Tiger Woods and Tom Watson have added the enormous number of tributes to the late Bob Torrance.

The 81-year old renowned Scottish coach passed away yesterday after a near year-long battle with lung cancer.

As a mark of respect all players competing in today’s third round of The Open wore black ribbons as a mark of respect to Torrance who coached a number of players including double Open Champion, Padraig Harrington.

Between Woods and Watson they’ve won eight Open Championships and each spoke fondly of Torrance after their rounds today.

“I’ve known Bob for a lot of years, even from my British amateur days when I came over here,” said Woods.

“He’s been fantastic to me.  We’ve had a lot of great conversations about golf.  It was always fun picking his brain about the game, how it’s evolved and how he believes it should be played.

Bob Torrance and Ireland’s Padraig Harrington, who he coached to three Major victories.

“I’m going to miss him very much.”

And Woods was asked by Martin Dempster, golf correspondent for The Scotsman newspaper if he could understand Bob when he spoke given Torrance had a very deep Scottish accent.

Woods joked:  “I’m having a hard time understanding you.  Bob, his accent is a little thicker.”

Watson also knew Torrance very well and like everyone, spoke fondly of him.

“I liked Bob a lot,” said Watson.

“Always had a good relationship with Bob.  I think he had a good relationship with everybody.  Were going to miss him.  He was a character, but he know the golf swing.

“And it was always (and Watson starts to mumble) and sometimes you couldn’t understand him and sometimes you couldn’t.  But he was a kind and generous man. I always enjoyed his company.”

And a third Open Champion in Darren Clarke added his own tribute to Torrance, and having worked with Torrance since his son, Sam suggested to Clarke during the staging of the 1990 Irish Open that then amateur Clarke should not wait to turn pro, and that he needed to begin working with Bob Torrance.

“I would not be the golfer I am without Bob Torrance,” said Clarke.

“He will be sadly missed on the circuit as he was a character.  Difficult to understand at times.  For those of us who knew him.  But he was a great man.

“And the world is a worse place without Bob Torrance.”