When I finished writing THE OPEN and began the long process of editing, I had spent years researching kings and queens, golfers and citizens, burghs and towns, castles and palaces, battles and battlefields—and, especially, historic golf courses. But for all that...
As I watch this year's Open Championship, I can't help but think back to my time at Prestwick Golf Club, the site of the first Open Championship in 1860. Prestwick hosted twenty-four Open Championships, including the first twelve. But for me, its importance goes...
As golfers, we know The Open Championship as the oldest major in the game and one of its most revered traditions. The Claret Jug is instantly recognizable, as are the names—Old Tom Morris, Young Tom Morris, Harry Vardon, Bobby Jones, Jack Nicklaus, and Tiger Woods....