As a golfer of sorts, I was intrigued by the manner in which Bernie Reeves related Darren Clark’s recent British Open win to the state of freedom in the US.
Clark’s victory was certainly a popular one and now known around the world. Less known is the fact that he came to the US to play college golf at Wake Forest (alma mater of Arnold Palmer and many other professional golfers) and promptly left when he found his freedoms infringed. That was in the late 1980s. Imagine what he must think now!
Here is a part of Mr. Reeves’ piece:
British Open winner Darren Clark is not simply a golf champion. He is, unwittingly, a symbol of freedoms lost in the United States.
In 1987 Clark arrived on the campus of Wake Forest University in North Carolina with a full scholarship to play on the school’s fabled golf team. After a month he chucked in the free tuition ride and flew back home to Northern Ireland.
He left because he was annoyed that he could not smoke as a member of the golf team — and amazed that he could not legally drink beer until he was 21 in the so-called land of the free. Cupping his smoke traversing Royal St. George’s to win his first Open, and lifting a pint with friends afterwards to celebrate, the 42-year golfer serves as a reminder to Americans that we are losing the right to do what we please without interference from the State.
Read his full piece “Give Me A Pint or Give Me Death” on American Thinker
