How do you know you’re at a really special golf course?

It’s not the size of the clubhouse or the price tag of the cars in the parking lot. It’s the status of the golfer immortalized by a statue somewhere near the clubhouse or course.

With the news of a new Old Tom Morris statue erected Oct. 2 near the Old Course at St. Andrews in Scotland, we decided to create a bucket list of golf statues where every golfer would love to take a commemorative photo or selfie.

In every case, the statues aren’t the main draw. It’s the golf courses. A photo sent out on social media delivers this sentiment to the world: “I’m at an uber-famous course … and wish you were here.” I’ve done it before and I hope to do it again. I was just a pup when I got this photo taken with The King at Tralee in Ireland.

The new Old Tom statue is located on the Scores, a grassy area near the Martyr’s Monument behind the Royal and Ancient Clubhouse slightly away from the course, so that tourists can take photos without distracting golfers. Old Tom faces the 18th green and the original Tom Morris Golf Shop.

The statue was sculpted by David Annand. Much of the credit, however, goes to Commodore Ronald Sandford, a member of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews who came up with the idea after visiting Rosapenna in northwest Ireland in 2015. He was so inspired by the Old Tom statue there that he brought the concept back to Scotland.

It wasn’t easy raising funds and working through the politics of getting a likeness owned by the St. Andrews Links Trust put on public land, but the four-time Open champion’s legacy is so celebrated around St. Andrews that it made sense. Donations are still being accepted to cover costs (give here).

Old Tom now joins legends like Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Ben Hogan, Seve Ballesteros and Payne Stewart who are represented with multiple statues at some really epic golf courses. To be fair, we only allowed a golfer to be represented once on our list of best golf statues for a photo or a selfie. Here goes: