The Castle Course

Scorecard and hole-by-hole yardages · St Andrews, Scotland

The Castle Course is an 18-hole, par 71 golf course in St Andrews, Scotland. Measured to the center of each green it plays 6,820 yards — 3,457 on the front nine and 3,363 on the back.

Par 716,820 yd18 holesA917, St Andrews

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Scorecard, front to back

Tee to the front, center and back of each green. Depth = back minus front.

Hole	Par	Front	Center	Back	Depth
1	4	310	325	339	29
2	4	397	417	437	40
3	3	188	210	230	42
4	5	525	546	560	35
5	5	522	541	558	36
6	4	441	453	470	29
7	4	432	452	475	43
8	3	137	148	163	26
9	4	352	365	378	26
10	3	164	179	192	28
11	4	400	425	441	41
12	4	441	459	479	38
13	3	203	217	236	33
14	4	360	387	410	50
15	5	573	587	603	30
16	4	407	427	447	40
17	3	181	199	221	40
18	5	470	483	496	26
Out	36		3,457
In	35		3,363
Total	71		6,820

Course layout

What the numbers say about The Castle Course

50 yd is the deepest green, on hole 14. The shallowest is hole 8 at 26 yd — the gap between a front pin and a back pin.
The longest hole is 15 at 587 yd; the shortest is 8 at 148 yd.
5 par 3s and 4 par 5s. Out 36 / in 35.
81 bunkers are mapped around the greens and landing areas.
The longest stretch is 4 through 6, 1,540 yards back to back.
Greens average 35 yd front to back, deeper than most — pin position is worth two clubs here.

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Kingsbarns Golf Links5 mi · par 72 · 6,982 yd
Balcomie Links7 mi · par 69 · 5,651 yd

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Updated 2026-10-01. Measured to the mapped green, so a number can differ from a printed card by a few yards. Course data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). How we measure · Report a wrong number