Laird, who plays most of his golf in the United States, shares the lead with Dutchman Maarten Lafeber (Carnoustie), Argentine Ricardo Gonzalez and Denmark's Thomas Bjorn (both St Andrews), an assistant-captain for Europe at the Ryder Cup.
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Hamish Wallace, a paediatric oncologist at the University of Edinburgh, and Thomas Kelsey, a computer scientist at the University of St Andrews, both in Scotland, may be able to help.
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Also listed is Thomas Andrews the shipbuilder in charge of the plans for the Titanic, who died on its maiden voyage.