Great White Shark closes in on Walrus

GREG NORMAN birdied three of the last four holes to halve Craig Stadler’s commanding four-stroke lead in the Senior British Open over Royal Aberdeen’s Balgownie links.

Norman, making his debut on the over-50s circuit, came surging up through the field in the evening with a four-under-par 67 - the best score of the wind-blown tournament so far.

Playing amazingly well for a man who had major back surgery a little over four months ago, Norman moved to one over par at halfway and stopped Stadler from threatening to make it a one-horse race over the weekend.