This Thursday begins The Open at St. Andrew’s Old Course, the home of golf. Sometimes referred to as The British Open, most serious golfers simply refer to the tournament as The Open.What makes golf so special? For starters, it was first played back in the 15th century, AKA, the 1400s. The Old Course at St. Andrews, which is where this year’s Open is being played, became the old course when the New Course opened in 1895. Besides horse racing, there aren’t too many other sports that can claim that sort of long lineage.The famed amateur who never turned pro, Bobby ...