Voted the No. 4 golf course in all of the world for 2018 by Golf Digest, Muirfield is universally admired as a low-key, straightforward links with fairways seemingly containing a million traffic bumps. Except for a blind tee shot on the 11th, every shot is visible and well-defined.
Greens are the correct size to fit the expected iron of approach. The routing changes direction on every hole to pose different wind conditions. The front runs clockwise, the back counterclockwise, but history mistakenly credits Old Tom Morris with Muirfield’s returning nines. That was the result of H.S. Colt’s 1925 redesign.
ABOUT THE COURSE
Par
72
Length
6,728yds (men’s yellow tees)
Cart Availability
Unavailable
Founded
1891
Hosted
The Open, Walker Cup, Ryder Cup and Amateur Championship
Course Architects
Old Tom Morris & Martin Hawtree
