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Drug testing at Open Championship delayed until 2009

Players competing at Royal Birkdale in July will not be subject to drug testing as originally planned due to a delay in implementing the testing program at various Open Championship international qualifying sites.

R&A announces changes to entry criteria for 2008 Open

The runners-up at the British Amateur and U.S. Amateur championships will have a little easier road to Royal Birkdale, thanks to a series of amendments to the entry criteria for the 2008 Open Championship announced recently by the R&A. The Championship Committee also also intends to lower to 60 the age limit exemption for past Open champions.




Due to a new age limit for the Open Championship, five-time winner Tom Watson has two more years of exemptions left.