◼ 149TH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW
THE MEN’S MAJORS HAVE THROWN UP A HAT-TRICK OF STORYBOOK VICTORS IN 2021. CAN THERE BE A BRITISH FAIRYTALE TO TOP THEM ALL AT CELEBRATED ROYAL ST GEORGE’S? BY KENT GR AY
OUT OF WESTFIELD? HE NAMES ON THE Open Championship honours board in the stately clubrooms at Royal St George’s are as legendary and, certainly more recently, as unpredictable as the storied 19th-century links itself. ▶ By claiming the 34th Open at ‘Sandwich’ in 1894, notably the first held outside of Scotland, J.H. (John Henry) Taylor sits atop the list of 12 men whose feats span 14 championships and 127 colourful years. The Devon professional’s 326 aggregate, comprising rounds of 84-80-81-81, remains the highest winning score in Open history - there were just two scores in the 70s that blustery year – and hints at a level of difficultly that endures today. 40 golfdigestme.com | july 2021
