Vaughan Displays Fluent Form As Norman S...
Independent, The; London (UK) | Today, 11:23 PM EST
By Robert Millward
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Bruce Vaughan made eight birdies in a three-under 68 to take the early clubhouse lead in the Senior British Open Championship at Troon yesterday, while Greg Norman - so successful in last week's Open at Royal Birkdale - laboured to a 75.
Vaughan's opening round on the links course was hampered by a double- and triple-bogey. But he recovered from those sevens, at the sixth and 12th, to play the last six holes three under par and has a one-stroke lead over John Cook, who had a 69.
"It was either feast or famine," Vaughan said. "Outside of those two hockey sticks [sevens] it was a good round."
Birdies were tough to find for Norman, however, despite his impressive form at Royal Birkdale, where he led the championship with nine holes to play but finished tied for third. The Australian, whose last of two Open triumphs was 15 years ago, has yet to win a seniors title and was hopeful that this, his fourth event in the world of the over-50s, might make up for the hurt of Sunday's final round, where he saw the Open title go to his playing partner, Padraig Harrington.
In sunny conditions at Troon, Norman bogeyed six of the first 10 holes and was six over before he... Read the Full Story
*GOLF
Bruce Vaughan made eight birdies in a three-under 68 to take the early clubhouse lead in the Senior British Open Championship at Troon yesterday, while Greg Norman - so successful in last week's Open at Royal Birkdale - laboured to a 75.
Vaughan's opening round on the links course was hampered by a double- and triple-bogey. But he recovered from those sevens, at the sixth and 12th, to play the last six holes three under par and has a one-stroke lead over John Cook, who had a 69.
"It was either feast or famine," Vaughan said. "Outside of those two hockey sticks [sevens] it was a good round."
Birdies were tough to find for Norman, however, despite his impressive form at Royal Birkdale, where he led the championship with nine holes to play but finished tied for third. The Australian, whose last of two Open triumphs was 15 years ago, has yet to win a seniors title and was hopeful that this, his fourth event in the world of the over-50s, might make up for the hurt of Sunday's final round, where he saw the Open title go to his playing partner, Padraig Harrington.
In sunny conditions at Troon, Norman bogeyed six of the first 10 holes and was six over before he... Read the Full Story
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