This post was originally published in July 0f 2016. It is repeated today as the final tournament of the “British Open” series, the Women’s British Open, is being contested today and over the weekend. The only conclusion to draw after reading up on the various Open golf championships in the U.K.–the Brits and Scots sure …
Monthly Archives: July 2016
Juggaloos
Paying Attention: The second most famous trophy in sports (the first is reputed to be The Stanley Cup), the Claret Jug is given to the Champion of the British Open, who will forever have as a part of his name, the Champion Golfer of the Year. It is an elegant, tall, trophy, famously used for drinking …
The Original: A Guide to The British Open
Paying Attention: There are four major golf tournaments every year: The Masters, The U.S. Open, the British Open (known in Britain simply as “The Open”) and the P.G.A. Winning any one of these four is considered the capstone of a golfing career. Winning more than one elevates a player in his standings among his contemporaries and …
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Muir on Mountains
“Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find that going to the mountains is going home; that wilderness is a necessity….”
The (Secret) History of Mosport.
This is the second in a series of posts about the histories of various North American and European race tracks.. The first in the series was posted lasted week and covered Watkins Glen. Paying Attention: Canada. Oh Canada. There are a lot of very neat things to like about our neighbor to the North. Here’s …
Patience Quote
“Two things define you. Your patience when you have nothing and your attitude when you have everything…”
Close Calls: How The Hawk Eye System Perfects Tennis Line Calls
Embed from Getty Images Nightshift Sports: Editors Note: This piece was originally produced in 2016, to run with coverage of that year’s Wimbledon. We’re just about at mid-point in the tournament and since some really, really big matches are coming up, it seems like the right time to re-post it because in the past …
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Milton Berle on Laughter
“Laughter is an instant vacation…”
Wimbledon Live Scoring
Paying Attention: Stay in touch with Wimbledon Embed from Getty Images as it moves to a climatic weekend of Championship play by checking out their live scoring/schedule site, which is produced by IBM. It is, as you might expect, pretty terrific. The Fine Print: Image courtesy of our friends at Getty Images, who bring sharing …
Summer on the Water: Fly Fishing
Paying Attention: For the latent fly fisher in all of us, a short video on how to tie a fly.