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ProfessorGAC

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7. It's The British Open

Mon Jul 23, 2018, 02:25 PM

Jul 2018

I looked that up this weekend. It was called the Open Championship when it started. The R&A themselves changed it to the British Open 4 or 5 years after the best players in the world started going to the US to play in the US Open. (Think Vardon and Ray in the open won by Ouimet.)

The reversion to the name "The Open Championship" started only a few years.

It's pompous nonsense, as the "THE" Ohio State University.

The PGA tour still refers to it as the British Open in their official stats.

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How does one say 'great job' in Italian? [View all] Kingofalldems Jul 2018 OP

Bravo? snowybirdie Jul 2018 #1

Bravo - Tiger too made todays golf viewing fun..congrats to Molinari..... asiliveandbreathe Jul 2018 #2

Congrats to him! n/t Different Drummer Jul 2018 #3

BTW, "great job" in Italian is "ottimo lavoro", per Google Translate. n/t Different Drummer Jul 2018 #4

More Likely, However,. . . ProfessorGAC Jul 2018 #6

Not to be stuffy and stuff... OneBlueDotBama Jul 2018 #5

It's The British Open ProfessorGAC Jul 2018 #7

Look it up again, OneBlueDotBama Jul 2018 #8

Sorry. You're Wrong ProfessorGAC Jul 2018 #9

Actually no television partner calls it whatever you claim OneBlueDotBama Jul 2018 #10

ABC/CBS Called It The British Open for 30+ Years ProfessorGAC Jul 2018 #11

If anyone is clueless in this thread.. OneBlueDotBama Jul 2018 #12