SPORTING WAGERS The Open Championship
T was once said that “golf is a good walk spoiled”. For one unfortunate soul in 1870, those six words don’t quite do it justice. Two old acquaintances and competitive golfers, Sir David Moncreiffe and John Whyte-Melville, decided to shake on what can only be considered a ‘death match’. They wagered that whoever stepped off the course as the loser would pay with their life. While the result
