Legend Watson backs British Open age limit

Tom Watson is backing a ruling to set an age limit of 60 for former champions to take part in the British Open – despite coming within a whisker of taking the title at Turnberry on Sunday – aged 59. Watson told CNN that the Royal and Ancient, who run the British Open, had made a “sensible decision and I concur with it.” It will mean that the eight-time major winner will be making his final appearance in the British Open at the ‘home of golf’ St.Andrews next year, but the American legend has no regrets.

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Defeat ‘tears at the gut’ for veteran Watson

Tom Watson admitted that defeat was a bitter pill to swallow after coming so close to becoming the oldest player at 59 years of age to win a major golf championship. The American legend needed to merely par the 18th hole at Turnberry to claim his sixth British Open title and ninth major of his incredible career.

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