Bernard Darwin (1876-1961) was one of the great golf writers of the 20th century.  His grandfather was Charles Darwin, who proposed the theory of evolution.  Bernard Darwin wrote for The Times of London from 1907-53, and his ruminative essays for the weekly Country Life possessed a quality that no one else has ever approached.  Herbert Warren Wind wrote, "We are simply very lucky that a man of his high talent was so smitten by golf that he wrote endlessly about it."

Darwin served as the scorer in the playoff for Francis Ouimet in his improbable victory over Harry Vardon and Ted Ray at the 1913 U.S.  Forty years later, he witnessed Ben Hogan's victory at the British Open during his incomparable 1953 season.  Darwin summed it up with the confidence of a writer who knew he had experienced a command performance: "If he had needed a 64 on his last round, you were quite certain he could have played a 64. Hogan gave you the distinct impression he was capable of getting whatever score was needed to win."  A decent player himself, Darwin reached the semi-finals of the British Amateur Championship in 1909 and in 1922 played in the first Walker Cup matches.

Darwin was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2005.