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Unless R&A Makes Rule Change, 2010 British Open Will Be Watson's Last

Last week, before anybody knew what Tom Watson was capable of, the 59-year-old, eight-time major winner (including five British Open titles) announced that the 2010 Open Championship at St. Andrews would be his last. Not because 60 was a nice even number, or because Watson thinks he can't compete with players more than...

Gary Player Speaks Out Against Muirfield's Men-Only Policy

The British Open will be at Turnberry next month, but it's Muirfield, which last hosted the tournament in 2002, that has drawn sharp criticism from Gary Player, who won there in 1959. At 23, he became the youngest Open Champion in history, but it's the club's antiquated men-only policy that has him speaking out now, a...

More Course Changes at the Masters in '08

It's all Tiger Woods' fault. Ever since the 1997 Masters, when he won by a record nine strokes -- and was hitting wedge into virtually every hole (including the dogleg-left par 5, 13th) -- incoming chairman Hootie Johnson decided to toughen up Augusta National. The results: roughly 600 additional yards, spread out over 12...

Background on Hootie Johnson

William W. "Hootie" Johnson (born 1931) is retired chairman of the executive committee at Bank of America, member of the South Carolina Business Hall of Fame, and former chairman of Augusta National Golf Club.

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