Carris Trophy Scoreboard
BOYS' 72-HOLE CHAMPIONSHIP
Moor Park Golf Club, Hertfordshire
SECOND-ROUND LEADERS
Par 146 (2x73)
138 Scott Campbell (Hallowes) 69 69, Tom Lewis (Welwyn Garden City) 68 70.
141 Chris Lloyd (Kendleshire) 69 72.
142 Lewis White (Northampton) 72 70, Thomas Pieters (Belgium) 71 71.
143 Scott Fernandez (Spain) 73 70, Adam Carson (Long Ashton) 72 71, Tom Berry (Wentworth) 71 72, Boria Virto (Spain) 72 71.
144 James Burnett (Sleaford) 74 70, Matthew Tweddell (Blackwell) 71 73.
+Totals of 148 or better qualified for the final two rounds.

Wallace Booth Walker Cup

hopes dented as he misses

cut at Walton Heath

Wallace Booth’s hopes of making the Walker Cup team for September’s match in the United States nosedived at Walton Heath, Surrey today.
The Comrie man, who will be 24 years old on Friday, crashed out of the South of England open amateur championship, which is regarded by the GB&I selectors, apparently, as the last big test before they name their team.
Booth, picture by courtesy of Tom Ward Photography, looked set to make the top 40 and ties when he started with a 69 over the New Course on Tuesday but today the man who helped Scotland win the world amateur team championship in Australia last October and the European team championship in Wales a few weeks ago, sagged to a seven-over-par 78 over the Walton Heath Old Course, one of the toughest moorland courses in the country.
A total of 147 – four over par – was one shot over the limit mark to qualify for the last two rounds.
Carnoustie’s Keir McNicoll was the only Scot to survive the cut. He had a second round of 73, this time over the New Course, to hit the qualifying mark of 146 right on the button.
Mark Hillson (Craigielaw) missed out with scores of 76 over the Old and 75 over the New for a total of 151.
Simon Crockett (Addington Palace) leads the field by one shot with a six-under-par tally of 137 – 68 over the New, followed by a 69 at the Old today.
Irishman Niall Kearney (Royal Dublin), a 68 over the New today, and Jason Palmer (Kirby Muxloe), who set a New Course record of 63 on Tuesday but took 75 over the Old today, are next best of 138.

FROM THE IRISH TIMES WEBSITE:

Niall Kearney fired a four-under par 68 in the second round of the South of England Amateur Championship at Walton Heath and will go into tomorrow’s final two rounds one shot off the overnight lead held by England’s Simon Crockett.
The in-form Royal Dublin golfer will attempt to add to his growing collection of silverware plus bolster his chances of Walker Cup selection ahead of September’s match at Merion Golf Club in Pennsylvania.
The 24-year-old’s round on the New Course contained six birdies and just two dropped shots for an impressive 138 halfway aggregate over one of England’s most demanding inland courses.
“I felt good out there today, my golf really came together well,” said the South of Ireland and Brabazon Trophy champion.
Portstewart’s Paul Cutler and Baltray’s Simon Ward also qualified for tomorrow’s final 36 holes.
Cutler, this year’s East of Ireland champion, matched Kearney’s 68 for a 144 aggregate, while Ward carded a battling 71 to squeeze in on the 146 cut mark.
James Fox could manage a second round 73 which left the Portmarnock golfer one shot outside the cut on 147.
There was further disappointment for Rathmore’s Alan Dunbar. The St Andrews Links Trophy winner slumped to a second round 79 for a 155 total.



QUALIFIERS FOR FINAL TWO ROUNDS
Par 143
Old Course par 71; New Course par 72
137 Simon Crockett (Addington Palace) 68 N, 69 O.
138 Jason Palmer (Kirby Muxloe) 63 N 75 O, Niall Kearney (Royal Dublin) 70 O 68 N.
139 Stiggy Hodgson (Sunningdale) 69 O 70 N, Luke Goddard (Hendon) 65 N 74 O.
140 James Watts (East Herts) 68 N 72 O.
141 Ben Rickett (Surbiton) 72 O 69 N.
142 Steven Uzzell (Hornsea) 73 O 69 N, Tommy King (Sudbury) 71 O 71 N, Sam Hutsby (Liphook) 70 O 72 N.
143 Graham Povey (Brickendon Grange) 70 N 73 O.
144 Rhys Enoch (Truro) 76 N 68 O, Paul Cutler (Portstewart) 76 O 68 N, Nigel Edwards (Whitchurch) 73 O 71 N, Andy Shakespear (Five Lakes) 72 N 72 O, Jamie Abbott (Fynn Valley) 70 N 74 O, Todd Adcock (The Nevill) 69 N 75 O, Niccolo Quintarelli (Italy) 68 N 76 O.
145 Farren Keenan (Sunningdale) 75 O 70 N, Jake Amos (Kilworth Springs) 75 O 70 N, Jack Gartlett (Worthing) 75 O 70 N, Dale Whitnell (Five Lakes) 74 N 71 O, Matthew Southgate (Thorpe Hall) 74 N 71 O, Jurrian Van der Vaart (Netherlands) 74 O 71 N, Matthew Nixon (Ashton under lyne) 74 O 71 N, Ben Loughrey (Wrag Barn) 72 N 73 O, Warren Harmston (Wentworth) 71 N 74 O, Chris Jess (East Sussex National) 68 N 77 O.
146 Keir McNicoll (Carnoustie) 73 O 73 N, Luke Joy (Broadstone) 77 O 69 N, David Booth (Rotherham) 79 O 67 N, Chris Paisley (Stocksfield) 76 O 70 N, Simon Ward (Co Louth) 75 O 71 N, Jon White (Saunton) 74 N 72 O, Neil Raymond (Corhampton) 74 O 72 N, Eddie Pepperell (Drayton Park) 74 O 72 N, Liam Burns (Sundridge Park) 74 O 72 N, Scott Fallon (Hendon) 73 O 73 N, Peter Croonquist (US) 72 O 74 N, Kelvin Day (Surbiton) 71 N 75 O, Steven Brown (Wentworth) 70 O 76 N, Adam Wainwright (Gainsborough) 70 N 76 O.
Scots non-qualifiers:
147 Wallace Booth (Comrie) 69 N 78 O.
151 Mark Hillson (Craigielaw) 76 O 75 N.
Other non-qualifiers
147 Robin Kind (Netherlands) 75 72, Joon Kim (Italy) 77 70, James Fox (Portmarnock) 74, 73, Ben Westgate (Trevose) 75 72, Adam Keogh (Boston West) 70 77, Ross Spurgeon (West Essex) 72 74, Ed Kennedy (Broadway) 72 75, Elliot Groves (Dunwood Manor) 75 72, Tim Sluiter (Netherlands) 77 70, Stuart Phillips (Royston) 71 76, Garrick Porteous (Bamburgh Castle) 69 78.
148 Matt Haines (Rochester & Cobham) 76 72, Jonathan Poulton (Hersham Village) 74 74, Darren Renwick (Hillbarn) 73 75, Ian Winstanley (Formby) 77 71, Max Williams (Cuddington) 77 71, Ashley Rees (East Sussex National) 71 77, Craig Hinton (The Oxfordshire) 72 76, James Robinson (Southport & Ainsdale) 73 75, Tom Sherreard (Chart Hills) 70 78, Jason Barnes (Chart Hills) 73 75, Aaron Hodkin (Wheatley) 71 77.
149 Jack Hiluta (Chelmsford) 77 72, Tom Shadbolt (Mid Herts) 78 71, Jack Senior (Heysham) 75 74, Matt Kippen (Enmore Park) 75 74, Charles Ford (Kirby Muxloe) 74 75, Andrew Cooley (Chobham) 75 74.
150 Luke Collins (Mendip Spring) 73 77, Darren Wright (Rowlands Castle) 73 77, Alex Hogben (Ringway) 76 74, Michael Moore (Grande Oaks) 74 76, Ashley Walton (Frilford Heath) 74 76, Thomas Coulson (West Hove) 74 76, Sam Claridge (Harpenden Common) 75 75, Jordan Gibb (Deangate Ridge) 77 73, Daan Huizing (Netherlands) 75 75, Jake Shepherd (The Wisley) 74 76,
Laurie Canter (Saltford) 75 75, Michael Saunders (Dartford) 73 77, Ben Nash (Cooden Beath) 76 74.
151 Dave Coupland (Boston) 75 76, Mark Thistleton (Hayling) 79 72, Adam Wills (Sandiway) 77 74, Toby Burden (Hayling) 76 75, Jonathan Gidney (Church Stretton) 74 77, Adam Best (Cleveland) 79 72, Michael Swan (Stoke by Nayland) 72 79, Tom Robson (Rowlands Castle) 75 76, Sam Matton (Bowood) 73 78, Nicolo Ravano (Italy) 74 77, Ryan Newman (Brookmans Park)72 79.
152 Sam Stuart (St Annes Old Links) 72 80, Andrew Windsor (Ferndown) 79 73, Willem Vork
(Netherlands) 76 76, Simon Richardson (Boston West) 77 75, Charlie Cossins (Bath) 79 73, Alex Christie (Tyrrells Wood) 74 78.
153 Sam Haywood (Rotherham) 73 80, Henry Smart (Banstead Downs) 73 80, Eliot Wise
(Wentworth) 77 76, Leonardo Motta (Italy) 79 75.
154 Christopher Cannon (East Sussex National) 74 80, Adam Wootton (Oxford City) 72 82, Kevin garwood (Surrey National) 77 77, Mark Bell (Shanklin & Sandown) 73 81.
155 Miles Mackman (Broome Manor) 79 76, James Paul Martin (Spain) 79 76, Frederic Abadie
(France) 81 74, Nicholas Pateman (Porters Park) 81 74, Alan Dunbar (Rathmore) 76 79, James Scade (Braintree) 78 77, Richard Smith (The Notts) 72 83, Martin Vermei (Netherlands) 76 79.
Roberto Laino (Bedford & Co) 78 77, Neil Dean (Minchinhampton) 77 78, Ryan Brown (Worksop) 76 79, Peter Tarver-Jones (Worthing) 70 75, Darren Timms (Mid Kent) 73 82.

FIRSTPOINTUSA.COM SCOTTISH BOYS' STROKE-PLAY

Jack McDonald from Barassie goes three

shots clear with two rounds to play

Ayrshire's Jack McDonald, joint overnight leader on 69 with Englishman Elliot Wilson, went clear of the field on his own with a one-under-par second-round 70 for a 36-hole tally of three-under-par 139 in the Firstpoint USA.com Scottish boys' open stroke-play championship at Ladybank Golf Club.
A total of 41 players with aggregates of 151 or better qualified for the final day's 36 holes at the testing inland Fife venue.
The biggest name among the non-qualifiers was Chris Robb (Inchmarlo), a member of the Scotland squad in the recent European boys championship, semi-finalist at the Scottish boys match-play championship at Balgownie in April and last year's Scottish schoolboys champion.
Chris never got his teeth into this one and with rounds of 78 and 77 for 155, he bowed out of a championship some thought he might win. For Tiger Woods, read Chris Robb. But Chris will be back, make not mistake about that.
The odds against Scottish match-play boys champion David Law (Hazlehead) becoming the fourth boy to achieve the match-play & stroke-play Under-18 double in the same year have gone out to about 50-1.
David has scored 73 and 76 for 149 to be 10 shots behind leader McDonald but you can't keep a good young man down for long and the Aberdonian protege of Paul Lawrie will be trying his hardest to climb up through the field over the final 36 holes and salvage something like a top-10 finish, maybe better. Who knows?
FROM THE SCOTTISH GOLF UNION WEBSITE:
Jack McDonald got off to a flying start with a birdie at the first and followed that with three more for an outward half of 34. Coached by Adam Hunter, the scratch golfer from the Kilmarnock Barassie club said, “My chip in for a 2 at the 8th was my highlight today. I made the most of my shots and provided you hit the ball straight here you have a good chance of scoring and I had another good day.”
After the turn, the SGU Academy player clinched another birdie 2 which alleviated the damage from four bogeys in his round which saw him finish with a 70.
“It feels great to be the clubhouse leader, everything with my game has started to click this season and I am really enjoying playing tournaments and getting more competitive," said McDonald.
“I put in a lot of practice and hard work into my game over the winter and it is good to see that starting to pay off.”
Scott Gibson carded a 68 today, the best round of the tournament so far in fairly mixed weather conditions at the Fife course. The player who hails from Southerness had an impressive front nine with seven consecutive pars and a brace of birdies before he turned for home. He recovered well from his only bogey of the day at the 12th by holing a 15ft putt for a 3 at the 14th and just missed another at the next before bagging a final birdie at the 16th.
The national U18 squad member said, “I only had one good putt yesterday but I think I really made up for it today. My iron shots were good today which got me much closer (to the flagsticks)and I just had to tap in on several greens. I am pleased with my round and relieved to have made the cut as I missed it by just one shot last year.
Gibson is tied for second place along with Bothwell Castle’s Colin Baird whose consistent play saw him return a second level par round. The University of Stirling student said, “I went back to my old Odyssey putter and it seems to have helped over the last two days. There were no big disasters or trials today and my aim is to try and keep things on track for tomorrow.”
David Gallagher from the Glasgow club aced the short eighth for a hole on his way to a 71 and now shares fourth place with former U14 champion Paul McPhee on 143.
One shot further back are Thomas Rowland, Ian Redford and erstwhile joint leader Elliot Wilson - who slipped off the pace after sharing the round one lead to finish the second day tied for sixth place.
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First Point USA.com Scottish boys'
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LADYBANK GOLF CLUB, FIFE

41 QUALIFIERS FOR FINAL 36 HOLES
WITH TOTALS OF 151 OR BETTER

Par 142 (2x71) SSS 146 (2x73) CSS 73 73
139 Jack McDonald (Kilmarnock Barassie) 69 70.
142 Scott Gibson (Southerness) 74 69, Colin Faird (Bothwell Castle) 71 71.
143 Paul McPhee (King James V(I) 73 70, Thomas Rowland (Prudhoe) 75 69, Elliot Wilson (Berwick) 69 75, Ian Redford (St Andrews New) 73 71, David Gallagher (Glasgow) 72 71.
145 Lawrence Allan (Alva) 73 71.
146 Tom Blennerhassett (Marriott Dalmahoy) 72 74, Stuart Boyle (Harburn) 75 71, Graeme Duncan (Shotts) 72 74.
147 Chris Moore (West Essex) 76 71, Jack Scott (Deeside) 74 73, Kyle Godsman (Hopeman) 73 74, Jordyn Rhind (Uphall) 75 72, John Fernandes (Enfield) 73 74, Sandy Bolton (Magnolia Park) 75 72, Laurie Potter (Minchinhampton) 75 72, Marc Smith (Troon Welbeck) 74 73.
148 Paul Shields (Kirkhill) 75 73, Samuel Chikson (Belgium) 75 73, Ewan Scott (St Andrews) 72 76.
149 Nicholas MacAndrew (Cullen) 73 786, Nicholas Smits (Australia) 74 75, Sam Crenan (Royal Jersey) 76 73, Jordon Williams (Castle Douglas) 75 74, Eamon Bradley (Mount Ellen) 73 76, Gavin Hay (Grantown on Spey) 75 74, David Law (Hazlehead) 73 76, Mitchell Farrer (Ifield) 76 73.
150 Jake Hogg (Germany) 77 73, Gordon Munro (Fraserburgh) 75 75, Gary Anderson 78 72, Andrew McLachlan (Bonnyton) 74 76, Alan Welsh (Torrance House) 76 74, Blair Pelling (Prestonfield) 74 76.
151 Nigel Colbeck (Moor Allerton) 73 78, Ross Gillan (Torrance House) 72 79, Ross Storrier (Downfield) 80 71, Matthias Kaufmann (Austria) 75 76.

MISSED THE CUT
152 Andrew Steven (Easter Moffat) 74 78, Liam Johnston (Dumfries & Co) 78 74, Andrew Scrimshaw (Prudhoe) 80 72, Daniel McConnachie (Dumfries & Co) 76 76, John Henry (Clydebank & Dist) 78 74, Gerig Stewart (Crieff) 77 75, Reece Mitchell (Downfield) 79 73, Ryan Campbell (Grangemouth) 76 76, Conor O'Neil (Glasgow) 77 75, Greg Smail (Craigielaw) 76 76.
153 Cameron Farrell (Cardross) 77 76, Dewi Merckx Belgium) 77 76, Rodger Clarke (Moray) 76 77, Simon Fairburn (Torwoodlee) 77 76, David Ryan (Ealing) 74 79, Shaun Connor (Ralston) 77 76, Matthew Reid (Downfield) 75 78, Lewis Fairbairn (Berwick) 76 77, John Drummond (Strathlene) 73 80, Jack Thorburn (Dunfermline) 75 78, Andrew Loch (Pumpherston) 76 77, Daniel Kay (Dunbar) 75 78, Craig Hamilton (NZ) 77 76, Neil Beattie (St Andrews) 76 77.
154 Mark Gedcdes (Prenton) 77 77, Dnaile Young (Craigie Hill) 80 75, Ross Earnshaw (Fulford) 79 75, Douglas Maxwell (Craigielaw) 79 75, Ross Proctor (Forres) 73 81, Ritchie Manson (Braemar) 79 75, Fraser Clarke (Westhill) 75 79, Gary Chalmers (Dollar) 81 74, Chris Robb (Inchmarlo) 78 77, Craig Howie (Peebles) 81 74, Danny Edwards (Elgin) 78 77, Jamie Lynch (Falkiirk Carmuirs) 80 75, Jeff Wright (Forres) 79 76, Jamie Arthur (Milnathort) 80 75, Matthew McWilliam (McDonald Ellon) 76 79.
156 Jamie Binning (Ranfurly Castle) 81 75, Gary Meecahan (Dullatur) 80 76, Mark Thomson (Grange Monifieth) 78 78, Andrew Pillans (Kirkcaldy) 76 80, Cameron Nelson (Nairn) 80 76, Pieter-Jan Van Hoof (Belgium) 76 80, Colin Robinson (Largs) 80 76, Scott Young (Turnhouse) 76 80, Calum McLean (Cowglen) 78 78, Kevin Moran (Dullatur) 77 79.
157 Euan Mackay (Torphin Hill) 78 79, Grant Bowman (Monifieth), Steven Penston (Ifield) 75 82, James White (St Andrews New) 78 69, Daniel Thompsett (Aboyne) 79 78.
158 Andrew Wright (Kilmarnock Barassie) 82 76, Lewis Jackson (West Hove) 82 76, Patrick McCarron (Windyhill) 81 77, Thomas White (Milnathort) 74 84.
159 Sam Craigon (Milnathort) 84 75, Cameron West (Scotscraig) 79 89, Ian Anderson (Colville Park) 82 77, Ben Lindsay (Blairgowrie) 82 77, Gordon Reilly (Lochwinnoch) 72 87.
160 Lyle McAlpine (Invergordn) 80 80, Scott Wightman (Powfoot) 77 83, Thomas Greenhalgh (St George's Hill) 84 76, Robbie Gauld (Cruden Bay) 81 79,.
161 Simon Taylor (Germany) 81 80, Louis Gaughan (Bathgate) 83 78, Michael Davidson (Tantallon) 76 85, Euan Paterson (Bruntsfield Links) 77 84.
162 Jamie Treasurer (Inverness) 82 80, Jordan Plahn (Inchmarlo) 81 81, Craig Ross (Kirkhill) 80 82, John Innes (Kirkcudbrighjt) 83 79.
163 Jamie Stephen (Aberdour) 74 89, Michael Bacigalupo (Longniddry) 84 79.
164 Niklas Parwez (Germany) 87 77, Ross Gordon (Peterhead) 83 81.
165 Jack Lampkin (Ilkley) 84 81, Tom Dingwall (Nairn Dunbar) 85 80, Cameron Marr (Musselburgh) 79 86, Jamie Thomson (Cawder) 87 78.
166 Daniel Flannery (Peebles) 82 84, Greg Dunsmore (Saline) 86 80.
167 Joe Lennon-Joiner (Ellesborough) 85 82, Gregor Mackintosh (Girvan) 85 82, Barry Strain (Cathkin Braes) 85 82, Fraser Lauder (Paisley) 83 84, Jay Gerrick (Haste Hill) 83 84, Fraser O'Connor (Inchmarlo) 82 85.
168 Philip Gordon (Paisley) 82 86, Patrick O'Neil (Pollok) 83 85, William Russell (The Duke's) 89 79.
169 Chris Low (Tantallon) 93 76, Fergus Smith (Paisley) 89 80, Martin Gignoux (France) 82 87, Mark Murphy (Cawder) 84 85.
172 Jordan Gallagher (Crow Wood) 89 93.
174 Craig Norman (Dullatur) 88 86.
Withdrew: Ali Begg (Muir of Ord) 78 -
NRs: John Douglas (Thornton) 77 NR, Andrew Reid (Paisley) 84 NR.

Castle Stuart and Machrihanish Dunes:

Two more aces in Scotland's golf pack

As the dust settles on another successful Open Championship in Scotland two major new additions have been made to the country’s wonderful array of world class golf courses.
Machrihanish Dunes opened for play yesterday following hard on the heels of Castle Stuart in the Highlands. With over 550 golf courses Scotland is already one of the world’s leading golf destinations but both new courses are set to be major attractions in their own right.
Machrihanish Dunes (http://www.thewaygolfbegan.com/) promises to be a real links experience true to ‘The Way Golf Began’. The site featured 23 "natural holes". Course architect and Scotsman David McLay Kidd, who is internationally acclaimed for his design of Bandon Dunes in Oregon and the The Castle Course at St Andrews, chose his 18 favourites to make up the inspired routing for Machrihanish Dunes.
Measuring 7,175 yards, Machrihanish Dunes features six greens and five tees at the ocean’s edge.
"We followed the lie of the land and unlike most courses around the world, we did not lay out the course and make the land change with it, we designed each hole around the natural terrain," says David McLay Kidd. "For maintenance we will do a little mowing, but will mostly rely on the wandering sheep to keep the fescue in check - just like the old courses used to do. We are returning golf to how it should be played; no longer is it a gentle walk in a garden, it will be a full-fledged mountaineering expedition at this course."
Machrihanish Dunes Golf Club is the first golf course to have been built on a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSi) since the days of "Old Tom" himself. It is also the first 18-hole links golf course to be built on the west coast of Scotland in 100 years. Set hard against the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, Machrihanish Dunes shares breathtaking views with the adjacent Machrihanish Golf Club links laid out by "Old Tom" Morris in 1879, one of Scotland’s classic and most revered links.
Machrihanish Dunes is not the only golf course to have joined the family this year. Castle Stuart Golf Links (http://www.castlestuartgolf.com/) opened just a few days ago on July 13. As Turnberry is to Ayrshire and Gleneagles is to Perthshire, Castle Stuart has been conceived to be for the Highlands.
The championship links course overlooks the Moray Firth and well-known landmarks that are synonymous with Inverness and the Black Isle - Kessock Bridge and Chanonry Lighthouse - and promises visual experience unlike any other in golf.
Designed by Mark Parsinen and Gil Hanse, wide fairways afford multiple lines of play, large green complexes characterised by simple yet dominating shapes with run of the ball always a consideration. Undulating terrain and angles of play create key elements of course defence. It is a thinking man's golf experience with player length not an unmitigated advantage.
Machrihanish Dunes and Castle Stuart Golf Links alongside with the other over 550 members of the Scottish golfing arena give visitors a fantastic platform to design their perfect golf break in Scotland. To learn more about the latest packages and offers please go to: www.visitscotland.com/perfectgolf.

Tom Watson has no regrets about club

selection for approach to 72nd hole

Tom Watson, who has moved on from Turnberry to Sunningdale for the Senior British Open, has been emphasising this week that he has no regrets about his club selection for his approach shot to the 72nd hole of the Open on Sunday.
“That eight-iron at 18 will always live with me and you know what – I hit the shot I wanted to hit, I really did,” said Watson.
“It had the whole length of the green to stop, and that’s where I was trying to hit it, it just didn’t stop. There’s no self-recrimination, there can’t be. I tried my best with every shot.
“I’ve lived my life out here on the tour. After the disappointment it’s onwards to the next week – forget what you did in the past except where it may help you play better golf.”
Watson’s performance has inspired his fellow competitors at Sunningdale this week, including Scotland’s Sam Torrance, who said: “To me, it’s right up there with the greatest sporting achievements of all time.
“It’s unfortunate he didn’t win it – then it would have been the greatest sporting achievement of all time. To get into that position and tie for The Open (after 72 holes) at 59, it’s extraordinary.”
Vijay Singh believes Watson’s can be an inspiration to him and his fellow 40-something professional golfers.
Singh (46), has won 22 tournaments since his 40th birthday, more than anyone else in US PGA Tour history, but even he was impressed by Watson.
Speaking ahead of his World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational title defence in Akron, Ohio, in two weeks, Singh said: “It does give me a lot more inspiration. It would have been great if he had won, but what he did is just incredible. It shows how good of a player he is, and really, that age doesn’t really matter.
“If you’re healthy and you’re fit and your golf game is good, you can play for as long as you want to play, and that gives me a lot more confidence.
“Just like when Tom won the TPC at the age of 48, 47, that shows that you are healthy and that if you can play with the boys, why not?”