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    Still living with mum, Tom Lewis lands one for the little guys against golf's Goliaths

    Even if only partly believable, the Tom Lewis story is a dreamy one: valiant amateur who still lives at home with his parents (mum says he always keeps his room impeccably tidy) upstaging the gnarly, mega-rich Goliaths of golf at the sport's oldest major.All the 20-year-old Englishman needed to complete what seemed like a sepia-tinted throwback to golf's pre-commercial days was a thick tweed suit and a tobacco pipe. Spiffing fun, old chap, wot?From the outside, Lewis' unexpected flirtation with the top of the British Open leaderboard seemed like a victory for golf's little guys, one of those what-if-he-actually-wins-it? scenarios that sets the imagination racing with crazy ideas that, with a dose of luck and a few days off work from a friendly boss, perhaps other talented amateurs could set an Open alight, too, if given the chance.But where the picture starts to break down is that Lewis is an amateur in name only.To abide by golf's detailed rules on amateur status, Lewis is careful to ...

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