This year’s Open Championship is about a 40 minute drive from Largs, where I grew up on the west coast of Scotland. It is also where I made my only venture to try and qualify for the Open in 1989, a great experience from a young, under-prepared professional. That year, American Mark Calcavecchia won, but I still remember the great Greg Norman birding the first six holes on the last day to shoot a course record 64 only to lose in a playoff along with Australian Wayne Grady.
