /Scotland/royaltroon.htm (179 words)

	The Seattle Times: Golf: Royal Troon poses challenge
		TED S. Tiger Woods hits a tee shot on No. 7 yesterday at Royal Troon in Troon, Scotland, during a practice round for the British Open.
		TROON, Scotland — Tiger Woods played one practice round on what seemed to be two courses yesterday.
		The world's top-ranked golfer walked to the 10th tee at the far end of Royal Troon and turned to face a breeze off the Irish Sea.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/golf/2001978035_golf13.html (537 words)

	British Open: U.S. links to 'The Jug' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Royal Troon can force a player into more than a few awkward shots as it did to Tiger Woods in 1997 when the most recent time the British Open was played at Troon.
		Mickelson played a practice round at Royal Troon a week before the British Open and declared it to be in sensational shape and a tough, but fair, test of golf.
		Royal Troon is just north of Prestwick, where the British Open was held the first 12 years and Colin Montgomerie is famous for saying, "If you're not under par after nine holes at Troon, you may as well go to the clubhouse at Prestwick and have lunch."
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/04193/344783.stm (1194 words)

	Royal Troon, Part II: A regal Scot that's a great challenge - PGATOUR.COM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Royal moniker, attached to a select grouping of golf clubs in Britain and other parts of what used to be the British Empire, is in many ways a vestige of an age gone by.
		Few would question Royal Troon's worthiness to hold such regal status, and when in 2004 it hosts the British Open for the eighth occasion, everyone will see once again that this is a Royal with teeth -- and perhaps the most testing of all British Open venues.
		For those who wish to include Royal Troon in a Scottish golf trip, bear in mind there is a minimum age requirement of 18 years, which is strictly imposed.
	www.golfweb.com /u/ce/multi/0,1977,6489687,00.html (818 words)

	The Open Champsionship/ Course / Course History
		Despite the success of that championship and the enlightened attitude of Troon in becoming the first to open its clubhouse doors to competing professionals, there was a gap of 27 years before Bobby Locke won the second of his four Opens, successfully defending the title he had won the year before at Royal St George’s.
		Troon’s next appearance in the spotlight was in 1962, a championship which marked a watershed in the history of the Open.
		Troon’s reputation for superb greens was further enhanced in 1997 when young American Justin Leonard had only 25 putts in a final round of 65 to beat Darren Clarke and Jesper Parnevik by three shots and third-placed Jim Furyk by seven.
	www.pga.com /openchampionship/2004/course_history.html (1525 words)

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		He walked to the 10th tee at the far end of Royal Troon and turned to face a fresh breeze off the Irish Sea.
		That's not technology talking - that's a wee breeze at Royal Troon, not to mention the firm fairways of a links that require landing the ball some 30 yards short of the green and bouncing onto the green.
		Calcavecchia won at Royal Troon in 1989 with one of the best shots of his life, a 5-iron from 201 yards in the first cut of rough into about 15 feet on the 18th hole to win a four-hole playoff against Greg Norman and Wayne Grady.
	www.firstcoastnews.com /news/news-article.aspx?storyid=21267 (919 words)

	Troon Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland
		The town is home to the Royal Troon Golf Club, which hosted the 133rd Open Championship in July 2004.
		And from 1812 Troon was the terminus of a horse-drawn railway connecting it to the Duke of Portland's coal mines around Kilmarnock.
		Troon was also known for its ship-breaking business, which boomed in the 1950s and 1960s and diversified into cutting up ex-British Rail steam locos when they became redundant.
	www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk /troon/troon (797 words)

	British Open (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Whether or not Royal Troon lives up to this ominous reputation when it hosts the 2004 Open, remains to be seen, but there are few doubters.
		Royal Troon is among the most traditional of Scottish Golf Clubs and as recently as last year, did not permit lady visitors to play the Championship Course.
		Royal Troon has become a British Open venue that seems to favor American players, although in 1923, Walter Hagen, then the reigning Open Champion, lost by a single stroke to a new champion, Englishman Arthur Havers.
	www.golfinternational.com /isapi/EVisions.isa?SF_ProdDescriptionWithCustomEVT('nls_RoyalTroon','otherproducts.evt')&EvApp=sf.2554&pl=506&sku=nls_RoyalTroon (682 words)

	Royal Troon Golf Club, Scotland - Carr Golf & Corporate Travel - Golf Courses in Ireland and Scotland
		Today, the Old Course at Troon presents a stiff golfing examination and the inward half is recognised as the most demanding of any of the courses on the Open Championship rota.
		Though a relative latecomer to the Open Championship circuit, Royal Troon has hosted the famous championship seven times, the most recent of which was when Justin Leonard triumphed in 1997, while it will also host the 2004 Open Championship.
		The Old Course at Troon boasts many great holes, including the par four, 2nd, which requires an accurate drive to avoid the fairway bunkers; the doglegging 7th played from an elevated tee; the 11th where the railway runs along the entire right hand side; and the long par three 17th, with its plateau green.
	www.carrgolf.com /golf_courses/Scotland/224/Royal_Troon.htm (526 words)

	Troon
		Royal Troon has walked the tightrope between the grand private links of Scottish tradition and the modern showcase golf course capable of challenging today’s long-hitting professionals using high-tech equipment.
		In 1915, Troon Club Captain Adam Wood presented the club with a set of golf clubs, which may be the oldest set in existence, perhaps dating from the 17th century when the Scottish Stuarts were on the English throne.
		Troon was recognized as "Royal Troon" in 1978 upon the 100th anniversary of its founding.
	www.homeatfirst.com /troon.htm (1473 words)

	Royal Troon Golf Course, The Postage Stamp
		The Postage Stamp or 8th hole of the Royal Troon golf course is one of the most famous holes in Open Championship golf.
		Royal Troon Golf course is holding the Scottish Open 2004, from 15th July to 19th July.
		Royal Troon is host to perhaps the most famous par 3 hole in Open Championship golf.
	www.sportsgallery.co.uk /royal_troon.htm (672 words)

	Scottsdale Golf Community and Scottsdale Private Golf Clubs — Troon Country Club
		Troon has design similarities to its namesake, Royal Troon in Scotland, where Mr.
		There is no longer a residence requirement to be a member at Troon, but if you are looking for real estate, you will find Troon Village to be an excellent Scottsdale golf community.
		Troon is one of the few Scottsdale private golf clubs that is member owned.
	www.trooncc.com (338 words)

	ABC Sport - Golf - A hole-by-hole look at Royal Troon
		Royal Troon, established in 1878, first staged the British Open in 1923 when Britain's Arthur Havers edged out American Walter Hagen by a shot for his only title.
		Troon was awarded the "Royal" prefix to commemorate its centenary in 1978.
		The line of the tee shot at the sixth is unchanged but the hole has been stretched by 24 yards to 601, maintaining its status as the longest on the British Open championship rota.
	www.abc.net.au /sport/content/200407/s1154696.htm (904 words)

	Royal Troon - Golfers Accomodation at Sundrum Castle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Sundrum Castle is located in a Golfers Paradise close to Royal Troon and provides delightful castle accomodation.
		Prestwick was the host of the first ever Open in 1860, while Royal Troon was the venue in 1997, when Jason Leonard was the winner and last played at Turnberry in 1994 when Nick Price was the champion.
		Royal Troon is recognised as one of the worlds finest courses.
	www.sundrumcastle.com /royal-troon.htm (251 words)

	PGA.com / The Open Championship / News / More Stories
		Woods gets off the blistering start at Royal Troon — While unlikely midway leader Skip Kendall (left) was beginning his chase for history Saturday, a host of likely challengers were closing in on him at the 133rd Open Championship.
		The two faces of Royal Troon — Perhaps no other links course in the Open Championship has two nines that are more diverse than at Royal Troon, where the relatively easy front nine leads to a back nine that, when the wind is blowing hard off the Irish Sea, can send scores soaring.
		First entry for 2004 Open at Royal Troon — The first player to enter for the 2004 Open Championship at Royal Troon is Gary Birch jnr, who made rapid progress through the European Challenge Tour after turning pro in July 2001.
	www.pga.org /openchampionship/2004/news_stories.html (3177 words)

	British Open: Strange happenings a part of Royal Troon's history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		TROON, Scotland -- Whitecaps formed Monday on the nearby Firth of Clyde as the usual prevailing winds whipped across the grounds of Royal Troon Golf Club, perhaps a portent of wild and weird things to come.
		Troon was the site of then-32-year-old Arnold Palmer's second consecutive, and final, British Open victory in 1962, when he scorched the field with a then-record score of 276, winning by six over Australian Kel Nagle.
		Leonard celebrated his triumph that night with carry-out pizza and a few pints of lager consumed with a few friends in darkness near the 17th green, the same place where he had nailed a 30-foot putt for birdie on the 222-yard par 3 earlier that afternoon.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/04196/346159.stm (862 words)

	GOLFONLINE - At Royal Troon, course records are written in pencil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The blazers at Troon declared Woods's third-round 64 to be the new record.
		Since 1997, Troon has been lengthened by just 96 yards—and club officials say that's enough to require a new course record, even if that score is higher than 64.
		A spokeswoman for Royal Troon says records might be replaced but are not forgotten.
	www.golfonline.com /golfonline/print/0,18068,661376,00.html (434 words)

	Royal Troon front nine under assault in opening round (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		A lot of other players had good starts too, on a day when the wind was calm at Royal Troon and players took advantage of the conditions.
		On the other end of the spectrum was Tom Weiskopf, the '73 Open champion at Royal Troon playing in his first major since the 1995 British Open.
		The Open is back at Royal Troon for the first time since 1997, when Justin Leonard won his only major championship.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2004/07/15/sports0542EDT0094.DTL&type=printable (1012 words)

	GOLFCOURSE.com - GOLF MAGAZINE's Directory of Golf Courses, Resorts & Clubs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		At Troon there are two excellent courses to choose: the Old Course and the Portland Course.
		The Old Course of Royal Troon is rated #11 of "The 100 Greatest Courses in the British Isles", Golf World 11/96, and #36 of Top 100 World Courses.
		Royal Troon, is one of the greatest of Scotland's many great championship courses, and is probably the top of all those excellent courses that run in the dunes along the Ayrshire coast, overlooking the lower reaches of the Firth of Clyde.
	www.golfcourse.com /search/coursedtl.cfm?courseid=1315&source=EU&start=1&count=10&sort=clubname&usstate=ALL&province=Scotland (405 words)

	Blakeway Worldwide Panoramas-Royal Troon
		Poster Caption: This aerial panoramic photograph of Royal Troon Golf Club was taken by James Blakeway.
		Royal Troon Golf Club, situated on the west coast of Scotland was formed in 1878 at a meeting of enthusiasts in Troon and quickly developed a reputation as a testing course.
		The Old Course, located in the foreground, is widely accepted as one of the most difficult courses in Scotland.
	www.panoramas.com /prodinfo.asp?number=WRT1 (106 words)

	Fairway Scotland - Research, Plan & Book Your Golf Vacation to Scotland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		At Royal Troon the motto is "Tam Arte Quam Marte", which means "as much by skill as by strength".
		Troon is a classic links course in every respect, the golfer is eased into the challenge with each hole appearing to get progressively tougher.
		Royal Troon is one of the most popular championship courses in Scotland.
	www.fairwayscotland.com /fairwayscotland_troon_a.html (686 words)

	Royal Troon to Host Amateur Championship
		The Championship Committee of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club is pleased to announce that the 2003 Amateur Championship will be played at Royal Troon Golf Club from Monday 2 to Saturday 7 June.
		Troon has hosted many RandA Championships of which the most recent was the 1997 Open Championship won by Justin Leonard, the seventh time the Open has been played there.
		Other winners of the Amateur played at Troon are American Charlie Yates in 1938; John Beharrell, the 1999 RandA Captain, who won in 1956 and remains the youngest Amateur Champion and lastly current RandA captain Sir Michael Bonallack who won the third of his five Amateur titles over the Ayrshire links in 1968.
	www.amateur-golf.com /news/yeartodate/news2000/troonhtml.html (167 words)

	GOLFONLINE - An insider's guide to the holes that will make -- and break -- British Open dreams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Royal Troon's Old Course offers some of the world's most challenging links golf.
		Royal Troon's club motto is Tam Arte Quam Marte, "As Much by Skill as by Strength." More than anything, this is a course that makes you think.
		The last five Open winners at Troon were Arnold Palmer (1962), Tom Weiskopf (1973), Tom Watson (1982), Mark Calcavecchia (1989) and Justin Leonard (1997), and I suspect that once again the victor will be a top player rather than a dark horse.
	www.golfonline.com /golfonline/print/0,18068,661287,00.html (397 words)

	USATODAY.com - Royal Troon yields low scores in British Open's first day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The British Open was barely three hours old Thursday when it became clear that Royal Troon, without its fierce winds whipping off the Irish Sea, was in a generous mood.
		Clarke, a runner-up at Troon seven years ago, also had a chance until he hit a 5-iron from 191 yards away on the final hole and watched in disgust as it went over the green and landed next to the clubhouse — out-of-bounds.
		Tom Weiskopf, the 61-year-old who won at Royal Troon in 1973, took four swipes out of a pot bunker on the first hole and made a quadruple bogey.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/golf/pga/2004-07-15-british-open-round-1_x.htm (1193 words)

	Golf Scotland - Golf Courses Scotland - Turnberry Golf, Royal Troon Golf, Prestwick Golf Club, Western Gailes Golf ...
		The whole coastline of Ayrshire is virtually one continuous golfing ground divided up into the eighteen holes of some of the most famous places on the world's golfing map: from Royal Troon in the north to Turnberry in the south.
		Troon has the longest and shortest holes of all the Open venues.
		Royal Troon is a 7097 yards par 71 course.
	www.linksgolfstandrews.com /scotland/west_play_main.htm (684 words)

	JS Online: Playing at Troon definitely no picnic
		Spectators at Royal Troon line a hill at the eighth hole known as 'Postage Stamp,' while Ben Curtis hits a ball out of a bunker known as 'Coffin' during a practice round Sunday.
		Troon has a population of 15,000, about 14,995 of whom play the crazy game.
		Royal Troon practically abuts Prestwick, which played host to the first 12 British Opens.
	www.jsonline.com /golfplus/jul04/243417.asp?format=print (880 words)

	Boston.com / Sports / Golf / Golfers praise Royal Troon for elements (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		TROON, Scotland -- From the time Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods, Ernie Els and the rest of golf's top players set foot on Royal Troon, they have lavished this piece of linksland with praise.
		Justin Leonard won at Royal Troon in 1997 and hardly noticed anything different when he returned, a tribute to the Royal and Ancient philosophy of letting Mother Nature have more of an influence than a lawn mower.
		Allenby, whose even-par 70 was the best score on Sunday at Shinnecock, then was asked to look ahead at a scenario where Royal Troon gets out of hand.
	www.boston.com /sports/golf/articles/2004/07/14/bjorn_has_no_thoughts_of_last_years_open (472 words)

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