[snugs]

There is only one tournament of that name The Open - I was not being awkward but just for historical record advising the correct name.

I believe it was the first Open Tournament or as it is called Championship and therefore is just the Open the other countries but their name in the title to distinguish the tournament.

[maica]

Our local newspaper, started in 1837, is named The Sun. There are so many "Suns" now that we always have to write The Baltimore Sun in order to be clear.

[Phsstpok]

sounds right to me. Thanks for the explanation. Typical of our broadcast networks to ignore the real name of something in order to Americanize it so 'we won't get confused.' It both shows typical arrogance and, at the same time, shows contempt for the audiecne, assuming that we won't understand if they don't spell it out.

By the way, have either of you heard Robin Williams bit about the invention of golf? Lots of swear words and one of the most bizarre "Scottish" accent, but also one of the funniest things I've ever seen him do. He would have been right at home at one of the old "smokers" with that routine. I can imagine folks like Buddy Hackett and Redd Foxx laughing their... ahem... heads off. It was the kind of stuff they did behind closed doors in their hey days.