by ALISTAIR TAIT, Golfweek.com Updated: July 23, 2008, 12:47 PM EST 4 comments SOUTHPORT, England - The world's elite should have been doing some soul searching as they departed Royal Birkdale after the 137th Open Championship. Or maybe -- hopefully -- they left inspired. If ever there was a time for the best players in the world to step into the lead role in a major championship, it was at Birkdale. With Tiger Woods rehabbing on his couch in Florida, it was time to reach for the old Claret Jug with both hands. Most didn't even get close to the game's most-coveted wine ewer. Vijay Singh, Aaron Baddeley, Stewart Cink, Charles Howell III and Rory Sabbatini, players you would expect to contend, all missed the cut. It didn't get much better for other marquee names. Justin Rose finished T-70. Lee Westwood wasn't much better --...
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