'I've Found a Real Vocation... What Could Be Better Than Sitting Around Talking About the Game I Love?' Torrance Limbers Up for Senior Open by Relaxing in the Commentary Box

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NO PAIN, no gain has long since passed into the lexicon of sporting cliches, but for Sam Torrance the meaning will be all too real when he stands on the first tee at Royal Troon on Thursday. If Ayrshire's finest wants to break his Senior Open duck in his home county, he will need to grimace and bear it.

Once a dominant force on the Seniors Tour as he topped the Seniors Order of Merit in 2005 and 2006, the mustachioed one has been a pale imitation of his former self this year, thanks largely to a degenerative hand injury that has blighted his campaign. So sore has it become that at one stage he wondered whether he would be able to complete any tournaments on the Seniors Tour. Only the belated intervention of an Auld Enemy has allowed him to arrive in Troon with a glimmer of hope for the first time this year.

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'I've Found a Real Vocation... What Could Be Better Than Sitting Around Talking About the Game I Love?' Torrance Limbers Up for Senior Open by Relaxing in the Commentary Box

"It's been absolutely horrific," said Torrance, "and it's been getting gradually worse for the past two years. The worst thing about it is that it's a muscle injury caused by wear and tear, so there's not much I can do about it. Physio helps but most of the time it needs rest, which is incredibly frustrating. ...

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