Airports do not make it easy to travel to a destination in Europe, in this case the Scottish city of Edinburgh, the first stopover of what will be the sporting event of the week, the British Open of golf in the Cradle of this sport, Saint Andrews and his legendary Old Course. Almost 10 hours drive! because the taxi arrived to pick us up home in Barcelona and left us in the middle of town already breathing golf on all four sides, just over an hour by car from the Scottish capital’s airport.
One in four Spaniards to play the Open from Thursday arrived on the plane, Pablo Larrazabal. The Catalan couldn’t escape his amazement at the duration of the trip, “or that we crossed the Atlantic,” he said with a smile. It took almost two hours before the bags came out and it was not the planned strike day for the Ryanair company.
But with the return to the sporting plane, this Monday British the Royal & Ancient programmed the first great action on the occasion of 150th edition of the Open Championshipas the British call the European Grand Slam: the Celebration of Champions, 4 holes and in a group of four players. R&A for the occasion brings together men, women, professionals, novices and people with disabilities who have won at one of the events they have organized over the years.
Holes 1, 2, 17 and 18 of the Old Course were played, and among those who accepted the invitation, the defending champion. Collin Morikawa, Jordan Spieth, Anna Nodqvist, Henrik Stenson, Laura Davies, Gary Player, Ernie Els, Catriona Matthew, Francesco Molinari, Tom Watson, Nick Faldo, Louis Oosthuizen, Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, and Lee Treviño. Come on, pure and simple history of world golf.
As announced last weekend, R&A did not invite the Australian Greg Norman, seen leader of the Super League with the Arab capital to create an earthquake on the professional circuit. He didn’t want the ‘white shark’ to take away the flashes and microphones of an emotional display. The truth is that the governing body of world golf should be at the top of these debates.
However, this Monday marks the start of another scheduled event, the Champions Dinner which will take place this Tuesday at the R&A headquarters, at the most famous golf clubhouse on the planet, next to the 18th hole of the Old Course and in the heart of historic Saint Andrews.
Source: La Verdad
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