Wimbledon and the Open Championship.. what a fortnight !

Jordan Spieth is honouring a commitment as a former champion to play at the John Deere Classic on the PGA Tour and I can't bring myself to criticise him for that, however if I were his agent he'd be on the links at Gullane playing in the wind in the  golf heaven that is East Lothian trying to win the Scottish Open before easing just down the A1 to St. Andrews for another shot at history...he's already got the Masters and US Open as you all know.. This probably will never happen to him again...

This is the best fortnight or actually 3 weeks in sport in Scotland and indeed the UK. Wimbledon will wrap up this weekend and it is a time when the entire nation stands still, and then the Open follows at St Andrews, and if you have never been it is a magical time in the old grey toon

So much history surrounds you on the course and surrounds, the atmosphere makes your hair stand on end, you are right on top of the action, it's daylight forever at this time of year, and you are right on the Firth of Forth leading out to the North Sea with the smell of the salt sea air, and the gulls and gannets sharing the aerobatics with the boys from the Royal Air Force in nearby Leuchars

East Lothian describes the area around Edinburgh and south down to North Berwick on Scotland's south east coast and it is the home Muirfield not to mention scores of other gems like North Berwick and of course Gullane 1,2 and 3..

Here is a link http://www.golfeastlothian.com/home.asp

I have been lucky in my life having been a member of the LTA (Lawn Tennis Association) to have attended Wimbledon for many championships including one of the greatest in 1980 when Borg beat McEnroe in 5 sets after an epic 18-16 in the fourth. I was 3 rows up from the net. My fortnight would be completed the following week attending every venue in Scotland including Tom Watson in the rain at Muirfield in 1980, then again at Troon in '82 and the king of them all Seve at St Andrews with the fist pump in 1984..

It doesn't get any better... or does it.. what a fortnight ahead !!

Bryan