In nine decades, the National has hosted only one major tournament: the first Walker Cup match, featuring some of golf's greats, like Bobby Jones, Francis Ouimet, Chick Evans and Jesse Guilford.
6.31pm BST More sweeping up due to my lack of golf match fitness.
He won only one match in the cauldron of golf's transatlantic contests, but that did not stop Christy O'Connor Jnr becoming a genuine Ryder Cup hero.
Paul Runyan, who twice won the P.G.A. Championship in the 1930's, the second time routing Sam Snead in match play for one of golf's most stunning upsets, died Sunday in Palm Springs, Calif.
Even so, his response when asked if his game would be a match for the brand of golf he produced back in 2000, which was good enough to win three majors and was judged by most to be finest individual stretch in the history of the game.
Four matches is a lot of golf, and my back was a little sore.
Cronyism flourished, as businessmen, politicians and bankers sealed themselves off in a cosy world of golf matches, fine dining and the Fianna Fail tent at the Galway races.
His dedication to his fellow citizens, fraternalism and his family was only matched by his love of golf, food and humor.
But their pairing will not be the most closely watched local golf match of that Father's Day weekend — the famed Congressional Country Club in nearby Bethesda, Md., is hosting the U.S. Open championship that week as well.
His love of golf was matched by his lifelong fascination with trains and airplanes.
