The shot not only demands precision, but blind commitment. A view of the new 17th hole at Hoylake, with Dee Estuary in the background. :: Stuart Franklin/R&A/R&A via Getty Images “The key was ...

HOYLAKE, United Kingdom — Tee times for Thursday ... year is a new par 3 created to add more drama. The challenging 17th hole was bulldozed into place, instead of being “forged by nature ...

HOYLAKE, England — It’s merely one of 18 holes. But it very well may determine the winner — or loser — of the 151st British Open this week at Royal Liverpool Golf Club. And if it does ...

HOYLAKE, England — In the clubhouse at Royal Liverpool this week, the hot topic was the 17th hole, a new par 3 for this Open Championship so painfully unpredictable that it was causing sleepless ...

Meanwhile, BBC stalwart Ken Brown — veteran of 14 Opens and five Ryder Cups — has his own view of Hoylake’s brand new 17th hole. ‘It could be a card wrecker,’ Brown tells Mail Sport as ...

HOYLAKE, England – The internal OB that lines ... Ireland out of bounds en route to a first-round 79. The new par-3 17th hole, affectionately known as "Little Eye," will play just 136 yards ...

Several golfers have fallen victim to the dreaded 17th hole at the Open Championship ... It was the first hole-in-one at Hoylake this week. "It was amazing," Smyth said, via ESPN.

Of course, on another day in Hoylake’s capricious breezes ... While the news for the 17th hole at the Open could have been grim on Thursday, it was middle-of-the-pack in terms of difficulty ...

HOYLAKE, England — The 17th hole was probably the last one Travis Smyth wanted to play when he stepped onto the tee of it Friday morning, 10-over par for the tournament. The green is shaped like ...

HOYLAKE, England — Environmental activists ... They advised players not to get involved. The 17th hole attracted most of the attention ahead of the Open after being redesigned to add drama ...

HOYLAKE, England — The British Open is back ... this year is a new par 3 created to add more drama. The challenging 17th hole was bulldozed into place, instead of being “forged by nature ...

HOYLAKE, England — The British Open is back ... this year is a new par 3 created to add more drama. The challenging 17th hole was bulldozed into place, instead of being “forged by nature ...