September, 2015 | Peter Stone Golf

David Graham

Colin Montgomerie said he was humbled and very proud to be standing in front of the assembled gathering at the World Golf Hall of Fame in Ponte Vedra, Florida last week after he was inducted into what should be one of the most exclusive clubs in golf.

Around about the same time, David Graham was fishing near his home in Whitefish, Montana, as he does just about every other day, wondering why he is not one of the WGHOF members that now total 146 with many far less credentialed than himself who are regarded as “golf’s greatest”.

Golden Bear

To visit the Jack Nicklaus Museum in Columbus, Ohio is to take a walk through the great man’s life.

There’s around a dozen rooms you walk through to relive each decade of his amazing career with video commentary many of his great moments along the way to 18 major championships and more than 100 victories worldwide. Photographs and memorabilia abound.

There’s a recreation of the family room of his parents Columbus’ home plus another room devoted to his golf course architecture. A map of the world pinpoints the 380 courses he’s designed in 36 countries – and three of those flags are in Australia.

Stonehaven Cup

Donald and Hiliary Bowser were watching the Centenary Australian Open telecast in 2004 in the lounge room of their English home – and were stunned as Peter Lonard was crowned the champion.

Lonard held the Stonehaven Cup aloft on the 18^th green of The Australian Golf Club – and the Bowsers looked at each other and then looked at the mantlepiece.

There was a replica of that very same trophy.

They knew what is was called obviously, but not its true significance in the history of not just Australian golf, but also world golf as it among just a handful of the oldest championships in the world.