ST. ANDREWS, Scotland – If the wind’s not blowing on the east coast of Scotland, the Old Course can play relatively easy for the best players in the world.
That means the R&A needs to find an equalizer for the British Open, which generally means hole locations near the edges of greens or bunkers.
Photos from Thursday's first round at the 2015 British Open, with Tiger Woods and Jordan Spieth.
Dustin Johnson, shown at the 2015 British Open at St. Andrews
During the first round of the British Open on Thursday, Thomas Bjorn saw a new hole location on the par-3 11th … and a bunker that always has been there but the Dane never noticed.