The golf historian in Crenshaw, were he to go to St. Andrews with two majors already won, would not allow him to lose.

Every Open has its moments, but none of the golf historians could remember an Open quite like this one.

I wouldn't call myself a huge golf historian, but I know that you are judged by winning golf tournaments and more by winning majors.

"I can't think of a better place for the Open to be this year," said Ben Crenshaw, the golf historian and reigning Masters champion.

Walter A. Bingham, Jr. (born August 27, 1930) is an American sportswriter and golf historian.

"He was the most relaxed guy," said Herbert Warren Wind, an author and golf historian.

Even the most conservative golf historians acknowledge that Jones faced stiff, but not insurmountable, competition when he pursued those amateur titles.

Richard Mandell is also a noted golf historian and author.

"With a driver and a spoon," said the golf historian, Charles Price, referring to a 2-wood.

One golf historian wrote that Morris missed fewer short putts than any player he had ever seen.