Mike EhrmannI remember precisely where I was when I wrote it—the media center at St. Andrews, probably eating some very bland Scottish food, Golf Digest's Alex Myers sitting to my right, ready to hit the button when I finished.
There have been many good golf trips in my short career, but I still think the 2015 Open Championship was my favorite. Everything they say about the town of St. Andrews is true. It's beautiful without being pompous, stately without being imposing—the kind of place you feel welcome without having to seek it out. Three of us found an AirBnB two miles from the course, and every morning we'd walk to the course, past gradually more expensive homes, and march through one of the town gates into the village. We'd work all day, and when we filed our last stories around 9 or 10 p.m., it was still light out, so we'd find a pub and stay as late as they'd let us. I didn't sleep more than five hours the whole week, but the experience was so ..