About this episode

Golf historian Connor Lewis discusses the history and evolution of the British Open with host Josh Karp.

Golf historian Connor Lewis joins host Josh Karp to dive into everything history of the British Open: why the actual name of the event is debated, early champions and the evolution of the event. For exclusive content and first access check out Corrected Mistakes on Substack: https://substack.com/@correctedmistake  Amazon Storefront: https://shorturl.at/K0UoA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Josh Karp

Guest: Connor Lewis

Topics covered

• British Open
• golf history
• early champions
• event evolution
• golf tournaments

Keywords

• Open Championship
• British Open
• golf historian
• golf events
• tournament history

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