'YIPLESS' BJORN BACK ON TRACK

A lightly bearded Thomas Bjorn with the his long putter at Loch Lomond today Angel Cabrera has taken the lead at the Barclays Scottish Open, but Thomas Bjorn has conquered the dreaded 'yips' and is just two shots behind him, his hopes raised of still qualifying for next week's British Open Bjorn has played every Open since his debut in 1996, finishing joint second behind Tiger Woods at St Andrews four years later and then losing a three-shot lead with four to play to be a runner-up again at Sandwich in 2003. The Dane has recently been struggling with poor form and a serious shoulder injury, slumping to 182nd in the world rankings, and needs to finish in the top five at Loch Lomond on Sunday to qualify for Royal Birkdale. Now the 37-year-old is in with a good chance after switching to a long putter and getting rid of the... [read full story]