KINGSBARNS, Scotland – Sally Watson is a Fifer. She learned to play golf at nearby Elie, where at age 3 she’d play for chocolate bars. Ten years ago, Watson competed as an amateur in her first Ricoh Women’s British Open on the Old Course. On Thursday, she’ll hit the first tee ball at Kingsbarns Golf Links at 6:30 a.m., in what will be her final event as a professional golfer. Her career will end in the place where it started, the County of Fife, six miles from iconic St. Andrews. To the rest of the world, it’s the Home of Golf.
To Watson, it’s simply home.
“Normally, I don’t think there would be that many people out for the 6:30,” said Watson, “but I think mom has gathered the troops.”
Watson, 26, got accepted to the…
