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THE R&A ARCHIVE |
| The R&A takes its name from The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, which has continuous records dating back to its foundation in 1754, and although the Club continues its long history with 2,400 members throughout the world, The R&A has become a separate entity to focus on its governance role. | |
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INTRODUCTION
The R&A is golf's world rules and development body and organiser of The Open Championship. It operates with the consent of more than 125 national and international, amateur and professional organisations, from over 110 countries and on behalf of an estimated 28 million golfers in Europe, Africa, Asia Pacific and The Americas (outside the USA and Mexico).
The R&A Archive is a unique collection consisting of over 3,300 hours of footage and programming dating back to 1898. Events within The R&A Archive include The Open Championship, The Senior Open Championship, The Amateur Championship, The Boys Amateur Championship, The World Amateur Team Championship and The biennial Walker Cup matches between amateur teams from the United States of America, and Great Britain and Ireland.
The R&A Archive features golfing greats such as Harry Vardon, Bobby Jones, Walter Hagen, Bobby Locke, Henry Cotton, Peter Thomson, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson, Nick Faldo, Severiano Ballesteros and Tiger Woods.
FOOTAGE COLLECTION
The Open Championship
Restored Newsreel from 1923 to 1963, 1971 and 1972. Durations vary.
Selected extended coverage from 1962 to 1988. Durations vary.
Long form coverage of all days' play from 1989 to present day. Approx 35 hours per year.
The Amateur Championship
Restored Newsreel from 1920, 1921, 1923, 1926 to 1928, 1930, 1933 to 1935, 1937, 1938, 1947, 1949 to 1952, 1955 to 1957 and 1959. Durations vary.
Selected footage from 1960, 1961, 1970, 1985, 1994 to present day. Durations vary.
The Walker Cup
Restored Newsreel from 1932, 1934, 1938, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1955, 1959, 1963. Durations vary.
Selected footage from 1967, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003. Approx 30 hours footage in total.
The Boys Amateur Championship
Selected footage of this annual event from 1954, 1997 to 2002 and 2006.
Approx 1.5 hours of footage.
Early Footage
Unique, fully restored footage of The Great Triumvirate of golf, J.H. Taylor, James Braid and Harry Vardon playing and teaching golf around 1909. Vardon remains the only player to ever win The Open Championship 6 times, while Braid and Taylor were both Champions on no less than 5 occasions. The footage also includes Vardon playing against Braid in an exhibition match played in Edinburgh in 1904.
The R&A Archive also holds footage from a match played at Musselburgh, Scotland on 20th May 1898 between Willie Park Junior and Willie Fernie, two top amateur players of the time. This is thought to be the earliest existing golf footage in the world.
PROGRAMMING
The Open Championship
Official Films
Over 40 hours of Official Films from The Open Championship featuring highlights of the most memorable action from each year.
Duration: Approx 52 minutes each
From 1970 to present day.
Daily Highlights
Selected Daily Highlights from 1990 to present.
Durations vary from 26 to 60 minutes
Golden Moments
Short edited ‘vignettes’ of the Golden Moments of The Open Championship.
Available: 157 ‘vignettes’ dating back to 1970.
Duration: vary from 30 to 60 seconds each with cleared English commentary and international sound.
Player-specific Documentaries
Approximately 6 hours of player-specific documentaries comprised of the following:
| Arnold Palmer - Signing Off | 1990 |
| Beating The Best - Tom Watson | 1993 |
| Winning and Losing - Gary player's 40 Open Championships | 1994 |
| Great Open Champions - Lee Trevino - God is a Mexican | 1995 |
| Great Rounds of The Open - Severiano Ballesteros | 1995 |
| Nick Faldo 1996 - It's all in The Open | 1996 |
| The Champions Story - Severiano Ballesteros | 2005 |
Course-specific Documentaries
Approximately 8 hours of course-specific documentaries comprised of the following:
| Turnberry - Return of The Open | 1986 |
| The Road Hole - 17th Hole at St Andrews | 1990 |
| Magnificent Eight - Royal Troon | 1997 |
| Magnificent Eight - Royal Birkdale | 1998 |
| Magnificent Eight - Carnoustie | 1999 |
| Magnificent Eight - St Andrews | 2000 |
| Magnificent Eight - Royal Lytham & St Anne's | 2001 |
| Magnificent Eight - Muirfield | 2002 |
| Magnificent Nine - Royal St George's | 2003 |
| Magnificent Nine - Royal Troon | 2004 |
General Documentaries
Approximately 18 hours of programming comprised of the following:
| History of Golf: 'First Prize' | 1974 |
| History of Golf: 'The Good Old Days' | 1975 |
| History of Golf: 'Honourable & Ancient' | 1976 |
| The Open Championship - Decade of The 70's | 1979 |
| A Legend of The Links - Battle of Burke v Mckay | 1983 |
| The Story of the Open Championship | 1987 |
| R&A and Highly Respected | 1989 |
| The Open Championship - Decade of the 80's | 1989 |
| Tools of The Trade 1989 | 1989 |
| Best Shots of The Open Championship - part 1 | 1990 |
| Best 18 Holes of Open Championship Courses - part 1 | 1992 |
| Best 18 Holes of Open Championship Courses - part 2 | 1992 |
| Best 18 Holes of Open Championship Courses - part 3 | 1992 |
| British Golf Museum St Andrews | 1992 |
| The Nearly Men | 1992 |
| Turning Points of The Open Championship | 1996 |
| A to z of Open Championship | 1998 |
| Legends of The Open Championship | 1998 |
| The Century of The Open | 1999 |
| The Open Championship - Decade of the 90's | 1999 |
| Reflections of Past Open Champions | 2001 |
| Best shots of The Open Championship - part 2 | 2002 |
| A Cruel Game – The Nearly Men | 2004 |
| A Year in the Life of R&A - The Other 51 Weeks | 2004 |
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