The last two Major Championships (US Open and the Open Championship) were held at venues that exudes an enormous amount of history. From Ben Hogan and his famous 1-iron shot at Merion Golf Club to the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers at Muirfield, there are certainly many stories to be told from these hallowed grounds! In CNN’s Living Golf, they take a look at the legends of Harry Vardon and Ted Ray, who some claims to have started the great boom of golf in America!
Both Harry Vardon and Ted Ray came from working class families and went on to win multiple Major Championships! Harry Vardon, arguable the game’s first superstar, won an unmatched six Open Championships, with his first Open Championship coming at Muirfield in 1896. Ted Ray also won his Open Championship at Muirfield in 1912, with Harry Vardon finishing runner-up, four strokes behind. What makes their stories more amazing is that both of them not only comes from the British Island of Jersey but the same remote part of the island in Grouville! CNN’s Living Golf explores the journey of two of the most historic golfers to have ever lived and how they came to transform golf throughout the world!
Source: CNN Golf
