I was 11 by the time Tom Watson won his final of eight major championships, so it makes sense that I’ve written little about him.
In fact, I’ve only met him once — last year at a charity tournament at Magna Golf Club in Aurora, Ont. where Bernard Langer and Watson played a nine-hole match and [...]
Thoughts on day one of the British Open
What the heck is with the television coverage? I watched six hours, and saw recaps over and over, lots of talk of Tiger’s 1-over round, and too much Tom Watson (if that’s possible). I was thrilled to watch Watson’s fine round – but I didn’t need to see [...]
I did a quick take on the British Open for Bob McCown’s Fadoo.ca site and even received a couple of nice positive comments, like this one from Michael:
Thanks for adding Robert to Fadoo Bobcat. RT is hands down the best golf writer because he pulls no punches!!
Oh, Michael, you’re making me blush.
The column, which can [...]
I prepared a preview of Turnberry for ScoreGolf, and it is part of their current inline preview edition. I interviewed Martin Ebert, the consulting architect, about the changes to the course that are designed to make it more of a challenge and provided some perspective.
Check it out here on page 41.
Last night in the Ontgolf.ca travel section, I posted a story I wrote after my first trip to Scotland, a visit that included a round at Turnberry’s Ailsa course, which will host the British Open this week
for the first time in 15 years. I was — and remain — very fond of the course, and [...]
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