At Turnberry Lawrie 'Wins' High-Scot Honors, Manassero Is High Amateur

by Ryan WilsonFiled under: British OpenStewart Cink is the British Open champion, the first major victory of his 15-year professional career. Given what happened at the 2001 U.S. Open at Southern Hills, you might say it's a been a long time coming. But part of me wonders if the 138th Open Championship will be remembered for who didn't win. Tom Watson, 59 -- and 26 years removed from his last major title -- was the 54-hole leader. In fact, he was the 71st-hole leader, too. A sloppy bogey on the last landed him in a playoff with Cink and that was that. It was a valiant effort and a hell of a lot of fun to watch, particularly since we weren't beaten about the head with every Tiger Woods shot since, you know, he missed the cut.At Turnberry Lawrie 'Wins' High-Scot Honors, Manassero Is High Amateur originally appeared on Fanhouse Golf Blog on Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:20:00 EDT . Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments