Andalucía Golf & España Golf magazine is present this week at the British Open carrying out an important promotion. One of the partners of the publication, Stefan Tjellander, is in St Andrews together with the magazine’s collaborator Michael Lovett distributing the publication and making many professional contacts.
The oldest Open in the world is the main international golf event on European soil and tens of thousands of golf fans flock daily to watch the tournament live in the cradle of golf, the legendary St Andrews. It is expected that during the four days of competition, between tomorrow and Sunday, more than 200,000 entries will be counted.
In addition to the intrinsic interest of the tournament, this year there is the added incentive of a possible change at the top of the world ranking if the Texan Jordan Spieth wins, which would end the reign of Rory McIlroy in that ranking. It would also be his third consecutive victory in the Grand Slam, something that has not happened since Tiger Woods achieved it fifteen years ago.
Tiger, precisely, is also in the news at this Open. He no longer shines as he used to: he is 241st in the world ranking and his best position in a tournament in the last two years has been seventeenth. In any case, on the eve of the championship he has declared that he is hopeful about his sporting future: “I’m not finished. Many of you think (referring to journalists) that I’m buried, but I’m young. I’m not even 40 yet.
With three British Open wins (2000, 2005 and 2006) and fourteen Grand Slam victories, the Californian still has hopes of closing in on Jack Nicklaus’ record of eighteen Grand Slams.
The first British Open was held for the first time in 1860.. Este año la tercera cita del Grand Slam cumple su 144ª edición.
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