Call it coincidence, providence, the magic of sport and life. Eight hours before Cam Smith's British Open victory, the ashes of Australian great Peter Thomson, were scattered at St Andrews geerob
Eight hours before Cam Smith walked onto the course at St Andrews to hunt down Rory McIlroy and claim a historic and thrilling Open title, the son of an Australian great stood on the green at the 18th hole.
It was a fresh, clear morning on the hallowed Scottish course, only half an hour before the first groups teed off on the final day’s play. Cameron Smith, the best-placed Australian, was four shots behind McIlroy and Viktor Hovland in third place.Thomson muttered a few words in the quiet, two friends watching on and Thomson’s mother Mary dialled in on FaceTime.
Thanks to his son’s dedication, small quantities of Thomson’s ashes are settling into putting greens at Birkdale, Liverpool and Lytham and St Anne’s, the other courses on which Thomson stamped his authority over the famous British tournament. Andrew Thomson even played with his father’s clubs at Royal Lytham in a moment of connection between the generations.
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