Former champion Mark Calcavecchia rates The Open Championship as his favourite tournament for a number of reasons.
The 49 year old American, winner at Royal Troon in 1989, enjoys the hospitality away from the course and has been doing this week with some of his younger compatriots.
“It’s just the atmosphere, the fans, the crowd, the stands - for lack of a better word - the unusual accommodations you end up with sometimes,” he said.
“I wouldn’t want a steady diet of it, just like links golf, but it’s fun. The beer is very tasty.
“There’s eight or ten of us over here in the Duel in the Sun pub having bar food and drinking pints and you never see guys like that in the States.
“Everybody sits around and yuks it up and it’s almost like I’ve become better friends with Lucas Glover and Boo Weekley and Matt Kuchar in the last three days.”