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Lost & found: Cameron John

Five years after almost quitting for good, Cameron John will fulfil his destiny at the 2026 Open Championship at Royal Birkdale.

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 saved 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.