Beard Liberation Front
21st July
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The most hirsute Open Golf ever but can a beard win it?
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 the two hirsute golfers at the top of the leader board Lowry and Fleetwood are last out at 13.47
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, it’s the most hirsute Open ever. The issue now is whether a beard can win
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