Bubba Watson headlines the field in the Canadian Open. (Getty) After a delayed ending to the British Open, the PGA Tour gets back to its regular schedule with the RBC Canadian Open from Glen Abbey Golf Club in Ontario. The tournament gets underway Thursday.
Frye Boots have been the standard for western boots since 1863 when John A. Frye, a prominent English shoemaker founded the company. It is still to date, the oldest continuously operated shoe company in the United States.
In the 50's they were more commonly made in the calf high version and in the 60's they were both superseded by the ankle boot, except for riding. After Charles Goodyear (1800-1860) invented a vulcanisation process for rubber some American bookmakers began making rubber boots. Hiram Hutchinson saw the potential to shod agricultural workers in France and bought the patent from Goodyear in 1852.