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 From the News Desk...Don't expect changes for St. AndrewsThe tradition each year at the British Open is to congratulate the champion on the large scoreboard over the 18th green and look forward to the following year, in this case St. Andrews. And what will everyone see? About the same Old Course from the last British Open there in 2005. “Length will be about the same,” R&A chief executive Peter Dawson said following a wrap-up news conference at Turnberry. The only significant change being planned is for No. 4, the 480-yard par 4 in which players try to carry a mound of thick stuff to reach the left side of the fairway. “What we’re planning to do is make the shot up the right more accessible,” Dawson said. “There is a plateau in the middle, and the proper way to play the hole is up the right. Many of the pros don’t fancy that. They tend to shove up the left.” This should be good news for Tom Watson. Watson has won on every Scottish course on the British Open rotation except St. Andrews. Asked if he liked his chances, especially after coming within an 8-foot par putt from winning at age 59, Watson said it would depend on the wind. “If the wind comes from the west there, I have a hard time with that golf course,” he said. “Hole No. 4 gets me. I can’t hit it far enough to get it over the junk. You have the rough there, and it depends on how deep the rough is. I’m driving into the rough all the time. It’s like the 10th hole at Bethpage Black there at the first U.S. Open. When they moved the tee back, nobody could get to the fairway.” Sounds like next year, he’ll at least have a good option. - The Associated Press |
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