I’m not sure where the time goes but I’ve just racked up my 25th Open Championship. I thought the R&A would’ve commissioned a limited-edition commemorative dish rag to flog in the merchandise tent at Royal Troon. But they didn’t. Maybe for my 50th, eh? Anyway, if you
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XanderSchauffelekissestheClaretJugonthe18thgreenincelebrationofvictoryatthe152ndOpenChampionshipatRoyalTroon.(PaulEllis/AFPviaGettyImages)I’mnotsurewherethetimegoesbutI’vejustrackedupmy25thOpenChampionship.IthoughttheR&Awould’vecommissionedalimited-editioncommemorativedishragtofloginthemerchandisetentatRoyalTroon.Buttheydidn’t.Maybeformy50th,eh?
Anyway,ifyouweretodocumentthisgloriouslongevityinvisualformthenitwouldprobablylookabitlikethatoldillustrationthatportrayedtheascentofman.Youknow,thatonethatstartswithanape-likefigureshufflingaroundonallfoursandslowlymorphsintoastriding,uprighthuman?
Ofcourse,myevolutionatTheOpenhasslitheredtheotherway.Thedescentofmanifyouplease.
Afteraquarter-of-a-centuryspenthunched,slumpedandcontortedoverthela