2006-11-18 20:20:31 · 14 answers · asked by joshadem18 1 in Sports ➔ Golf
That is all they have
2006-11-19 04:23:53 · answer #1 · answered by Doug 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
The open championship is always played on a links course because of tradition.
The very first golf courses in the world were links courses because of there almost natural layout like sandbased turf and natural bunkers.
Links courses are also considered by many to be the only "true" test of golf requiring you to play a huge variety of shots in generally gruelling wind conditions.
Therefore it makes sense to keep the open at a links as its very "British".
2006-11-20 02:19:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Because those are the types of courses indiginous to the British Islands. They have few trees like we have here in the States and their turf is very different. They play the long open treeless course style, links, while in the US we play more of a shorter cut from the woods style course layout. Basically it is because of the terrain the courses were built on.
2006-11-22 15:35:32 · answer #3 · answered by kaisermojo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The tournament (corrrect title "The Open Championship") is played on a links course because it always has been. No other reason. It always will be too - unless Hell freezes over.
2006-11-20 13:05:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well you could hardly play it on the local course down the road can you. On a links course you have a better view of the play and the holes will be more demanding than those on a normal course.
2006-11-19 12:42:30 · answer #5 · answered by james s 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its tradition...its mainly because there is so little links courses in America when the tournement first started they decided to hold it on links courses as a challenge to the Americans
2006-11-20 08:53:04 · answer #6 · answered by marky_fightthepower 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It allows for the construction of spectator grandstands.
btw, it's just "The Open Golf Championship". No "British" required.
2006-11-19 04:37:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
its just tradition i think, the greatest golf tournament in the world has to be played on the hardest course's on the world, which are brittish link's course's
2006-11-19 10:42:58 · answer #8 · answered by rusty red 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Its because there is a better choice of accommodation and pubs near the coastal recreational areas .
2006-11-22 14:19:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Purely tradition
2006-11-19 04:57:48 · answer #10 · answered by torbrexbones 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
to make it hard for the USA players
but they still win
2006-11-20 06:35:25 · answer #11 · answered by magnum 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋