... shots, this is a course golfers just try to get it on the green and hope you can putt in a wind tunnel. Commentator Ian Baker-Finch may have said it best in watching the circus of humiliation Saturday, "Even the seagulls are walking today ...

... sneaked over to the Palmetto Club in Aiken for a round Monday before coming to the Augusta National. DARK SHARK: Ian Baker-Finch doesn't need a week at the Masters to fuel a comeback attempt, but at the same time, it certainly has gotten ...

... bordering the burn, and came back into, finally, some of that prime fescue. "Dumb -- and dumber," TV man Ian Baker-Finch, a previous British Open winner, said of Jean's first two decisions on the 18th. What did they expect of a man ...

... the only one by an American during a British Open run by Nick Faldo, Greg Norman, Seve Ballesteros, Nick Price, Ian Baker-Finch and Sandy Lyle from 1984 through 1994. For a couple of years, I have thought Darren Clarke would win a major and ...

... and they never get it back," he said. Then with a laugh, Maltbie added, "With more on that, let's go to Ian Baker-Finch." The '91 British Open champion went through a number of changes and got mired in a deep slump that ultimately ...

... 1998, when Mark O'Meara beat Brian Watts in a four-hole playoff. Other winners at Royal Birkdale have been Ian Baker-Finch, Tom Watson, Arnold Palmer, Lee Trevino and Peter Thomson. This story submitted from Smits, Garry using email ...

... Wednesday, July 15, 1998 SOUTHPORT, England (AP) -- When Royal Birkdale last played host to the British Open, Ian Baker-Finch was at the top of his game and par was a high score on a calm weekend that featured the course at its most benign ...

... one of the greatest runs golf has ever seen. Remember that when you turn on the television this morning and hear Ian Baker-Finch doing commentary on the British Open for ABC. Because at the relatively tender age of 37, he can't play a lick ...

... closing 66, but then, he didn't really challenge. Too many of his powerhouse putts lipped out. (Said announcer Ian Baker-Finch, British Open champ in 1991: "He seems to think you get twice as much for a putt that bangs in the back of the ...

... with all the pressure. Today I hung in there. It's a tremendous honor.'' Seven years ago, when Australian Ian Baker-Finch won at Royal Birkdale, O'Meara was invited to Baker-Finch's house in Orlando to drink from the claret jug ...