Bob Charles ‘too old’
NZPA Troon. Scotland New Zealand is represented in the 111th British Open golf championship by the 1963 British Open winner. Bob Charles, the first lefthander ever to win one of the world’s four majors, and Simon Owen, who lost by two strokes . to Nicklaus in the 1978 Open at St Andrews. But Charles, aged 43, does
not really rate himself a chance this yean “I'm only over here because my agent said it would be a good idea if I appeared," he said yesterday. Charles said he was just too old to win. “Hell, I'm old enough to be the father of some of these kids here,” he said, adding wistfully: "Twenty years ago it might have been different.”
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Press, 16 July 1982, Page 26
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