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The 2009 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 138th Open Championship, held from 16–19 July at the Ailsa Course of the Turnberry Resort, in Ayrshire, Scotland. Stewart Cink won his only major championship after a four-hole playoff with Tom Watson. At age 59, Watson had the chance to win his sixth Open and become the ...
The 1977 Open Championship was the 106th Open Championship, held 6–9 July on the Ailsa Course at Turnberry, Scotland. Tom Watson won the second of his five Open titles by one stroke over runner-up Jack Nicklaus. [ 2] The two played together in the final two rounds and had separated themselves from the field under clear skies, leading this ...
Thomas Sturges Watson (born September 4, 1949) is an American retired professional golfer on the PGA Tour Champions, formerly on the PGA Tour . In the 1970s and 1980s, Watson was one of the leading golfers in the world, winning eight major championships and heading the PGA Tour money list five times. He was the number one player in the world ...
Tom Watson, Turnberry (1977): Perhaps the greatest Open ever played, the “Duel In The Sun” pitted Watson against Nicklaus for two intense, harrowing weekend rounds. With the rest of the field ...
Jack Nicklaus, three-time Open Champion in 1966, 1970, and 1978. Seve Ballesteros, three-time Open Champion in 1979, 1984, and 1988. Nick Faldo, three-time Open Champion in 1987, 1990, and 1992. Tiger Woods, three-time Open Champion in 2000, 2005, and 2006. He is one of six champions to win wire-to-wire after 72-holes played with his victory in ...
Stewart Cink, who won the 2009 Open Championship, the most recent to be held at Turnberry. After a fifteen-year absence, the Ailsa Course hosted the Open in 2009, where 59-year-old Watson nearly won his sixth Open Championship. Up by a stroke at the 72nd hole, his approach shot took an unfortunate bounce on the front of the green, then ran off ...
Tom Watson talks about whether the golf ball goes too far, his one do-over and what player reminds him of himself.
Tom Watson posed with his family during the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame enshrinement ceremony Sunday, May 19, 2024, at Union Station. With Watson are his daughter Meg Watson Carr, his son Michael ...