5 Live Sport: All About The Open30 Jun 2022

The Legends of The Open

Katherine Downes and BBC golf correspondent Iain Carter celebrate some of the greatest players in the history of The Open championship.

Five-time Open champion Tom Watson shares his memories of his victories with Iain and gives us an insight into how he handled missing out on the Claret Jug in 2009 at Turnberry.

Three-time winner Gary Player also joins the pod to talk about what The Open Championship means to him.

From Arnold Palmer to Jack Nicklaus, the former European Tour player Andrew Murray and US journalist Alex Miceli share their stories of meeting legendary players and pick their greatest Open champion.

TOPICS:

1’20” – What makes an “Open legend?” 7’40” – Why Tom Watson is an Open legend 10’17” – Interview with Tom Watson 18’55” – Andrew and Alex share their stories of playing with Tom Watson 25’16” – Why Jack Nicklaus is an Open legend 33’45” – The legendary status of Tiger Woods, Seve Ballesteros, Ben Hogan and Arnold Palmer. 41’26” – Why Gary Player is an Open legend 48’16” – Who is the panel’s ultimate Open legend?

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Episoder(11)

The Women's Open 2022

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Tiger Woods

BBC golf correspondent Iain Carter and commentator Katherine Downes look at the extraordinary life and career of one of the greatest players in Open Championship history – Tiger Woods. Iain travels to...

7 Jul 20221h 7min

Phil Mickelson

Katherine Downes and BBC golf correspondent Iain Carter discuss the rise, and more recently fall, of Open champion Phil Mickelson. They’re joined by Sports Illustrated journalist Bob Harig to celebrat...

23 Jun 202245min

The British and Irish Open champions

Katherine Downes and BBC golf correspondent Iain Carter are joined by Ladies European Tour winner Trish Johnson to celebrate the British and Irish golfers who have lifted the Claret Jug.From Tony Jack...

22 Jun 202258min

The nearly men

Commentator Katherine Downes is joined by BBC golf correspondent Iain Carter and European Tour winner Andrew Murray to look back on the players who appeared destined to win The Open, only to be denied...

22 Jun 202254min

The origins of The Open

BBC correspondent Iain Carter takes a trip back in time to discover the origins of The Open ahead of the 150th championship at St Andrews this summer. Commentator Katherine Downes and former European ...

22 Jun 202234min

Seve Ballesteros

BBC golf correspondent Iain Carter and commentator Katherine Downes look back on the incredible career of three-time Open champion and legend of the sport, Seve Ballesteros.You'll hear Iain's last int...

22 Jun 202248min