ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Benjamin Franklin. Bobby Jones. Jack Nicklaus.
That’s the full extent of the Americans bestowed honorary citizenship in the Royal Burgh of St. Andrews.
It’s something special to be in company with Jones, the great amateur golfer who won the 1927 British Open here and boyhood hero of Nicklaus, and Franklin, known as the first American, the Newton of Electricity and the Prophet of Tolerance. It made Nicklaus, an 18-time major champion and three-time Champion Golfer of the Year, choked up and teary-eyed.
