Thursday, 19 July 2012

Wise old head Watson shows young bucks who is boss (Reuters)

Tom Watson of the U.S. tees off on the practice range during a practice round ahead of the British Open golf championship at Royal Lytham & St Annes, northern England July 18, 2012. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh

LYTHAM ST ANNES, England (Reuters) - American eight-times major champion Tom Watson is 15 years older than the combined age of Ryo Ishikawa and Martin Kaymer but he showed them who was still the boss in the British Open first round on Thursday. Watson, 62, carded a one-over-par 71 to comfortably outscore 20-year-old Japanese Ishikawa (74) and 2010 U.S. PGA Champion Kaymer, 27, who made no birdies in his 77. "I've been there before. I know what they're feeling," the five-times British Open champion told reporters. ...




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