Watson rolls back the years again

It was going to take something special to take at least part of the attention away from Tiger Woods on the opening day of The Masters – but 60-year-old Tom Watson managed it.

It was going to take something special to take at least part of the attention away from Tiger Woods on the opening day of The Masters – but 60-year-old Tom Watson managed it.

Twelve months after crashing out of the event with an 83 – his worst round in a career at Augusta that goes back 40 years – the remarkable Watson matched his best ever score with a five-under-par 67.

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