ST. ANDREWS, SCOTLAND — Being inside the ropes at a major championship is something that Sally Watson could get used to. A week ago at Oakmont CC, the 18-year-old Scottish amateur was playing in her first U.S. Women’s Open. After missing the cut by a single stroke, she returned home to work as a standard bearer during this week’s British Open.
“I live 12 miles from here and thought it would be a great opportunity to watch the guys work their way around the golf course,” said Watson, a rising sophomore at Stanford and a member of the Great Britain & Ireland Curtis Cup team in 2008 and 2010. “Plus you get to make a little bit of money.”
Indeed, Watson will earn £165 while she carries the scores in at least three rounds. “I play so much golf in the summer I really can’t get a job of my …