If you've ever had the chance to play an iconic, bucket-list course, you know that first-tee feeling. “Just put it in play,” you tell yourself. “Nice easy swing,” you plead. In reality, the nerves make a “nice easy swing” highly unlikely, and as you're telling yourself to “put it in play” you're simultaneously thinking about the out-of-bounds down the left side and the parking lot full of expensive cars in shank territory down the right side. The pit-in-your-stomach feeling makes just taking the club back difficult.
But at the Old Course, it's literally impossible to NOT put it in play. The massive fairway is every hacker's dream, one that invites shot shapes of all sizes. Duck hooks, banana slices, chunks, thin-to-wins, pop-ups and tops are all welcome.
But one shot that's never welcome at any course on earth is the cold, hard shank. One poor soul found this out the hard way at St Andrews, and to make matters worse his buddy shared a video of the shank on..
