Nah, not having any of that pretentious *******s. Golf in the UK has far too much of that attitude for my taste. Which may be why young people are abandoning it in record numbers.
The British Open. Nowt wrong with that. It's my second favourite of the four. Masters, British Open, US Open and then the PGA nonsense which shouldn't really qualify imo.
It's not pretentious bóllocks to refer to The FA as The FA is it? Or do you call it the English FA?*
Neither is it to refer to The Open as The Open.
* The others seem to include their country in their title
www.fff.fr/
www.cbf.com
www.knvb.nl/
www.rfef.es/
www.figc.it
and of course www.scottishfa.co.uk/
www.thefa.com/
“Other clubs never came into my thoughts once I knew Arsenal wanted to sign me.”
Yeah there is. There are many Open Championships in many countries and every country prefaces theirs with the country name to distinguish them. Calling the British Open as The Open makes it sound like it is somehow better. People like to deny it but we all know it's true.
Mind you, I would actually agree that it is the best of the Open Championships, but that's just my opinion. The pretense I refer to is rife in golf in the UK however. Gentlemen must wear a jacket in the clubhouse after 4pm blah, blah, blah...
Can't stand that nonsense.