Hole 15 (and to my knowledge has always been 15th)
A dogleg right hole with a drive over a sea of mean rough. we are still playing some what down the prevaling wind allthough it's normally a little more from the right than straigh in the back. The ladies tees play the hole fairly straight, members tee is playing slightly from the right and the tips are quite a bit right. the heavy hitters Can cut off a lot of the dog-leg, even aim for the front of the green especially when the prevailing wind is blowing. The tees on the right both play the hole with more of a dogleg but also with the wind normally more straigth from behind.
The bunkers on the hole have been changed between 1944 and 1995 but the big bunker in the middle of the fairway in the picture from 1954 wasn't moved left until the Mackenzie restoration in 2008-2010.
If very conservativea slight hill across the fairway can make a short drive really short or kick it left (from member or tips, right for ladies.)
If in the faiway the seccond shot is straight forward, theres a small ridge across a green with very few flat spots. Not all of the green can be seen as the shot is slightly uphilll and the rigt side is covered by the lip of the bunker. In the background you see the Eremitage Palace which is still in the royal Familys possesion.
If in th right rough the short is not very easy. You have a bunker in front and runoff areas long-left. If looking carefully the contours of the green can also be seen.
Me in front of 15th green.