59-year old Tom Watson shoots opening round 65 at British Open

[Detritus]

http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/britishopen09/news/story?id=4330886

[carmachu]

Damn its impressive....

[Detritus]

Watson is co-leader heading into the weekend, and Tiger Woods looks like he'll miss the cut:

http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/britishopen09/news/story?id=4335553

[carmachu]

Now thats actually funny.

[Detritus]

Watson takes a 1-shot lead into the final round:

http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/britishopen09/news/story?id=4338231

[carmachu]

I hope he wins it.....

[Detritus]

Watson held a one-shot lead going into the 72nd hole, missed an 8-footer for par to win the Open outright, then lost by 6 strokes to Stewart Cink in the ensuing 4-hole playoff. I guess that would be nerves on the 72nd, and then running out of gas during the playoff. That's gotta smart, even considering that Watson was certainly a longshot heading into the tournament.

http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/britishopen09/news/story?id=4339293

[carmachu]

that totally sucks.....

[Detritus]

Watson did manage to shave a cool 1,269 spots off his ranking, and now lies just outside the Top 100:

http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/britishopen09/news/story?id=4340797

Had he won, he would have rocketed up to #45, which would have been in the range for getting exemptions into PGA Tour events. I suspect Tour officials will offer him an exemption for the upcoming PGA Championship anyways.

[carmachu]

yeah since the rules change, which was any winner could enter at any age, the cut off is now 60 years old.

[silverwhisper]

what's the point in having a cut-off, to drive guys towards the senior tour?

[carmachu]

Dont know. I dont follow golf. I did read that the other day in the paper. No one explained the logic....