Overview

• Calamity Corner remains unchanged since Harry Colt’s 1932 redesign and its 2019 renumbering, but it returns as the defining par-3 of the 153rd Open.
• Only 41% of competitors hit the green in regulation during the 2019 Open, marking the lowest success rate of any hole and swinging momentum at a glance.
• Players and analysts advocate the left-side bailout into “Locke’s Hollow,” a strategy pioneered by Bobby Locke in 1951 to avoid the deep rough on the right.
• Golf pros underscore its nerve-testing nature—Gary McNeill cautions that one errant shot can “erase everything,” and Bryson DeChambeau highlights the wind’s decisive impact.
• As The Open revisits this rugged Northern Ireland links, Calamity Corner is set to separate contenders with its exacting demands on precision and nerve.