This weekend is The Open. Here is what I had to say about it last year. Which pretty much covers it.
This year it is being played at Turnberry. The Golfer has rather strong feelings about Turnberry.
" Last year, I wrote a little blurb about The Open, and I mentioned the pilgrimage we made to Scotland. One of the courses we played, Turnberry, is the site of this years Open. We played 10 courses while we were there, and surprisingly enough, it was my favorite. I say surprisingly, because it held bad memories for me.
Turnberry is where Tom Watson beat Jack Nickalaus in 1977. It was also the first Open I watched in full. Previously, it was something of a curiosity that got in the way of the Saturday morning comics.
But this was a battle. My parents were fully into watching Jack win. And after Tom beat Jack in the Masters everyone was looking for revenge. I was riveted. And Jack lost. So any reference to Turnberry hurt, and I wasn’t looking too forward to playing it.
That had changed by the 5th hole. Of course, it didn’t hurt that it was the only course we played that we managed to get down to the short sleeve shirts (for about 4 holes, in July no less). It also didn’t hurt that I beat The Brother.
It is a beautiful course, a great test of golf. Maybe not for the big boys, Nick Price said it’s a great par 67. But for the rest of us, it’s a great place to golf.
So, I’ll be watching this weekend. Knowing I played each hole (yes from the tips). They made some changes to toughen it up, I’ll be curious to see how it holds up. "
The fact that it will be tivo’d and we will watch every minute goes without saying.
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