Moments later, he was back, hammering on Cotton's door. Snubbed', 'Gutted', Fuming' was the media interpretation of Price's reaction to his absence from the cover of the 1995 programme. The Zimbabwean, his nose out of joint, finished joint 40th. There is something quite unique and endearing about this 150-plus page publication that has evolved rather than changed dramatically over the years. There would be an uproar.
Golf is no different to other sports like tennis, rugby and football.
Fans like their programmes. Their collections go back years. Indeed, they like it so much, an average 50-60,000 copies are shifted each year. Going on sale on the first practice day, the programmes, complete with updated drawsheet, sell like hot cakes, with twenty-five experienced sellers plying their wares at strategic positions around the course. A timely shout, a moment's eye contact, and before you know it, the programme is in your hands, a veritable feast of Open information just waiting for a moment's quiet perusal behind a gorse bush.