https://pinhighpress.com/tags/the-open/ Recent content in The Open on Pin High Press Hugo en-us Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://pinhighpress.com/posts/carnoustie-course-profile/ Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://pinhighpress.com/posts/carnoustie-course-profile/ <p>There is a reason the players call it Carnasty, and it is not affection. Carnoustie sits on a flat, exposed strip of the Angus coast north of the Tay, and on the wrong afternoon it is as hard a test as championship golf offers anywhere. It does not have the dunescapes of Birkdale or the postcard fame of St Andrews down the road. What it has is teeth, and a closing stretch that has reduced more good players to rubble than any other finish in the British rota.</p>