Should we call this week’s tournament The Open Championship or the British Open Championship?

It’s called The Open — always has been and always will be

Should we call this week’s tournament The Open Championship or the British Open Championship?

By Simon Lewis

FUNNY things, names. We all have them and we all, for the most part, like being called the ones we were given. I certainly do and my mum takes issue when I call her ‘dad’. That’s the way things go.

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