No sooner had Gary Hallberg completed an astonishing round of golf at Turnberry yesterday than the Tom Toms were pounding out the message that he is a player whose quality has yet to be recognised, even by himself.
The 54-year-old American's round may have been just one shot fewer than Bernhard Langer's in the opening round but this fabulous stretch of linksland had presented a much stiffer test than it had the previous day. On a course Langer had said might be too long for a Seniors event, knowing just how much tougher it would be if the wind picked up significantly – as it did yesterday causing many in the field to fail to break 80 – it was a performance of almost ridiculous excellence.
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