Senior Golf 11. Women's Golf 12. Junior Golf 13. Your Game 16. Jean Van de Velde knows now.
French silk becomes burnt French toast.
Because he was not safe, he was sorry, undressed in full view and transformed into a tragic figure of sport. The passionate one had such a grip on the 128th British Open, the engraver started crafting his name for the claret jug. Van de Velde first embraced golf at age 6, on a miniature course in southwest France. So then, it follows, he started preparing for the borderline silly treachery of Carnoustie Golf Links 27 years ago. But then even dreamers from his Disneyland sponsor couldn't concoct the dramatic misfortune he suffered on the 72nd hole of the game's oldest championship.