Royal Troon Golf Club Hole by Hole: Hole 2

The second at Troon requires precision off the tee into a fairly large green

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A guide to the second hole on the Old Course at Royal Troon ahead of the 145th Open Championship

Royal Troon Golf Club Hole by Hole: Hole 2

Hole 2 - Par 4 - 390 yards

The second at Troon is named 'Black Rock' due to the reef that lies between the 2nd green and 3rd tee.

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Hole 2. Credit: 'Strokesaver' - Golf's number one course guide

The tee shot here is a tricky one as there are three bunkers around 250-275 off the tee that are all in play.

The left-hand trap is 252 yards from the back tees and the two on the right are 264 and 274 from the backs.

The play for some may be to hit a driver to take them out of play where from there it's a short wedge into the green.

The putting surface is guarded at the front on both sides with two pot bunkers.

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Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!


Elliott is currently playing:


Driver: Titleist TSR4

3 wood: Titleist TSi2

Hybrids: Titleist 816 H1

Irons: Mizuno MP5 5-PW

Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore 50, 54, 58

Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5

Ball: Srixon Z Star XV