The evergreen Tom Watson equalled his age in this year’s Senior Open Championship at Royal Porthcawl. The American, now 68, recorded a hugely impressive third-round 67 en route to a tie for 23rd.
The lowest score below the player’s age for a round of golf is shared at 17. Then 89-year-old James D. Morton (USA) shot a 72 at Valleybrook Golf & Country Club, Hixson, Tennessee, USA, on April 21, 2001. Keith Plowman (New Zealand) also shot a 72, aged 89, at Maungakiekie Golf Club, Auckland, New Zealand, on November 20, 2007.
The oldest man to score his age is C. Arthur Thompson (1869-1975) of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, who shot a 103 on the Uplands course (6,215 yards) in 1973.
The oldest woman to score her age is Kayoko…