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SPORTSThursday 23 July 2015
British Open United States’ Tom Watson follows a drive from the 7th tee during the second round of the British Watson will play alongside
Open Golf Championship at the Old Course, St. Andrews, Scotland, Friday, July 17, 2015. Montgomerie and Mag-
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Associated Press “I know my way around
Watson missed the cut last here as much as any-
week in his final appear- provement possible here birdies.” Regions Tradition, Langer one,” Montgomerie said.
ance in the British Open. and there. But it’s not far The tournament is the last of took the Senior Players “I do perhaps have an ad-
He won the major champi- away. Just trying to keep it the Champions Tour’s five Championship, and Co- vantage of knowing the
onship five times. in play and avoid mistakes majors. Jeff Maggert won lin Montgomerie the Se- course. But the standard
Bernhard Langer strolled to and hopefully make tons of the U.S. Senior Open and nior PGA Championship. of play is extremely high,
a Champions Tour-record a hair’s breadth from the
13-shot victory on the fast PGA Tour itself, and most of
hard links at Royal Porth- the top seniors are here.”
cawl in South Wales last Also in the field is Loren
year, and the U.S.-based Roberts,
German is among the fa- winner at Turnberry in 2006
vorites this time. and Sunningdale in 2009,
With conditions on the the only other time the
heathland course on the Berkshire course staged
outskirts of London much the Senior Open. Others
the same as last July for the include Russ Cochrane,
start of this year’s cham- winner at Walton Heath
pionship, Langer begins in 2011, and Mark Wiebe,
his title defense Thursday who beat Langer in a
alongside Miguel Angel Ji- playoff at Royal Birkdale in
menez and Fred Couples, 2013.
the 2012 winner at Turn- Langer more than made
berry. up for that defeat with his
Langer, who played all four performance last year at
rounds at St. Andrews last Porthcawl, posting rounds
week, considers his game of 65-66-68-67 for an 18-un-
to be in good shape. der total of 266, with Mont-
“I think I’m fairly close,” he gomerie a distant second
said. “There’s always im- at 279q
