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matches,andsolongasIhadthetime
todevotetoplayinggolf,Isustainedthe
traditionsofmyforebearsbychallengingthe
world.Myfatherhadanopenchallengeto
theworldfornineyears.Hischallengeto
playanymanahomeandhomematchfor
-fiooappearedinBell'sLife(nowthe
SfiortingLife)'regularlyalltheseyears,and
inthatchallengehespeciallynamedAllan
Robertson.AfterIwonmysecondopen
championship,mybusinessinMusselburgh,
Edinburgh,LondonandNewYorkextended
sorapidlythatIwasaffordedverylittletime
toplay.WhenIwonmysecondopencham-
pionship,in1889,Iwastwenty-fiveyearsof
age,and,bycomparisonwiththerecordsof
professionalswhohavesincewonprominence
inthegame,ImayfairlyclaimthathadI
devotedmywholetimetoplaying,andnot
tothebusinesssideofgolf,Iheldareasonable
chanceofaddingtomyrecordofchampionship
victories.However,thegamein1889and
1890wasenteringonaboomwhichcarried
ittoallpartsoftheUnitedKingdom,and,
subsequently,tomostcornersoftheworld.
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