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Show Great Britain's Guard Has Definitely Passed Creat I5rltnln'g old guard has definitely defi-nitely passed. Taylor, Braid and Vardon, who won 10 BrltlRh (.'pen clinmplonshliis between be-tween them and are now behind t50 summers, have been pulled back Into the field by age, It was more than 30 years ngo when Vardon won his first British Open. Braid and Taylor won soon after. For nearly 20 years they dominated golf. Vardon made three attempts to win the United States Open, lie succeeded In VMM) when Taylor finished second, one stroke behind him. Twenty yeura later Vardon had the title in his grasp when a wind storm came nlong and wrecked his chances on the last nine. In hia three tries at the United States Open he never finished lower thnn second. Vardon won seven national Open championships. Bobby Jones has won four, here and nhroad. But Jones still has a few decades of competition left In his system. |