S.F. Examiner: A single stroll at St. Andrews still sends tingles

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By Art Spander
San Francisco Examiner

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — An hour’s drive north of Edinburgh, across the Firth of Forth, in the county of Fife, is golf’s holy land, Churchill Downs, Fenway Park and the Rose Bowl all rolled up in a bowl of haggis, the Scottish national dish.

In a region where “new” translates as something constructed in 1898, the “Old Course,” at St. Andrews, is appropriately named. The game of golf, or a reasonable facsimile thereof, has been played on the rolling links for nearly 600 years.

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Global Golf Post: Almost A Special Win For The 'Nearly Man'

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By Art Spander
For GlobalGolfPost.com

The missed putt. That's what everyone remembers. That's what Doug Sanders can't forget.

There went the 28-incher sliding past the cup. There went the 1970 Open Championship. There went the late Pat-Ward Thomas, the esteemed and critical British golf writer, to his knees, peering across the 18th green at St. Andrews and later saying, "A subtle break he didn't see."

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