Even his mother cannot quite believe his success in a tournament that is now wide open going into the final day
supernova is just that, an early blaze up the leaderboard followed by an equally rapid retreat into the outer atmosphere and ultimately extinction. Not Dan Brown, the journeyman from Northallerton, who holed a 20-footer for birdie at the last at West Lancs to qualify for his first Open Championship. He has become something of a star at Troon, especially for those who had a nibble at 750-1 before a ball was struck.
“I’m superstitious,” she said. We like our heroes to be rich in texture, full of interesting layers. It appears it’s golf or bust for Mrs Brown’s boy, who claimed never to have heard of his famous namesake, nor of The Da Vinci Code he authored.Brown the golfer was scripting a tale that might yet match the other Dan Brown’s for adventure so unlikely is the storyline.
And he made a better job of limiting the damage to one dropped shot to Lowry’s two. It was the first blemish on Lowry’s card and blew the tournament wide open. It was a nightmare for the caddies never mind the golfers, carrying the brolly, multiple towels as well as the bag. Since weather has cursed this event it was fitting that the leaders should face the worst of it. Those going out early won the lottery., Bryson DeChambeau and the other elites blown out of town by 30mph-plus winds, must have been choking on their ice creams in whatever holiday destination they chose, watching the early starters motor on in the flat calm.
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