Stewart Ruins a Great Dream ; Watson Two Putts From Immortality but Title Slips From Grasp [Scot Region]
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FOR 71-and-a-half holes of an enthralling Open Championship, Tom Watson had stood as impervious to the tides of time as Ailsa Craig. Nothing, it seemed, could stand in the way of the most extraordinary day in the 149-year history of Open golf.
Two putts from the fringe at the back of the 18th green. Two putts from perhaps the most remarkable achievement in all of sport. Just five weeks shy of his 60th birthday, a sixth Open victory in the 21st century to go with the five he won in the 20th was within touching distance, to tie Harry Vardon's all-time record set on the cusp of the First World War.See the full content of this document
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Stewart Ruins a Great Dream ; Watson Two Putts From Immortality but Title Slips From Grasp [Scot Region]
In the packed grandstands, people who never go to church from one year to the next clasped their hands in fervent prayer. Then he woke up. We woke up.
His first putt travelled eight feet past.In the scoring area, English pair Lee Westwood and Ross Fisher forgot their own disappointment at failing to win to watch a television monitor.'Get in!' they urged, but ...See the full content of this document
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