Old Tom (Morris)

Tom Morris came up when I was searching for images for Old Tom. Funny the connections that can be made. I doubt that I had seen an image of him for 30 years, since I was at High School in St Andrews. He is pretty famous there, having won four of the first eight Open golf tournaments and as a well respected golf club maker. The Tom Morris shop looking over the 18th hole of the Old Course, also named after him, was still there the last time I looked. I think my best memory of that hole was watching Jean Vandevelde, the French Golfer blow his chance to win the open with a comedy of errors, including hitting an advertising board and trying to play a shot out of the Swilcan Burn. I think that he was three or so shots clear and ended up losing in the playoff. Such do or die gallic bravado.