There is a magic about “Auld Grey Toon” that gets into a golfer’s – or golf writer’s – soul

EMOTIONAL EXIT: Mark Calcavecchia walks from the 16th green with wife and caddie Brenda Calcavecchia on the second day of The 150th Open at St Andrews 

Mark Calcavecchia, 61, waved goodbye to the Open Championship from the Swilcan Bridge early Friday morning. Tiger Woods, 46, admitted his sixth Open at the Old Course might be his last at his favourite venue in the world.

At some point, we all cross that bridge at the end of the road.