Tom Watson will be back for more British Opens
Score one for the R&A Golf Club, which addressed a suddenly-problematic exemption rule by allowing Tom Watson to play in another five Opens .
Of course, they didn’t mention Watson by name, but they didn’t need to. Under the old rules, Watson would have been booted because of age , but the new exemption allows former champions who finish in the top 10 of any Open another five years’ worth of exemptions. It’s a smart move, ensuring that legends will continue to be in the field for as long as they’re playing quality golf.
Watson, as you no doubt recall, played fairly well in this past year’s Open at Turnberry. There was considerable concern that his days were numbered in the Open because of the age limits, but we called that out as a dumb idea. And the R&A took our advice ! How about that? In the end, that’s really good news. After the way he took Stewart Cink to a playoff in last year’s Open Championship, I’ve got a feeling it’s only a matter of time before this Watson kid breaks through.
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