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<\/a>Montgomerie finishes with a flourish.<\/p><\/div>\n
`The room\u2019 was the interview room at the 75th<\/sup> Senior PGA at Harbor Shores.\u00a0 Not only were Watson, who shot a second-round 68, and Monty (69) talking to the media. Their Friday morning player partner, Bernhard Langer (68), also paid a visit.<\/p>\n Those sub-par rounds left all three 4-under after 36 holes. They are tied for the lead with three other golfers.<\/p>\n “It was a pretty good three-ball, I guess,\u2019\u2019 Langer said.<\/p>\n Pretty good? All three are Hall of Famers who have captained winning Ryder Cup teams. Watson, who won at the Belfry in 1993, will return as captain this fall at Gleneagles in Scotland to try and revive Team USA\u2019s sagging fortunes.<\/p>\n We all have an idea of what a football coach and a baseball manager bring to a successful team. What, I asked Watson, does a Ryder Cup captain bring?<\/p>\n Watson remains a study in understated intensity.<\/p><\/div>\n “I hope I create the environment for winning,\u2019\u2019 he said. “To do that, keep it loose, keep it happy, keep it comical. Just do what I can to alleviate the pressure. That\u2019s what the Ryder Cup is all about. There\u2019s a lot of pressure in the Ryder Cup. I know what the pressure\u2019s like. If I can help with the pressure, that\u2019s my job.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n No one in the Watson-Montgomerie-Langer threesome seemed to be feeling pressure on Friday. Monty eagled the par-five 15th<\/sup>, Watson made five birdies and Langer had four birdies.<\/p>\n “I think we all feed off each other,\u2019\u2019 Monty said. “It was good that all three of us were playing well. Tom Watson putted extremelly well. He\u2019s hitting the ball great; 64 years old. It\u2019s amazing how he still is very competitive. It\u2019s great to see.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n Watson, who has never seemed all that ferocious, is getting a lot of television-commerical facetime these days as the genial legend who drops in on amateur players with golf-club gifts and tips.<\/p>\n But underneath that Midwestern grin, he\u2019s still an iron-willed golfer, as he demonstrated in the 2009 British Open at Turnberry, where, at 59, he nearly won his ninth major. Considering that players in their early 50s tend to dominate the senior tour, a seventh senior major in southwest Michigan would be quite a feat for Watson.<\/p>\n It\u2019s why he\u2019s here, though.<\/p>\n<\/a>