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TURNBERRY, Scotland – One by one, the dreams of Turnberry withered and died, ensnared in the trapdoors of heartache secreted amid the reeds and gorse bushes and cruel undulations of this Scottish links course.

It was a British Open packed with drama and storylines that defied reason and belief in equal measure, but one which largely will be looked back on through moistened eyes.

Stewart Cink’s victory was as deserved as it was impressive, yet a pervading sense of sadness and gloom hung over the windswept coastline long after the patrons had departed.

For so long it seemed a fairy-tale ending was inevitable. Wherever you looked around this proud old beacon of history, with its clutching rough and vertical bunkers, there were tales of intrigue.

All would perish, extinguished amid the confluence of circumstance that gave the ice-cool Cink his finest hour.

The last one to go was the most painful to watch, as Tom Watson’s extraordinary attempt at age-reversal fell apart at the final hurdle. It was heart-wrenching to see Watson by the end, looking finally like a tired 59-year-old instead of the vibrant figure that was the figurehead of the tournament for all but its final hour.

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