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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 ...
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 ...
Tom Watson at 14, cutting a bouquet of roses in the family garden at 2 Dunford Circle. According to a 1964 Star caption, Watson said using clippers and shears in garden work strengthened his golf ...
In 2003, the 18th hole on the Ailsa Course, "Ailsa Hame", was renamed "Duel in the Sun" as homage to the battle between Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus in 1977; [34] this is also the name of a sports bar at the resort. In 2009, Watson, 59, held a one-shot lead when he bogeyed this hole in the final round, eventually losing the Open Championship in ...
July 1, 2024 at 6:30 AM. Rob Schumacher/USA TODAY Sports. From the late 1970s into the ‘80s, Tom Watson dominated golf. Five British Open championships among his eight major titles and 39 PGA ...
In 2014, the par-5 18th played 0.2 shots under par. Per the Golf Channel, however, it had 26 scores of double-bogey or worse, which was six more than any other par-5 on Tour had that season.
The sudden-death playoff went on the 18th hole, to be played twice, until one of the players had a lower score on the hole than the other. Tom Watson beat Des Smyth with a par at the third extra hole. They both made par on the 18th hole twice, with the playoff moving to the par-3 17th hole, where Watson made a par and Smyth a bogey.