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4 days ago · Tom Watson shares his friendship and golf lessons with Byron Nelson, one of the game's legendary players. He recounts their first meeting, their conversations, and Nelson's impact on his career and life.
Jun 19, 2024 · For some professional golfers, their best year is their winningest, but for Tom Watson, it was the season he captured two major championships by taking down Jack Nicklaus—both times. That year, 1977, Watson defeated Nicklaus at the Masters and the Open Championship and finished top-10 in the year’s other two majors.
Jun 30, 2024 · From his emergence as a dominant force in golf during the late 70s and early 80s, Tom Watson’s legacy has been firmly etched into the annals of the sport. Yet, amidst the collection of major championships and celebrated victories, Watson holds a particular triumph above all.
Jun 30, 2024 · From 1975 through 1983, Tom Watson was the best golfer in the world. To this day, only five men have won more than the eight major championships he seized in that span. Much as he savored...
Jun 26, 2024 · What makes Watson’s presence so fitting is the way his passion for golf burns as fervently as it did 54 years ago when the Stanford junior played the Masters for first time. But whereas competition for decades was at the root of his passion, today Watson has a wider lens; his focus isn’t so singular.
Jun 28, 2024 · Former Open champion Tom Watson can still flush it off the tee at 74. Maybe it shouldn’t surprise us considering he came so close to winning the Open for a sixth time aged 59. Watson is still doing everything right on the tee. His game always was suited to the links and he hasn’t lost his mastery.
Jun 26, 2024 · The links genius that is Tom Watson won his fourth Open title as he managed to fend off Nick Price and Peter Oosterhuis to win by a shot on four under. It gave Watson back-to-back Majors after his US Open victory just a month earlier, and was the seventh of his eight Major titles.
