Moving on to the next permanent link on the left.
THE Ryder Cup site
And before I forget: Article by Mike Aitken in The Scotsman advises it's going to be a dry Ryder Cup.
Alcohol banned in bid to silence Ryder Cup rowdies
There's a great link on the THE Ryder Cup site dealing with Oakland Hills' history
and a passage about THE MONSTER
"Ben Hogan won with a total of 287 by shooting a final round 67 after which he was quoted as saying “I am glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.” He also said that it was “the greatest test of golf I have ever played and the toughest course.” The late Clayton Heafner who had a final round of 69, the only other sub-par of the tournament, finished second two strokes back.
And then goes on to advise the reader. "...the natural result of this extremely difficult Open was that from that point on the USGA no longer permitted the host Clubs to control the layout for an Open tournament."
After the Shinnecock shambles it's starting to look like maybe the host club should once again have the final say?
# posted by Stan @ 9:43 AM
