59-year-old Tom Watson All Televised Shots + Playoff Vs. Cink Heartbreaking 2009 British Open Final
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- Опубліковано 21 жов 2024
- Ten years ago at Turnberry, one of The Open’s most decorated golfers came within a whisker of making history as Tom Watson fell agonizingly short at the last in his unlikely plight to become the oldest man to win a major. The clock showing 26-years since the five-time Champion Golfer last lifted one of golf’s big four, the then 59-year-old proved that age is really just a number, coming within eight feet of glory and what would have been one in the face for the skeptics.
Entering the tournament at 1500-1 to lift the Claret Jug, Watson’s opening 18 certainly raised eyebrows - he carded a bogey-free 65 to sit one shot off the lead at -5 - but was merely seen as a happy fluke, impossible to sustain across four days of exhaustive links golf.
Playing in the final pairing, the 59-year-old had the whole course in front of him, the weather clearing to allow several to make a charge.
He watched the scoreboard as Lee Westwood moved into contention with an eagle on seven, while Stewart Cink crept up the standings to pile on the pressure.
But still, heading onto the back nine, Watson was there - not flailing from his troublesome hip, nor flagging from 63 holes of gruelling golf, but keeping steady in the hunt for history. This video is under Fair Use:
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My favorite golfer of all time, and probably the classiest professional athlete to ever live!
Never wanted a player to make it more. Damn. But you just saw the spirit leave him when he over hit on 18. He choked. The magnitude of what he was about to do got to him. Human. Kind of a bummer for Cink. He plays so well, wins his only major, and he's the villain.
@Rick Lewis Maybe, yeah. I'm 59. It just looked like he'd run out of gas: both the chip and putt looked so half-hearted. Maybe the well had just run dry at that point. At 59, you just don't have the same resilience and optimism. After the shot went over the green, it just looked like the fight left him. A younger Watson would have been on the attack--chip at 17 in 82 US Open prime example. It felt like when the 8 iron went over the green, it was like it confirmed something in his mind: this is impossible; I don't belong here. It just looked that way to me. And feeling like an imposter--at least in my own experience--is the origin of choking.
Definitely wasn't a choke, being 59 you don't have the touch in your fingers as when you're you're young its why putting goes first. What a great performance though just unbelievable really.
Can anyone else still believe that Tom Watson was one club selection away from winning the British Open at age 59? He would have been the oldest player ever to win a major by 13 years... I always remembered the botched club selection at 18 but I didn't remember how many putts burned the edge of the hole for him that day. Not only should he have won - he could have won by 6...
The wheels just fell of at the wrong time ,still amazing though.
I wouldn't call it a botched selection. Just bounced hard and ran through.
He played the exact same shot all week and it always went middle of the green. It was just bad luck that caused it. The only thing I would question is the third shot. It would have been better to take a pitching wedge rather than putting it over a ridge, but I'm guessing he didn't want to risk fluffing the shot under pressure. ua-cam.com/video/9JV8v9ZoQS0/v-deo.html&ab_channel=TrumpTurnberry
@@larrybud Jack, a guy who would know, said it wasn't a missed club selection. He told Tom that he hit the right club but just ONE foot too far. Had he hit it one foot shorter, it would have stopped close to the hole for an easy two putt. really a bad break or bounce, as you said.
I will never forget Nicklaus at Augusta in '86 winning the Masters at 46; but this would've been even more incredible.
I was rooting for him sooo much ,he is a true golfer in all weather ! The wheels just fell off ,it was still an amazing feat none the less.
Watson is still a winner in my book.
Couldn’t agree more.
Old Tom Watson fought the good fight of challenging the ghosts of golf past, present and future.
HalleluYAH !
What year was this
Watson is the greatest player of links golf there has ever been and I doubt he will ever be surpassed
Indeed and bad weather never bothered him.
Peter Thompson was pretty great also.
His rough game was on point. So tough!!
Was never a big Watson fan back in the 70's and 80's, because my favorite players were Jack Nicklaus, Ben Crenshaw and Freddy Couples. Despite not being a fan of Watson, despite trying to copy his 1-2 tempo in HS, I was pulling for him like he was my favorite player. That 3 putt on the hole was tough to watch, but the odds were not with Watson, given how shaky his stroke was on shorter putts.
The most disappointed I’ve ever been watching a pro tournament. It would have been the greatest feat in golf history. But not to be. Kudos to Cink.
That approach to 18 looked perfect; back in '77 , he hit a 7 iron approach to within two feet for birdie, to beat Nicklaus there. At first this shot looked better
If he won this it would have been epic but Cink won and nobody even remembers him
0:20 I didn’t know Martin Scorcese liked golf lol
😂😂 amazing comment
Stewart Cink: probably The Open's least popular champion in history. lol
Looking back at this I think Tom just ran out of gas. He certainly played good enough to win and probably should have, but Cink was in the right place at the right time and being younger certainly didn't hurt his chances. Cink won, but Tom should of won.
First time iv watched it since 2009 an still as gutted now as i felt when he didn't manage to quit seal the deal, but still a legend and one of the greatest players of all time so that legacy remains. One less club at the last ? Should have chipped it from the apren at 18 ? Never mind 5 times open champion ✴️ from MJK Wales August 2024 age 62 🦅⚪✴️
I remember some idiot on BBC Radio(I think it was Iain Carter) crowning Watson the winner after his tee shot on the 18th and talking as if it was literally impossible for him to make anything worse than par.
Talk about putting the mockers on it!
the old master just came up short just be privileged that we seen the last hurrah
Dude. He missed a lot of easy shots a man of his caliber and experience should have made. it suggests to me he simply wasn't hungry enough for it.
I would have really rooted for Watson had it not been for the way he backstabbed Gary McCord in 1994 and had him fired as an announcer at the Masters because Tom didn't like Gary's comment that "the greens were slick as bikini wax".
After Tom wrote the letter asking that McCord be fired for that remark he ran into McCord and pretended as if they were buddies still. At that time Gary had not yet been told he was fired so he treated Watson as the "friend" he thought he was.
even the most admirable people have flaws
19:57
Wow he blew this the whole day, not just at the end.
0.5/10 for being a WUM
He was fighting the ghosts of past present and future. Old Tom Watson fought the good fight.
@@adammumby8883 Dude you posted that comment twice now. Chill lol.
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I'm not a big fan of Cink after this haha
Are you joking?
@@guy5529 No. He beat up on a senior citizen. Do you condone elder abuse?
@@eaglesfandgb Hahaha ,silly man.
0:23 Donald fucking trump behind Tom Watson
Well, Watson is a trump goon so ironic.
Crap video, crack quality and not a single indication as to the score or hole.
21:00 the moment I realised God isn't real
Watson choked. CHicken. Afraid. Weak.
You choked. CHicken. Afraid. Weak.