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OGC memorable moments | Golf Monthly

I only missed attending one Open from 1976 to 1999, I've only been to a couple since. Always went for the week, watching the local lads in Final Qualifying on Sunday and Monday, then practice followed by the four rounds (it finished on a Saturday until 1980).
Favourite memories - 1976, Johnny Miller's year, the crippling heat and the first sighting of Seve. 1977 and the Tom and Jack show, I remember exactly where I was when they played the iconic 72nd hole. 1978 with Jack (my favourite player) hunting down Simon Owen on a course completely changed by the different wind direction in the final round. 1979 and Seve's magical victory at Royal Lytham. 1987 and Faldo's emergence from the doldrums. Greg Norman destroying Royal St George's in 1993. John Daly at St Andrews in 1995 (mainly for Costantino Rocca celebrating 'that putt' from the Valley of Sin.
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