Marjorie MacKie remembers her grandfather, five-time Open champion and golf course designer, James Braid.
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"He loved his golf and he was able to play it every day, so that was all he wanted and he did it all his life".After winning his first Open at Muirfield in 1901, he moved to England to be Walton-Heath's first professional golfer in her maiden year as a club. James Braid at the Parliamentary Handicap Tournament chatting to the Prince of Wales, Edward VIII on the first tee at Walton-HeathHe was the only European player, until Dubliner Padraig Harrington matched the achievement in 2008 at Royal Birkdale, to successfully defend the championship when he did so in 1906.
The three men fought hard and fairly on the golf course, but in the clubhouse, it was a different matter."I think that all added to the enjoyableness of his life when he was playing these Open championships... That gave him a lot extra. In fact, it wasn't until she was in her late eighties that Marjorie realised that he wasn't just her grandfather - he is a golfing legend."An elderly gentleman came to see us - he'd been a great man... He did a lot in both World Wars and I thought a lot of him.
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