This view (right) is of the par four 17th hole's tee shot 'landing 
area' which is severely mounded and typical of Royal St. George's fairway's with this one most severe.  


Imagine trying to keep your tee shot in the fairway here where it is only 15 to 20 yards wide.


And as well, playing your second from a contoured and mounded lie with a long iron into the small bunkered green of this difficult par four hole.

The 17th green is only 25 yards deep and mounded with a false front and bunkers short right and short left of her.

There are also deep back right and left bunkers guarding her.  After a tee shot to a pretty good lie in the left rough in Friday's second round, Davis Love missed the green in the back right bunker and left his third shot in there.  He then got that one up and down with about a 12 foot putt to save bogey.

This hole will be pivotal in the outcome of the tournament on the weekend here.

Here's a look at a short bunker off the tee on #18 which is typical of many of the bunkers at Royal St. George's golf club.   

This inner 'floor' of this bunker is sloped all around it's circumference towards the center denying it's occupant any kind of flat lie.

Oh yeah, and good luck trying to fly it very far out of here.  You'd better just get out your 'shovel' and play it back to the fairway if you know what's good for you!

Tiger left one in a bunker like this on the right side of 12 on Friday trying to play it into the green.

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It's very likely you'll be seeing someone needing to get up and down for a par four here to maintain or win the tournament on Sunday.

The British Open Championship -is the oldest title in golf and a prized position coveted by all.  Someone will walk into this amphitheatre on Sunday to great applause or disappointment.  We'll just have to wait and see who they'll be!

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