Ian Baker Finch could never have guessed that in less than a year after winning The Open Championship, his life would take a detour. His triumph at the Royal Birkdale in 1991 brought him the success he’d longed for, propelling his name into the top 10 of the OWGR. But golf, as he would learn, had other plans.

“ I played 15 tournaments in ’95 on the PGA Tour. I missed the cut in all 15. No matter what I did, I tried to get myself fit and strong. I was doing everything I could ,” Baker Finch shared in a recent episode of The Smylie Show Podcast . After his Open win, Baker-Finch felt the need to add distance off the tee to compete with longer hitters like Greg Norman and Nick Faldo . In chasing that extra yardage, he ended up incorporating too many changes and working with multip

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