Published Date: 26 July 2008 IT IS said that the yellow jersey of Tour de France leader confers additional strength and power, but rarely will that theory have been put to a more stringent test than today. TOM Watson, two shots adrift of fellow Kansan Bruce Vaughan at the top of the Senior Open leaderboard, breathed a deep sigh of relief at Royal Troon yesterday when the golfing gods smiled kindly on him. Fearful he was about run up a quadruple bogey o n the par 4 11th, the defending champion thought his 7 iron shot was heading out of bounds until the ball collided with a wall and bounced back into play. From there he chipped and putted for 5. It was one of the best bogeys of his career – he'd already needed a penalty drop after finding a bush off the tee – and encouraged Watson, 71 for 141, to feel good about his chances...
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