Always Turnberry

Author: thachi

Author: thachi

When the world focuses on the Open Championship at Turnberry, many don't forget the Ailsa Course has has been the scene of three previous Open championships from which one charactericstic can be concluded:The world's top player at the time, arguably or factually, won it. What you know, I do think Tiger Woods, a golf history buff, doknow and love the spot. In 1977, when the Royal and Ancient elevated Turnberry into the rota to mark the course's 75th anniversary,Tom Watson edged Jack Nicklaus in the immortal Duel in the Sun. Watson won his second of five claret jugs by shooting 68-70-65-65, then a record low score.Nicklaus scored 68-70-65-66. If there has been a better man-to-man major battle, before or since, you can name it. In 1986, world No. 1 Greg Norman created two rain-soaked rounds of 74, but in between scored 63 a record-low major championship score that could have been 62 but for an 18th-hole three putt. He won easily in weather that, unlike the dust bowl of '77, figures to resemble what's in store when the 138th Open tees off tomorrow. In 1994, Nick Price, the last time here, top-ranked in the world holed a 50-foot eagleputt at the 17th to win a tournament better remembered for Jesper Parnevik's refusal to check the scoreboard; he thought he needed birdie at the last hole to win, went for it and made bogey to lose by one shot. What does all this prove? After all, isn't it like the mutual funds people say: Past results are no guarantee of future success? Of course, sure. But look at those names; nothing but the best and, as Woods said , "some of the best ball strikers of all-time, or certainly their eras.""At this golf course you can understand why," said Woods, with three claret jugs already among his 14 professional major trophies. "You just can't fake it around this golf course. You just have to hit good golf shots." "They were great champions, but they were also great Opens ... absolutely fantastic spectacles of golf," assessed Padraig Harrington, the two-time Open defending champion. "That's the great thing about this golf course; it's very fair. If you play well you can make birdies. If you play badly, especially this year, you're not going to make birdies, you're going to make bogeys." It seems so obvious, but think about it. Major championship golf, particularly at the U.S. Open and now the Masters, is making pars on long, demanding holes. It turns into a war of attrition with more backward movement than forward as throats begin to close in the late going. This place will yield both birdies and bogeys, and with them excitement. It's not that Turnberry is a pushover. It is 300 yards longer than '94 what isn't? and 22 new bunkers have been inserted to pick off loose tee shots. Plus, over here a bunker is, as Harrington described, more like a water hazard. You tend to chip out sideways and pay a penalty. It is not so absolute that the wins the top players got at Turnberry can indicate this term followed. The weather will influence the result in a large extent.The weather looks shaky, at best, but if the sun shines and the wind lies down, someone will shoot 62 here or come close. If the weather is truly ugly, like that rain-soaked U.S. Open last month, the winner might end up being determined by his location on the draw sheet and the conditions he receives. We are waiting the magic happened again here!About the Author:

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