Just as the outward half at Muirfield begins with a puzzle, so the inward half unfolds by asking an awkward question. It’s the crosswinds which make this hole so challenging. Bunkers to the right of the fairway as well as cross-bunkers 100 yards or so from the green add to the intrigue.

Jack's Comments: "I started with the 10th hole at Muirfield which I have always liked. Bunkered nicely on the right side, open in front of the green. Medium long par 4, a good starting hole. It’s always one of my favourites, I think it’s a good hole."

This dogleg par 4 at Hoylake has a fairway which slopes from left to right. As well as three bunkers on the right, there’s a hidden trap on the left. A new tee has added 35 yards in length and the second shot to a green complicated by grassy hollows is tricky. In 2006, this was Hoylake’s hardest hole with a stroke average of 4.35.

Jack's Comments: "The second hole I put in is a difficult par 4. Dogleg left, the 12th at Hoylake played the most difficult last year it was the hole Tiger made 2 on. They have lengthened the hole since I played there but it is still a very very strong hole and played the most difficult of the par 4s at Hoylake a couple of years ago."

Once a plentiful source of eagles and birdies, the introduction of a new back tee for the 17th on the Ailsa stretches a previously soft par 5 to a meaty 558 yards. It was here Nick Price in 1994 holed a monster of a putt to set up victory over Jesper Parnevik.

Jack's Comments: "The third hole I put a par 5, it was the 17th at Turnberry. It’s a hole on the pace of the golf course where all of a sudden you’ve got two pretty good strong holes and now you’ve got a chance to make a birdie and get ahead of the golf course. It’s a hole that I could have won the British Open if I had made the putt there, it played a part in my career of not allowing me to win a British Open."

A test of precision, this terrific par 3 sits in a bowl, which makes club selection awkward when it’s breezy. Surrounded by bunkers, the green is on two tiers. Not particularly intimidating but awkward enough to force a stroke average of 3.28 in 2003.

Jack's Comments: "The 6th hole at Royal St Georges, a par 3, the reason I put it in, I made a hole-in-one there. I made a hole-in-one also at the 5th at Lytham. It’s a medium length par 3."

None of the troublesome bunkers scattered around the fairway are visible from the tee, consequently this subtle hole is a test of strategy rather than power. The green is flanked by bushes and the entrance is narrow. In spite of little wind and lack of distance, this was the tenth toughest hole at the 2005 Open.

Jack's Comments: "Then I went with a short hole, 12th at St Andrews a par 4 pretty well straight away. It a hole that’s got a lay up on, a play to get aggressive with and try to drive."

If the 16th at Lytham is bound up with the legend of Seve Ballesteros, the 17th is best known for the mashie shot played to the green by Bobby Jones in 1926. The American had pulled his tee shot into a sandy lie in the rough but executed a magnificent recovery which is marked by a plaque in his memory.

Jack's Comments: "Then I went with the 17th hole at Lytham, which is a hole that Bobby Jones made famous and also a hole that cost me from winning the British Open, I hit it through the green and it took 3 to get down."

Few holes are more closely linked with the feats of one player in Open folklore than the sixth at Carnoustie. It was on this testing par 5 in 1953 that Ben Hogan chose to hit four consecutive drives into the gap between the out of bounds fence on the left and the bunkers on the right. This formidable par 5 was cut from the same cloth as Hogan himself. A plaque dedicated to Hogan’s memory at Carnoustie quotes the American as saying: “I don’t like the glamour. I just like the game.”

Jack's Comments: "For my 7th hole, I put the 6th at Carnoustie, that’s where I hit the ball out of bounds in the last round in 1975. I lost by a shot. I think it’s a great hole, I think is a strong hole. It’s one that cost me, it’s a hole that played a part in my Open Championship career."

By far the most famous par 3 on the Open rota, it was here that Gene Sarazen at the age of 71 in 1973, with Colin Montgomerie among the onlookers, relished a hole-in-one with a 5 iron. By way of contrast, Herman Tissies, a German amateur, ran up 15 in 1973. The difficulty of a tee shot to a narrow green surrounded by bunkers is inevitably complicated by the wind and the threat of landing on a downslope.

Jack's Comments: "The 8th is the Postage Stamp at Troon, how could you not pick the Postage Stamp at Troon? It’s a wonderful little short par 3."

With the fairway guarded by bunkers on the left and rough on the right, the angle of the second shot to a green cleverly protected by traps on both sides is crucial. During the Duel in the Sun, Tom Watson made an exquisite birdie here while Jack Nicklaus did well to hole an awkward putt for par.

Jack's Comments: "As my 9th hole I used the 5th at Turnberry which is a beautiful dogleg left. I always just liked the hole, I though it was a really nice golf hole."