{"id":253057,"date":"2026-10-06T11:41:55","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T10:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lambdagolf.com\/?p=253057"},"modified":"2026-10-06T11:44:53","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T10:44:53","slug":"why-does-golf-have-18-holes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lambdagolf.com\/es\/why-does-golf-have-18-holes\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00bfPor qu\u00e9 el golf tiene 18 hoyos? La historia de St Andrews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pregunta a cualquier golfista por qu\u00e9 una vuelta tiene 18 hoyos y probablemente recibir\u00e1s un encogimiento de hombros, una broma o una historia sobre una botella de whisky. La respuesta real es mucho m\u00e1s interesante. Empieza en una estrecha franja de la costa escocesa, con un pu\u00f1ado de caballeros golfistas que, en el oto\u00f1o de 1764, decidieron que algunos de sus hoyos eran sencillamente demasiado cortos. Bienvenido a un nuevo cap\u00edtulo de nuestra serie &#8220;Or\u00edgenes del golf&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Antes del 18: cuando cada campo ten\u00eda su propio n\u00famero<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Durante la mayor parte de los primeros tiempos del golf no exist\u00eda un campo &#8220;est\u00e1ndar&#8221;. Los golfistas jugaban lo que el terreno les ofrec\u00eda. Un links se trazaba a lo largo de las dunas, los hoyos se abr\u00edan donde el terreno lo permit\u00eda y una vuelta consist\u00eda simplemente en ir y volver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El resultado era maravillosamente desigual:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Leith Links<\/strong>, hogar de los golfistas que redactaron las primeras reglas de golf conocidas en 1744, se jugaba en <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishgolfhistory.org\/oldest-golf-sites\/1619-leith-links\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">solo cinco hoyos<\/a>. Puedes leer m\u00e1s sobre ellos en nuestra historia sobre <a href=\"https:\/\/lambdagolf.com\/es\/the-honourable-company-of-edinburgh-golfers\/\">The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Prestwick<\/strong>, cuna de The Open, ten\u00eda <strong>doce hoyos<\/strong>. Cuando se disput\u00f3 all\u00ed el primer Open Championship, el 17 de octubre de 1860, los jugadores completaron <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prestwickgc.co.uk\/history\/the-open-championship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tres vueltas de 12 hoyos<\/a>, 36 en total.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>St Andrews<\/strong>, por su parte, ten\u00eda <strong>22<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Una &#8220;vuelta&#8221; era lo que tu links de casa ofreciera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">St Andrews y sus 22 hoyos<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En St Andrews, el recorrido avanzaba por la orilla y despu\u00e9s daba la vuelta hacia casa. Los golfistas jugaban los hoyos de ida y luego <a href=\"https:\/\/www.golfmonthly.com\/tour\/open-championship\/how-many-shared-greens-are-there-at-st-andrews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">jugaban los mismos hoyos a la vuelta<\/a>, apuntando a los mismos hoyos desde la direcci\u00f3n contraria. Once de ida, once de vuelta: 22 hoyos en total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Era un uso ingenioso de un terreno estrecho, pero ten\u00eda un inconveniente. Varios de los hoyos del principio del recorrido eran muy cortos y, como cada hoyo se jugaba dos veces, esos hoyos cortos tambi\u00e9n contaban dos veces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4 de octubre de 1764: el d\u00eda en que el golf perdi\u00f3 cuatro hoyos<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El 4 de octubre de 1764, la Society of St Andrews Golfers, encabezada por su capit\u00e1n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishgolfhistory.org\/oldest-golf-clubs-societies\/1754-royal-and-ancient-golf-club-of-st-andrews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">William St Clair of Roslin<\/a>, tom\u00f3 una decisi\u00f3n que marcar\u00eda el juego durante siglos. Se consider\u00f3 que los cuatro primeros hoyos eran demasiado cortos, as\u00ed que se combinaron en dos m\u00e1s largos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Como el recorrido se jugaba de ida y vuelta, el cambio cont\u00f3 dos veces. Cuatro hoyos cortos a la ida se convirtieron en dos, y los mismos cuatro a la vuelta se convirtieron en dos. Veintid\u00f3s hoyos pasaron a ser dieciocho: nueve de ida, nueve de vuelta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nadie en aquella sala pretend\u00eda inventar un est\u00e1ndar mundial. Simplemente estaban mejorando su propio campo. Pero ese campo resultaba ser St Andrews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">C\u00f3mo el 18 se convirti\u00f3 en la norma<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La influencia de St Andrews creci\u00f3 sin parar. En 1834, el rey Guillermo IV se convirti\u00f3 en patr\u00f3n del club y la Society of St Andrews Golfers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishgolfhistory.org\/oldest-golf-clubs-societies\/1754-royal-and-ancient-golf-club-of-st-andrews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pas\u00f3 a ser el Royal and Ancient Golf Club<\/a>, la instituci\u00f3n que acabar\u00eda dirigiendo el juego. En 1858, sus reglas oficializaron el v\u00ednculo:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>&#8220;Una vuelta al links, o 18 hoyos, se considera un partido salvo que se estipule lo contrario.&#8221;<\/p><cite>Rules of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club, 1858<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A partir de entonces, los 18 hoyos dejaron de ser solo la costumbre de St Andrews. Pasaron a ser la norma. Otros clubes fueron redise\u00f1ando poco a poco sus campos para adaptarse. Incluso Prestwick, sede de los doce primeros Opens, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prestwickgc.co.uk\/history\/the-open-championship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">se traslad\u00f3 a un nuevo recorrido de 18 hoyos en 1882<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:16px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><thead><tr><th style=\"width:90px\">A\u00f1o<\/th><th>Qu\u00e9 ocurri\u00f3<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>1744<\/strong><\/td><td>Leith Links se juega en cinco hoyos<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>1754<\/strong><\/td><td>Se funda la Society of St Andrews Golfers<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>1764<\/strong><\/td><td>St Andrews pasa de 22 hoyos a 18<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>1834<\/strong><\/td><td>La Society se convierte en el Royal and Ancient Golf Club<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>1858<\/strong><\/td><td>Los 18 hoyos quedan recogidos en las reglas como una vuelta<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>1860<\/strong><\/td><td>Se juega el primer Open en Prestwick, en 12 hoyos<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>1882<\/strong><\/td><td>Prestwick pasa a 18 hoyos<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">El camino del golf hacia los 18 hoyos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">St Andrews conserv\u00f3 un recuerdo de su pasado de ida y vuelta: sus famosos greens dobles. Como los golfistas sal\u00edan y regresaban por los mismos greens, estos simplemente se compart\u00edan. En 1857, a Allan Robertson se le <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishgolfhistory.org\/origin-of-golf-terms\/coloured-colored-flags\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pag\u00f3 por abrir un segundo hoyo<\/a> en los greens centrales, y hacia 1870 Old Tom Morris <a href=\"https:\/\/www.golfmonthly.com\/tour\/open-championship\/how-many-shared-greens-are-there-at-st-andrews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">separ\u00f3 el green del 1 del green del 17<\/a>. Hoy, siete grandes greens siguen compartidos por dos hoyos, uno de ida y otro de vuelta. Para saber m\u00e1s sobre el propio campo, consulta <a href=\"https:\/\/lambdagolf.com\/es\/the-old-course-at-st-andrews-golfs-sacred-ground\/\">El Old Course de St Andrews: la tierra sagrada del golf<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u00bfY qu\u00e9 hay del whisky?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seguro que has o\u00eddo la leyenda: una botella de whisky escoc\u00e9s contiene 18 tragos, as\u00ed que un golfista sediento tomaba un sorbo por hoyo y la vuelta terminaba cuando se acababa la botella. Es una gran historia para el hoyo 19, pero <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveabout.com\/why-18-holes-in-length-1561076\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">no es m\u00e1s que una historia<\/a>. No existe ning\u00fan registro hist\u00f3rico que la respalde. La verdadera respuesta es menos rom\u00e1ntica y mucho m\u00e1s escocesa: una sensata decisi\u00f3n de un comit\u00e9 sobre unos hoyos demasiado cortos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Por qu\u00e9 sigue importando hoy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Esos 18 hoyos marcan todo el juego que practicamos: el ritmo de los primeros nueve y los segundos nueve, c\u00f3mo el <a href=\"https:\/\/lambdagolf.com\/es\/what-is-a-par-demystifying-golf-scoring-terms\/\">par<\/a> se suma para formar una vuelta y las cuatro horas, m\u00e1s o menos, que pasamos en el campo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tambi\u00e9n determinan lo que exigimos a nuestros pies. Dieciocho hoyos significan caminar varios kil\u00f3metros sobre hierba, arena y pendientes, a menudo con un tiempo cambiante. Por eso creemos que un zapato de golf debe construirse como un elegante zapato de vestir y rendir como una zapatilla deportiva. Cada par de zapatos Lambda Golf est\u00e1 hecho a mano en Portugal con piel de primera calidad, dise\u00f1ado para mantenerse c\u00f3modo desde el primer tee hasta el \u00faltimo putt. Descubre nuestros <a href=\"https:\/\/lambdagolf.com\/es\/categories\/gentlemen\/\">zapatos de golf para caballero<\/a> y <a href=\"https:\/\/lambdagolf.com\/es\/categories\/ladies\/\">zapatos de golf para se\u00f1ora<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/lambdagolf.com\/es\/shop\/\">COMPRAR ZAPATOS DE GOLF<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusi\u00f3n<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El golf tiene 18 hoyos no por un gran plan, sino porque un grupo de golfistas de St Andrews quer\u00eda hoyos mejores. Una decisi\u00f3n pr\u00e1ctica tomada en 1764 se adopt\u00f3 en todo el mundo, y hoy cada vuelta que juegas lleva consigo un pedacito de esa historia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As\u00ed que la pr\u00f3xima vez que est\u00e9s en el tee del 18, levanta una copa (metaf\u00f3rica) por William St Clair y los caballeros de St Andrews. No te pierdas nuestra pr\u00f3xima historia de &#8220;Or\u00edgenes del golf&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fuentes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-small-font-size\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishgolfhistory.org\/oldest-golf-clubs-societies\/1754-royal-and-ancient-golf-club-of-st-andrews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scottish Golf History \u2013 Royal &amp; Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews (1754)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishgolfhistory.org\/oldest-golf-sites\/1619-leith-links\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scottish Golf History \u2013 Leith Links<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prestwickgc.co.uk\/history\/the-open-championship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Prestwick Golf Club \u2013 The Open Championship<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishgolfhistory.org\/origin-of-golf-terms\/coloured-colored-flags\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scottish Golf History \u2013 Coloured Flags and &#8220;Out&#8221; and &#8220;In&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.golfmonthly.com\/tour\/open-championship\/how-many-shared-greens-are-there-at-st-andrews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Golf Monthly \u2013 How Many Shared Greens Are There at St Andrews?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveabout.com\/why-18-holes-in-length-1561076\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LiveAbout \u2013 Why Golf Courses Have 18 Holes<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>Imagen destacada: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Old_course_st_andrews.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">El Old Course y la casa club del R&amp;A, Wikimedia Commons<\/a> (dominio p\u00fablico)<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El golf tiene 18 hoyos por una decisi\u00f3n tomada en St Andrews el 4 de octubre de 1764. Descubre c\u00f3mo 22 hoyos se convirtieron en 18, y por qu\u00e9 la leyenda del whisky no es m\u00e1s que un cuento.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":908,"featured_media":253060,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[909],"tags":[919],"class_list":["post-253057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-golf-origins"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.3 (Yoast SEO v28.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why Does Golf Have 18 Holes? The St Andrews Story | Lambda Golf<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Why does golf have 18 holes? It all started at St Andrews in 1764, when 22 holes became 18. 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