Home away from home

Royal Birkdale has long been a special hunting ground for Australians during Open Championships. Here’s why. 

Lost & found: Cameron John

Five years after almost quitting for good, Cameron John will fulfil his destiny at this month’s Open Championship at Royal Birkdale.  Being barked at all day as he lugged timber across a construction site gave Cameron John a sudden slap in the face. A child prodigy who had developed into one of Victorian golf’s most Read more…

Game of stones: Bob MacIntyre

Bob MacIntyre on moving back to Scotland, Ryder Cup brotherhood, shinty and how to meet the moment.

The man who save Hogan

Ben Hogan made just a single appearance at the Open Championship. Yet his triumph at Carnoustie in 1953 inspired many more Americans to compete in golf’s oldest major. That mightn’t have eventuated if not for an act of impulsiveness by the late Patrick McCarville. 

Dune diligence

Royal Birkdale, The Open’s most even-handed links, remains one of golf’s truest tests of total command.