Player's worldly advice
KINGSBARNS, Scotland -- A tiny man wearing all black stood over his approach shot at the final hole of Kingsbarns Golf Links, a 15-minute drive from t…
The end is near
KINGSBARNS, Scotland -- Sunday afternoon, I went out to Kingsbarns, the golf course in the country outside St. Andrews. There, I made two discoverie…
Time to make history
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland -- Around 200 million people worldwide watched on television as the final pairing teed off on Sunday. This is what happened in t…
Ghosts of St. Andrews
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland -- On Monday, a story I wrote about the town, Ghosts of St. Andrews, ran on ESPN.com. This weekend, three vignettes from that pi…
Tuned in to the native sounds
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland -- Yesterday, I stood outside a Royal & Ancient dinner and listened to the sounds of bagpipes. They were with the military, and …
Birthplace of the game
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland -- It was born here, aye, so many foggy years ago, a great and beautiful game sprouting from the land, like The Beanstalk to a…
The smell of Sunday
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland -- It's Sunday morning on the coast of Scotland. Major Championship Sunday, a day with an energy all its own. People get up earl…
Close to the fray yet far away
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland -- Stuart Gatherum puts on water for the coffee. A little black ball of fur scurries around the kitchen and he smiles. "Hi, do…
The elite of St. Andrews
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland -- Hope Street is a short, crescent-shaped lane. Town houses crowd the sidewalk. One end of the road comes out right at the Rais…
Rooting against Tiger?
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland -- I got an interesting window into how the world feels about Tiger Woods after his scandal. This has been the question; golf …
