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Tue 11 Nov 2009Watson and the Shark get open extension
GOLF DIGEST:FIVE-TIMES FORMER champion Tom Watson will be able to play in the British Open beyond next year after the exemption rule was amended by the Royal and Ancient golf club yesterday.
The new rule states that any past champion finishing in the top 10 in any of the five previous years gains a five-year exemption, meaning the 60-year-old American’s runner-up finish this year guarantees him entry until 2014.
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