Beard Liberation Front
20th July
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Open Golf: could there be the first winner with a beard since 1882?
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said that as the Open Golf at Royal Portrush enters the final round the prospects of the first winner with a beard since 1882 look good.
All the winners of The Open since 1945 have been clean shaven although there were some moustache wearers in the earlier years of the twentieth century.
However the last winner to wear a beard was Scotsman Bob Ferguson who won The Open three times from 1880 to 1882
For the last round on Sunday three hirsute golfers are at the top of the leader board Lowry, Fleetwood and Holmes
The campaigners say it is not just about the beard but how the golfer manages to get his beard to interact with what look to be difficult air currents to allow maximum advantage in terms of both ball distance and accuracy.
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, golf has gone from being one of the most clean-shaven of all sports ten years ago to one where Beard Power is centre stage on the last day of The Open. It’s truly a sign of the hirsute times.
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