Woosnam resigned to British Open failure

Ian Woosnam resigned himself today to the fact that next week will see him miss the British Open championship for the first time since 1981 – back in the days when he used to travel the European tour in a van eating tins of beans.

The former world number one’s only hope of qualifying for Royal Troon was to be the leading non-exempt player in the Barclays Scottish Open at Loch Lomond.