RSS Feeds| SMS SPO to 58888 for latest updates SOUTHPORT (Britain), July 18: In the first Major without the participation of Tiger woods since 1996, the top stars tried their best in testing conditions at the 137th British Open at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club here, but three lesser known names shared the opening day's lead on a windy and wet Thursday. As the leading trio Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell, American Rocco Mediate and Australian Robert Allenby, had identical birdie-birdie finishes for 69 each, the big names - Ernie Els (80), Vijay Singh (80) and Phil Mickelson (79) suffered a nightmare. But the legends, 53-year-old Greg Norman, two times winner at the Open, and 58-year-old Tom Watson, a five-time winner, kept the flag flying for 'Golden Oldies' as they turned the clock back with a 70 and 74 each. Norman won the...
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