My favourite is the 1st, not because it is the greatest hole from a strategic point of view, but because you still have seventeen further holes to go. Anticipation of what is to come is perhaps TOC's strongest point. As you play the 1st you are already eagerly awaiting the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and so on. You can't wait to get to the Elysian Fields, Hell Bunker, the Beardies and all the rest of them. And as you play the 1st hole you get a glimpse of the 17th. At this point you don't fear it. That fear sets in later in the round.