This is where the player turns toward home. The 11th hole, which runs back parallel to the 10th, provides a stunning view of the ocean to the left from the tee. British Open 2023 fans can buy British Open Tickets from our website.

Players will aim to clear the hill's brow on their tee shot if the going is good so they have a short approach shot to a green that is situated directly below them. The approach is fairly narrow and tight, so the shorter the club in the players' hands the better.

Players can try to make a birdie aggressively depending on where the pin is placed, but danger lurks on both sides with bunkers flanking the entrance to the green and challenging and steep swales to the left making for a difficult up and down.

Dee, hole 12; a par four

The 12th hole continues to dogleg to the left, running along the water, and the fairway is slightly cambered from left to right. For aggressive tee shots that are leaked out that way, three bunkers are waiting to pounce on the right-hand side. Longer hitters may be able to shape up the hole from right to left to remove the bunkers from play depending on the wind, but a sea of rough down the left-hand side makes this difficult.

Depending on the pin, a difficult approach may be in store once the fairway is located. The green is very long and significantly elevated from the fairway. Pins near the front of the green, where it is the widest, are very accessible; however, the shot gets harder the farther back the flag, as a sizable run-off area to the left creeps into the back of the green, which can get quite tight; misses to the right and long also leave very challenging up and downs.

Expanded is the cut area to the left. It used to descend into a rough area, but it has since been closely mowed. Therefore, if you miss left, the ball will run all the way down rather than finish 10 feet from the edge of the green, giving you a 20-yard shot to a green that is situated above you. It's a bit of a no-no and you should prepare for a very challenging shot if the pin is on the left side and you miss it left.

Then, anything that doesn't reach the peak of that hill will fall back to your feet if you become too cute in The Open. Therefore, I am confident that any players who short side themselves will treat that shot respectfully and avoid turning a potential bogey into a double bogey. British Open fans can buy British Open 2023 Tickets  from our website.

JOHN HEGGARTY, HEAD PRO AT HOYLAKE

Alps, Hole 13 (Par 3).

The par-3 13th hole at Royal Liverpool is a stunning hole that employs optical illusions to only increase the challenge. It is the favourite hole of many members. From the tee, it appears as though there is no room to the left because only the pins on the far right are clearly visible, and the undulation of the mounds 100 yards away obscures the view.

While there is a lot more space than first appears, there are still some rough hills and treacherous lies down that side. A bail-out area is located short and right of the green, which runs diagonally from right to left. However, anything pin-high right can encounter significant difficulty due to a bunker to the right and a treacherous hill that comes into play more frequently than one might expect.

“Although the view from that tee is amazing, I predict that many of the pins will be located on the left-hand back side of the green. Because in order to access the green, you must first cross some mounds. There is a lot more green than may initially be apparent from the tee because of the mounds that almost give the impression that the pin is not on the green. Nevertheless, there is a lot more green on the left cross and the back of the green.

In other words, yes, if you can get a ball to move from right to left in the air and land in the front portion of the green, it will feed back around towards the pin if it is at the back. You would do well to finish it 12 to 15 feet from the flag if there is a front-right pin because anything falling short will be gathered by a front bunker.

JOHN HEGGARTY, HEAD PRO AT HOYLAKE

Hilbre, hole 14, a par four

The 14th is a fantastic hole that is yet another extremely challenging par 4, and it features yet another intimidating Championship tee. The hole has a slight dogleg appearance, but it actually curves quite sharply from right to left. Bunkers surround the hole on the right and left, and the traps on the left mark the beginning of the hole's sharp left turn.

The tee is elevated above the fairway. The very longest players might be tempted, given the right conditions, to try and carry the traps to the left, but this entails significant risk given that there is also gorse to the left and that the bunkers are a 1.5-shot penalty.

Once again, a fantastic design, players almost always need to be level with the bunkers or just short of them in order to see the green and have a reasonable angle to the hole. The 14th green, like the 13th, has a mound short that obscures vision and gives the impression that there is no space left when there is, in fact, space.

Right seems like the safe miss from the fairway, but there is a steep run-off area there, making a play to the back left of the green the more likely play. The green has a slight incline and is once more difficult to read. The best Championship hole ever.

Field, hole 15, a par five

Since Rory McIlroy's victory in 2014, which featured an iconic eagle on day three, the 15th hole—previously the 16th hole in previous Opens—has been significantly lengthened. The hole will play more than 600 yards in 2023, and if the wind is in the players' faces, the length of the hole, especially from the tee, can be quite intimidating.

However, players can significantly shorten the hole with the prevailing wind by attempting to carry over some of the bunkers to the right. Finding a bunker makes par difficult to achieve, but finding the fairway definitely increases your chances of making birdie.

Given the ideal wedge spot's tight fairway and the bunker waiting to the left, laying up can be almost as challenging as going for the green in some situations. Most players will attempt the green if they can get there, or they will play an aggressive lay-up to the right 60 yards short of the green.

A player who can shape the ball right to left if having a crack from the fairway will benefit from the numerous bunkers that line the left side of the green and entry from the right is the ideal angle. The green can be challenging to putt on because of the sometimes-complicated subtle slopes.

Nevertheless, as the competitors get ready to play the final three holes, this still offers a good chance for a birdie, barring a strong headwind. Eticketing.co is the best website to buy British Open Tickets.