No.1: - 478 Yards - Par 4
The par 4, 478-yard first does very little to calm the nerves every golfer feels when starting out. Shunpike Road runs along the left side of the hole and is out-of-bounds, while bunkers and a brook further squeeze the landing area. A straight and extremely long tee shot will be rewarded with a view of the green, but otherwise a slight rise in the fairway will hide the bottom of the pin. The green is rather small and tightly bunkered.

No.2: - 379 Yards - Par 4
The par 4 second is 379 yards in length and possesses a tight landing area, making an accurate tee shot a must. Cross bunkers lie 240 yards from the tee, while pine trees stand to the left of the landing area and a large bunker sits on the right. The green is also tightly bunkered and sloped from right to left, making an approach from above the hole a risk for a three-putt.

No.3: - 503 Yards - Par 4
The 503-yard, par 4 third is a long dogleg left whose downhill slope does little to mitigate the difficulty of this hole. A creek guards the entrance to the green and demands a purely struck long iron approach. A spine runs through the middle of this green from front to back, creating sharp breaks on either side.

No.4: - 200 Yards - Par 3
The par 3, 200-yard fourth has a rather unique water hazard enroute to the green. Instead of a gentle slope from the green to the water, as is the norm for most holes with water hazards, a stone wall separates land from water. As a result, a ball hit in the vicinity will either find a watery grave or land nicely on the green; there are no in-betweens on this hole. The green itself has two levels, settings up an interesting variety of pin placements.

No. 5: - 423 Yards - Par 4
A challenging and handsome par 4, the uphill 423-yard fifth plays harder than its yardage might indicate. The fairway is pinched by bunkers, and the uphill second shot is difficult due to an elevated green that is sloped from right to left and back to front. The green is one of the course's most difficult.

No.6: - 482 Yards - Par 4
The tee shot on the par 4, 482-yard sixth is partially blind, calling for both length and accuracy. The fairway is a hogback, sloping sharply down on both sides and difficult to hold with a drive. If this obstacle is overcome, a long approach shot to a large green hemmed by traps on either side still awaits.

No. 7: - 505 Yards - Par 4
The par 4 seventh doglegs to the right, with an out-of-bounds fence on the side and a thicket of trees and bunkers on the right side. A drive must be long and accurate on this 505-yard hole, as the trees lining the right side are very much in play from the tee. Fifty yards short of the green lies a large, mounded bunker, making for a partially blind approach shot that must be worked carefully toward the pin from the front.

No.8: - 380 Yards - Par 4
Eight Lower features a tight landing area for the drive and an interesting approach pitch over a bunker. The fairway of this 380-yard par 4 is lined with trees and bunkers on both sides.

No.9: - 212 Yards - Par 3
The par 3 ninth has been described as one of the most "British looking" holes on the course. The hole is 212 yards in length and features a long green with a very narrow opening between two traps and a crescent-shaped bunker which circles around the rear.

No.10: - 454 Yards - Par 4
The 454-yard tenth kicks off the back nine with gusto. The fairway narrows to a bottleneck at about 280 yards, with trees and very difficult rough on both sides of the fairway, putting a premium on accuracy off the tee. In the final round of the 1993 U.S. Open, Lee Janzen was facing a bogey or worse when the towering oaks on the right blocked his shot to the green. Miraculously, Janzen hit his approach shot through the oaks unscathed.

No.11: - 440 Yards - Par 4
At 440 yards, the severely dog-legged, par 4 eleventh was thought by many participants to be one of the most challenging holes at the 1993 U.S. Open. A precise and long draw down the left side around two large sassafras trees will be rewarded with a good view of the large and undulating green. A straight or pushed drive will leave the foot of the pin hidden by a rise in the fairway and will demand a longer approach shot.

No.12: - 218 Yards - Par 3
A huge frontal trap and a high mound on the right guard a large, sunken green on the par 3, 218-yard twelfth. This makes distance rather difficult to judge on this hole, as the foot of the pin is fairly well hidden.

No.13: - 424 Yards - Par 4
A diagonal creek on the par 4 thirteenth makes this hole a very good dogleg. It was on this 424-yard hole that Bobby Jones tried for too strong a carry and ended up in the creek, a shot that cost him the 1926 U.S. Amateur. The hole left such an impression on Jones that it later became his model for the design of the thirteenth hole at Augusta National.

No.14: - 430 Yards - Par 4
The most direct route on the par 4, 430-yard fourteenth is over the elbow formed by a fairway bunker on the left. This shot will be rewarded with a short iron and a clear view of the green, though one must be cautious of the tree line that stretches the length of the left side. A safe drive to the bunker's right will leave a longer, partially-blind shot to the green.

No.15: - 430 Yards - Par 4
Bunkers on both the left and right await errant tee shots on the par 4 fifteenth. Two huge diagonal traps guard the approach to a beautiful green sighted on top of a rise on this 430-yard hole, while three smaller traps flank the right hand side. The fast, undulating green with a definite frontal pitch is one of the most difficult on the course.

No.16: - 230 Yards - Par 3
Played from an elevated tee, the par 3, 230-yard sixteenth requires a long iron from the back tee and a middle iron from the forward one. Traps completely encircle the large undulating green, which has numerous subtle rolls that can be difficult to judge.

No.17: - 650 Yards - Par 5
The 650-yard seventeenth is often referred to as one of the greatest par 5 holes in America. A solid and accurate drive and second shot are needed to cross the bunkers at about 400 yards. If the rough has been avoided, the uphill approach to the well-bunkered green will require a short iron. In the 1993 U.S. Open, John Daly became the first player ever to reach this hole's green in two shots.

No.18: - 554 Yards - Par 5
Nothing less than a very long drive will permit reaching the green in two on the par 5, 554-yard eighteenth. A safe second shot played short leaves a short pitch to a tabled green. Water, heavy rough and thick trees pose hazards all along the fairway.The eighteenth has been the scene of many heroic Open finishes, including Ed Furgol's zigzag to eighteen Upper's fairway in 1954 and Jack Nicklaus' perfect 1-iron approach in 1967.