The summer of 1968 was a glorious one in the playing career of Michael Bonallack. That season, the then 33-year-old completely dominated the domestic amateur game. He won the third of his five Amateur Championships at Royal Troon, his fifth English Amateur title, the Brabazon Trophy and the Silver Medal as leading amateur in The Open Championship at Carnoustie. Some 30 years later, in 1998, Bonallack
