A message from the editor:
Open week is undoubtedly my favourite on the golfing calendar. The championship is the oldest and best in the game and it always delivers a tremendous blend of skill and excitement from the world’s best players.
The Open Championship is at the peak of its powers to entertain when held over the Old Course at St Andrews – unique and characterful, it’s a layout that rewards strategy and precision over raw power. Champions at St Andrews plot rather than bomb their way round – think Tiger Woods avoiding all bunkers over 72 holes in 2000 or Zach Johnson’s accurate display last time at St Andrews in 2015.
It’s been seven years since the Open visited the ‘Auld Grey Toon’. It’s fitting and thrilling that the Champion Golfer of the Year will be decided at the Home of Golf in the 150th instalment of the event. Record spectator numbers will add to the atmosphere around the course and the town, which lives and breathes golf anyway.
The 150th Open Championship will mark a moment in golfing history and it’s sure to be a fabulous spectacle that will produce a worthy winner. I don’t mind too much who prevails, although it would be great to see a home winner. I’m rooting for golf to come out on top. I’m sure it will.
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150th Open Preview
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Editor-at-large Bill Elliott introduces our 36-page Open preview by looking ahead to what promises to be a special week in St Andrews as well as casting an eye back over some of his highlights from 40-odd years covering the championship.
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