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Watson is also regarded as one of the greatest links players of all time, a claim backed up by his five Open Championship victories, his runner-up finishes at the 1984 Open Championship and 2009 Open Championship, and his three Senior British Open Championship titles in his mid-50s (2003, 2005, and 2007).
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 1975 Open Championship was the 104th Open Championship, played 9–13 July at Carnoustie Golf Links in Scotland.In his first Open, Tom Watson won an 18-hole playoff by one stroke over Jack Newton to win the first of his eight major titles, [3] [4] [5] which included five Open Championships.
Tom Watson’s glorious golf career made for international acclaim, but his most cherished moment was in Kansas City. He still proudly calls it home.
Tom Watson won his only U.S. Open, two strokes ahead of runner-up Jack Nicklaus, [3] for the sixth of his eight major titles. [ 4 ] Watson also won the British Open a month later, to become the fifth player to win both Opens in the same year, joining Bobby Jones ( 1926 , 1930 ), Gene Sarazen ( 1932 ), Ben Hogan ( 1953 ), and Lee Trevino ( 1971 ).
Tom Watson shot 135 (−7) to tie the U.S. Open record for the first 36 holes of play, [5] but 155 (+13) on the weekend forced him down the leaderboard, three shots out of the Graham-Mahaffey playoff. [6] It marked the second straight year Watson failed to maintain a weekend lead in the championship; he was the 54-hole leader in 1974 at Winged ...
Jupiter's Rickie Fowler was one of the first golfers on the course this afternoon and he led for most of the day to win the 2024 Par 3 Contest. Tiger Woods: 5-time champ talks injuries, chances to ...
Defending champion Tom Watson won his fifth Open Championship, one stroke ahead of runners-up Andy Bean and Hale Irwin. [2] [3] It was his second consecutive Open win and third in the last four, [4] but was helped by Irwin "whiffing" a one-inch putt on the 14th hole on the third day, which cost him a chance of a play-off with Watson for the ...