Howell, meanwhile, was in position to win for the second time in his young PGA Tour career, playing a course that has quickly become one of his favorites.
It's hard for me personally to play a course this hard day after day after day after day for four solid rounds.
When you are playing a course as tough as that, the thought that a lethal shank is lurking up your sleeve is an intimidating influence among the sand dunes.
But when you turn up to play a course as tough as Royal St George's you don't need a couple of handfuls of shots confiscated before you reach the first tee.
Watson, who will be chasing a fourth Senior Open victory, says it remains a thrill to play a course he has never set foot on before.
I suppose there was a logic to O.J. Simpson's wanting to play a course known as the Field of Screams.
"I'm in a good spot," he said "These guys have to go out this afternoon and obviously play a course that is quick, and it's drying out and with a different wind.
You can either download a map or play a course online.
Now they've made all the changes, and Ben Hogan played a different course".
