Sam & Tom sit down in the members’ bar at Royal Lytham & St Anne’s Golf Club to meet with Dr Steven Reid, lifelong member at Lytham and author of Bobby’s Open, charting the tale of how Bobby Jones came to win his first Claret Jug. He would go on to defend it successfully in 1927, as well as winning at Royal Liverpool in 1930 on his way to completing the ‘impregnable quadrilateral‘.

Steven’s book – foreworded by Jack Nicklaus – is a captivating read and brings to life in viivd detail the struggles Jones went through, not only with his health but his temper and his putting as he clawed his way out of the ‘lean years‘ into 7 (or perhaps 8) ‘fat years‘, where he was unstoppable.

In addition to this, Steven has very kindly pieced together this article about the ‘Berrie portrait‘ which hangs at Wallasey, Royal Lytham, and further afield.

A link to get a copy of Steven’s book can be found here, and we hope you enjoy the pod!