St. Andrews doesn't look like much, but Old Course certainly is a doozy.(Sports)

From: The Washington Times (Washington, DC) | Date: July 18, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland - The first time Sam Snead laid eyes on the Old Course, he was arriving on the Edinburgh to St. Andrews train for the 1946 British Open.

"We came along beside this golf course, and I looked at it and it did not look like it was in very good shape," the 88-year-old Snead recalled yesterday. "I looked at the fairway, and it did not look to me like it had ever had a machine on it. I heard that they used sheep to cut it. I did not see anybody, and finally I said to the guy sitting beside me, `What abandoned golf course is that?'

"Oh boy, he ...

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