Tom Watson was never going to get through a week at Turnberry without lighting the place up at some point, and the moment duly arrived early yesterday afternoon when the eight-time major winner overcame a dreadful start to carve out a characteristically exquisite round of 66.
Tom Watson was never going to get through a week at Turnberry without lighting the place up at some point, and the moment duly arrived early yesterday afternoon when the eight-time major winner overcame a dreadful start to carve out a characteristically exquisite round of 66.
Bernhard Langer has a one shot lead Photograph: SNS
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Alasdair Reid
The best part of it, however, was not out on the course, but in the recorder's hut afterwards, when Phil Hinton, the Shropshire club pro who had been paired with Watson, turned to the 62-year-old legend and offered his own marvellously dry assessment. "You did all right once you got over the nerves of playing with me," Hinton said.
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