When Seve Ballesteros celebrated victory at Royal Lytham & St Annes in 1979 few would have paid attention to the identity of the individual sharing 33rd in the Open Championship. Little did anyone know that an outstanding coaching career was in the embers of creation as a result of that placing. Forty years on, focusing on Pete Cowen is entirely justified.
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Written by Ewan Murray at Royal Portrush
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/jul/17/pete-cowen-open-golf-coach-henrik-stenson-gary-woodland-brooks-koepka under the title “Pete Cowen’s journey from Open loss-maker to coach of major champions”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.