Unlike the sunlit valedictories in front of huge crowds of Arnold Palmer in 1995 and Jack Nicklaus five years ago, Watson’s departure was in the twilight.
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Douglas Lowe on Tuesday – Tom Watson will always be one of the Auld Grey Toon’s favourite adopted sons
A story that was lost to a large extent because of the lengthy delays to the second round of the Open Championship on Friday was the farewell to St Andrews of the five-time champion Tom Watson, the man who made every 59-year-old golfer feel young again when he came so close to winning golf’s biggest prize at Turnberry last year.
