About this episode

Golf historian John Morton discusses the history of The Open qualifier and his collection of golf artifacts.

Golf historian and collector John Morton talks about the long history of The Open qualifier, about his impressive collection of golf history artifacts (including a 175-year-old Old Tom Morris Featherie ball), and his efforts to golf historian works to U.S. markets.

People in this episode

Guest: John Morton

Topics covered

• golf history
• The Open qualifier
• golf artifacts
• John Morton
• golf collecting

Keywords

• golf
• history
• The Open
• qualifier
• artifacts
• John Morton
• collecting

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Old Tom Morris Featherie ball

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