In an effort to keep our golf visitors well informed on what is going on around the Internet, Range Balls is our weekly link dump. Every Tuesday during golf season, we will toss out some of the most interesting things we came across. If you have a tip, e-mail us at fanhousegolf@gmail.com. Enjoy the links.-- Armchair Golf Blog caught up with Peter Thomson, the five-time winner of the British Open, and picked the 79-year-old's brain about all that is the Open Championship. Question he failed to ask -- do you remember the American kid that caddied in your group back in 2006 at the Old Course (Hint -- ME!). [Armchair Golf Blog]
-- Brett Quigley has decided not to attend his third British Open this week because he is heading to the memorial Chris Smith's wife, claiming "my heart's not into playing the British." [Press Tent]
-- A great read on the state of the LPGA and what to take of the Carolyn Bivens situation. [Huff Po]
-- Tom Watson writes an article for Golf.com about the famous Duel in the Sun, going as far as saying, "American golf is so predictable it sometimes becomes boring. Everybody plays the same shot the same way. Whereas links golf is so unpredictable. That's its beauty." [Golf.com]
-- I was recently across the pond in Scotland, playing some golf with my father, and wrote a full report on the trip over at Dogs. If you have a second, dive into the lengthy piece and see how many times you can pick out Scottish words I tossed in the story. [Dogs That Chase Cars]
