[maica]

The Open for golf must be like The World Series for American baseball.

[Bahbah]

Oh, Tim, just come out and say it...the US is tied to the eeeevil Jooooos.

[snugs]

I believe it was the Open because it was the first country to hold such a Championship.

Similar to Wimbledon which in other countries is called French Open, US open, Australia Open etc and also because Wimbledon was not Open until comparatively recent times historically to all it was only open to amateurs.