by [email protected] | Aug 18, 2026 | Uncategorized
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...
by [email protected] | Jul 17, 2026 | Uncategorized
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...
by [email protected] | Jun 16, 2026 | Uncategorized
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....
by [email protected] | May 4, 2026 | Uncategorized
Allan Robertson died in 1859. One year later, at Prestwick Golf Club, a Challenge was held to determine the new Champion Golfer. It would become known as The Open Championship. It is one of golf’s quiet ironies that the man who dominated the game for decades never...
by [email protected] | May 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
The question is a fair one: why did I write THE OPEN? The answer is not a single moment of inspiration, but something that developed over time, rooted in a long and growing fascination with the rich history of golf. I came to the game in my early twenties, and not...
