Barrister in the Open Hot-Seat ; Liverpool As the Eyes of the Golfing World Begin to Focus On Royal Birkdale, Ben Schofield Meets the Club's Captain for a Chat About Preparations, Pressure . . . And Missing Buttons Daily Post the Open Royal Birkdale 2008 the Open Preparations Gather Pace

Daily Post › July 15, 2008

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I T WAS when he was posing for pictures on the 18th green that it happened. It could have been an overenthusiastic swing of the jacket, or idle fiddling while greeting golf 's great and good.

But, whatever the cause, the tragedy that had befallen Dennis Watson, captain of the Royal Birkdale golf club, was seemingly great.

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Barrister in the Open Hot-Seat ; Liverpool As the Eyes of the Golfing World Begin to Focus On Royal Birkdale, Ben Schofield Meets the Club's Captain for a Chat About Preparations, Pressure . . . And Missing Buttons Daily Post the Open Royal Birkdale 2008 the Open Preparations Gather Pace

Barely an hour prior to his guests' arrival for lunch on the opening day of Open Golf practise, Dennis had sprung a button.

"If I'm not careful, I could be playing for the wrong team,"

Dennis says, dialling his...

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