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Beware the Quicksands

24 May 2020 By Peter Shaerf

'Beware the Quicksands of Perfection' (painting by the artist Phil Bower), by kind permission of Peter Shaerf

'Beware the Quicksands' is a short true story by guest author Peter Shaerf... 1925 was the last Open championship played at Prestwick and was perhaps more famous for the horrific collapse of native son Macdonald Smith than the victory of Jim Barnes, who with his win claimed his fourth of the modern majors. Born into a famous Scottish golfing family in 1890 (his two … [Read more...] about Beware the Quicksands

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