
"It dominated everything that happened over the few days, from the pre-game to the post-game. Even when I was first asked if I wanted to play in it months in advance I could already feel the dread building….”
If I do have a golfing kindred spirit it would be Andy Wright. Andy is a scratch golfer at Royal Troon. He comfortably drives the ball 300-plus yards, his irons, Mizuno blades, are a stand-out strength and he’s considering trying to qualify for this year’s Open at his home club. He’s the kind of golfer that you’d stop to watch on the range and he has the look of someone who genuinely knows what he’s doing with some tour sticks. You’d easily think that he plays the game for a living and, for a good while, that will have been the dream.