The Open Championship (Golf)

Each year, the third weekend in July sees the golfing elite from all over the planet congregate on some windswept, sand strewn shoreline somewhere in the British Isles to compete for the third Major Championship of the yearly tour calendar, "The Open Golf Championship". Much as the USA would like to claim the title of the most prestigious golf title in the world for either "The U.S. Masters" or the "U.S. Open", the simple indisputable truth is that the tournament that every professional (or even amateur) golfer yearns to win more than any other is the Open, as without this title on their C.V. the history books will never consider ...

If you are a golf fan and have never been to an Open Golf Championship then it is really something that you should experience at least once in your life. The venues for the next few years are as follows: 2008 Royal Birkdale 2009 Turnberry 2010 St. Andrews 2011 St. George's, Sandwich 2012 Royal Lytham and St. Anne's Each one is, of course, a great test of golf, and each one is a links course - links golf being a traditional part of the Open. For 2008, the costs are as follows: Practice days Sunday £10 Over 65s £5 Age 16 - 21s £5 Monday ...

Carnoustie is a bitch; say most of the players, especially when the Scottish weather shows up. It’s been very wet in Scotland, as it has over all of the UK, the fearsome wind and rich green gauze ready to claim the clumsy Americans. It’s rough rather than undulations and bunkers that eat up the strays at the kingdoms toughest course, many pros walking off in disgust over the years with various made up injuries. The long grass is just that, the thick oily texture meaning you have to hack it out rather than flick it out, great sheaves of foliage and caterpillars accompanying your back swing. If you don’t drive straight here you are in trouble. It suits the high and ...