Bryan Burwell: Yes, golf is the sport of gentlemen, but rumbles are allowed

The kind and gentle folk who package professional golf to the masses as the sport of splendidly proper sportsmen would surely have enjoyed a casual stroll around Bellerive's pastoral acreage on Thursday afternoon in St. Louis. Even with storm clouds lurking over the opening round of the Senior PGA Championship, golf's over-50 set of old lions were on their best behavior. They were slicing their way around Bellerive with some surprisingly good golf considering the untidy weather, and they did it ...