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Tue 08 Aug 2008Medal price goes through roof but irons hit floor
MEMORABILIA AND COLLECTIBLES PART 17:A chill economic wind has blown through the auction houses but has not stopped certain prized items attracting record prices, writes Gary Moran
THE DUST has settled on the 2008 British Open Championship and while it was a brilliant triumph for Pádraig Harrington, it was surely a chastening experience for many of the other elite players who left Birkdale with their minds and swings battered by the course and the wind and rain.
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