St George’s up to old tricks as odd couple hit the front
Thomas Bjorn and England’s Tom Lewis are the unlikely leaders after 18 holes as the wind blew in off the English Channel yesterday morning and lay down during the afternoon on the Kent links that produced Ben Curtis as the Champion Golfer of 2003 on the British Open’s last visit here.
That Bjorn, the man who gave up a four-shot lead in the final round eight years ago to let Curtis in, produced his five-under-par 65 in the worst of the conditions and Lewis his in the early evening calm suggests that this year’s tournament is destined to continue springing surprises, the sight of Pádraig Harrington playing in a flat cap being the least of them.
