The new patch fixes both the original security hole named after researcher Juan Carlos Garcia Cuartango and a recently discovered variant of the problem.

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Askernish is a par 67 nine-hole links course but it was discovered that it had been laid out over the original 18-hole course designed by Old Tom.

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Using the former, players smooth a path from near their ball to the hole, and place their ball in the path to putt, making sure that the distance to the hole is the same as from their original lie.

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The nine-hole links course would be restored to its original 18 holes.

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Box turned Brooke's Bank's former five-hole privy into a gardening shed, and the original kitchen outbuilding into a guest cottage.

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The black hole would end up being displaced by thousands of kilometers from its original location.

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