Sunday 12 July 2015 17:37, UK
Ahead of the 144th Open returning to the home of golf, we look back at some of the best shots ever seen at St Andrews.
1995: Rocca’s amazing putt
Constantino Rocca teed his ball up on the 72nd tee of the 1995 Open knowing that he required a birdie to force a four-hole play-off against John Daly.
The Italian's drive finished in the Valley of Sin, and he then chunked his chip and the ball barely reached the green, finishing 65 feet from the pin.
But Daly's celebrations were put on hold as Rocca pulled his putter and collapsed in tears of joy as his ball raced across the green and into the cup.
However, Rocca bogeyed the first extra hole and made a mess of the 17th after finding the Road bunker as Daly ran out a comfortable winner.
1990: Faldo’s decisive blow
Nick Faldo arrived at the Old Course in 1990 as the reigning Masters champion, but he was still trailing fierce rival Greg Norman in the world rankings.
The British legend needed to get off to a flying start, but he was only two under par after 16 holes of his first round before he birdied the fearsome 17th.
His drive at the last pulled up 70 feet short of the green, but he chipped through the Valley of Sin and his ball ran onto the green and dropped for eagle.
Faldo's incredible finish pulled him within a shot of Norman, and further rounds of 65, 67 and 71 earned him a convincing five-shot victory on Sunday.
1984: ‘That’ Seve celebration
Tom Watson appeared to be on the verge of landing his sixth Open title in 1984, but he was edged out by a thrilling finish from Seve Ballesteros.
The swashbuckling Spaniard hit the middle of the 17th green in two thanks to a towering 200-yard six-iron that left him a comfortable two-putt for par.
Watson then bogeyed 17 after over-cooking his approach, just as Ballesteros was lining up a 12-foot birdie putt at the last.
Ballesteros judged his testing right-to-left putt perfectly - his ball dropping in the side of the cup to take him two shots clear and prompt an emotional fist-pumping celebration.
1970: Nicklaus nails it
The 1970 Open is remembered for Doug Sanders making a mess of a three-foot par putt at the 72nd hole which would have clinched a one-shot win over the great Jack Nicklaus.
But what is overlooked is the putt that Nicklaus holed on the final hole of the 18-hole play-off to snatch the Claret Jug.
The Golden Bear was one shot ahead when he launched a big drive through the green, and Sanders applied the pressure with a deft pitch to four feet.
Nicklaus left his chip eight feet short, but he judged the tricky downhill left-to-right putt to perfection, the ball dropping in the right side to steal the title.
1960: Nagle’s putt of a lifetime
Kel Nagle was four shots clear of Arnold Palmer with six holes remaining in the 1960 Open, but the American halved the lead with birdies at 13 and 15.
The little-known Australian was standing over a testing 10-foot par putt on the 17th, when he heard roars in the distance as Palmer birdied the final hole.
But Nagle regained his focus and watched as "the best putt of my life" found the centre of the cup and kept him one shot ahead with one to play.
And Nagle finished strongly as his nine-iron approach to the final green settled close to the hole, setting up an easy two-putt for his first Major victory.
1921: Jock’s stunners
Jock Hutchinson carved out a piece of Open history at the Old Course in 1921 when he hit two stunning shots in as many holes during the first round.
In the first Open held at St Andrews since before the First World War, Hutchinson stunned the galleries with a superb hole-in-one at the short eighth.
He then clubbed a huge drive at the par-four ninth - which Bobby Jones measured at 303 yards - and the ball came to rest just three inches from the hole for back-to-back eagles.
Hutchinson went on to lift the title with a nine-shot victory in a 36-hole play-off against local amateur Roger Wethered.
