What a talent he was. I'm almost 54, so he'd stopped playing regularly by the time I was in high school, but he said one of the funniest things on a golf broadcast that I can remember. When Nicklaus got to 16 tee in the final round of the '86 Masters, another broadcaster asked him what Jack was thinking. Without missing a beat he said something like "If I knew, I'd have won this thing".
Funny you should show him on 12 at ANGC, where he once made a 12. I caddied in the same group as him. No pro minded playing with him. I think most of his reputation as a jerk arose out of alcoholism. I never saw him hit one fat. Not ever.
I followed him, jack Nicholas and jerry pate on the Wednesday practice round at the 1976 British open, he outdrove Nicholas on every hole and hit every fairway, nicholas played the best score wise, pate was terrible, i think he was overawed.
I had heard that since the ball spun so much that the reverse C came from them hitting up on the ball as much as they could to launch it with the least amount of spin that they could.
"A little bit of a temper." At Colonial one time, watching a fairway to my front, I heard behind me a quiet whop-whop-whop...... The noise came from a club Tom had thrown from the tee of the next hole. But I did get his autograph on a Colonial program after he'd finished the round.
What a talent he was. I'm almost 54, so he'd stopped playing regularly by the time I was in high school, but he said one of the funniest things on a golf broadcast that I can remember. When Nicklaus got to 16 tee in the final round of the '86 Masters, another broadcaster asked him what Jack was thinking. Without missing a beat he said something like "If I knew, I'd have won this thing".
Funny you should show him on 12 at ANGC, where he once made a 12. I caddied in the same group as him. No pro minded playing with him. I think most of his reputation as a jerk arose out of alcoholism. I never saw him hit one fat. Not ever.
i think he said jack was long but i was longer.75 masters i think he drove it about 350 off 18 hole watch the flim.holy shhit.
Nicklaus said it himself in his book that Weiskoff was the only player out there that consistently outdrove him.
I followed him, jack Nicholas and jerry pate on the Wednesday practice round at the 1976 British open, he outdrove Nicholas on every hole and hit every fairway, nicholas played the best score wise, pate was terrible, i think he was overawed.
I had heard that since the ball spun so much that the reverse C came from them hitting up on the ball as much as they could to launch it with the least amount of spin that they could.
He had that classic 1970's reverse C finish!
He could have won the career grand slam. He just happened to play in an Era that had some giants in it
"A little bit of a temper." At Colonial one time, watching a fairway to my front, I heard behind me a quiet whop-whop-whop...... The noise came from a club Tom had thrown from the tee of the next hole.
But I did get his autograph on a Colonial program after he'd finished the round.
Tom Weiskopf was more than just a great golfer. He was a great personality during the Golden era of golf. He also introduced air hockey to the world.
He also had a lot of early extension later on
Forearm takeaway and flying right elbow. How is this regarded as a good swing?
Because he was a great golfer. It’s not complicated.
The Ryder Cup is a waste of time.
Wow
There's one in every village
Your analysis is superb @wdefrancesco