Tom Watson wins the duel in the sun | The Open Official Film 1977
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- Tom Watson wins his second Open Championship at Turnberry. The official film documents The 106th Open and the famous Duel in the Sun
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This is, without doubt, the greatest opening to a golf broadcast ever.
Totally agree 👍
Paid an orchestra to make an intro. Different times for certain.
No silly caps and commercial endorsements just brilliant golf
And no spitting, swearing, club throwing, walking off the 18th green before your opponent has holed out, disgraceful behaviour off course as well...
These were great days in golf.
@@dad7720 agree. The current golf culture just keeps getting worse.
This is one of the best Opens in history. Jack was always class in both victory and defeat
I remember that freaky lightning in 1977 - surprised they were still out there!
Nineteen year old kid in Overland Park KS as parents were watching this. Huge Tom Watson fan as I moved to Portland soon after. Had no idea how close this was. Last shot by Jack should be lot's more famous. The skill and grace. Just incredible.
Crazy how he would almost win this same tournament 31-32 years later at age 59.
I hope they put all of the Open highlight films up. I really enjoy watching them.
Everyone says Jack didn't have the touch around the greens. Still, in all of these old films from his major tournaments he plays some superb little chips, pitches and bunker shots.
Great golf and 70's game show music.
That was the best day of golf ever. Jack holing that putt on the 18th for an unlikely equalizing birdie showed how close this battle was. Well played Tom Watson. Wow.
Until 2016...
I was always a Tom Watson fan; that fluid, yet strong swing.. This truly was an epic battle but I was happy that Watson came out on top.Two very worthy contenders, and one Grand Champion. As Tom says afterwards; the shoe often fit on the other foot as well.. But at The British Open, Tom was the greater, winning five to Jack's three. Certainly two of the greatest of all time. In my opinion, The Open is the toughest challenge, with the courses being less "garden-like" than is often the case in the US, and the weather so often playing a part as well. British, especially Scottish and Irish courses hold top spot in my heart.
piss on that, I want his sand game
U have know idear how much these videos mean too us thank u!!
You don't need rose-tinted glasses to realise that Watson and Nicklaus would be a match for anyone in today's game (as Watson showed in '09 at 59). Fabulous shot-making and putting. 2 all-time greats.
absolutely right.... no doubt about that.
Well, they're both very well respected and highly thought of in their particular fields. What field are you in? I'm rather well known in the grass mowing business. Thanks
Lost in the incredible duel between Watson and Nicklaus was Arnold Palmer shooting the lowest rounds 3 and 4 (67-69) combined after those 2 and logging his last top 10 finish in a major.
I didn't know this. You know your leader board that's for sure. Palmer was 88 years old too when this Open was contested which means he really played a nice game over these two days. They should have awarded him the trophy anyhow just because of great this feat was, and still is. Thanks
@@quantumpotential7639Arnold Palmer was 88 years old in 1977? Where are you getting that info
The opening shot at 0:01 - amazing camera angle
I know the result but tbh I didn't realise Tom W reeled Jack in despite being 2 behind by the 4th of the last round. Fabulous golf by both and Jack was a gracious loser.
Turnberry 1973, could I have a beer please. If you hurry you can get one rolling down 18. I had one of those putters, I couldn't hit a 3 foot hole with it.
Watson looks like Robert F. Kennedy
Crenshaw looks like John Denver
Nicklaus looks like...Nicklaus
Then 32 years later he was oh so close again...
Outrageous
Hubert Green always claims that he won this tournament. Me and all the others were playing golf - whatever game those guys were playing on Sunday I’ll never know - he said !! Twice Watson made outrageous off the green birdies in the finals holes to pip Nicklaus for a Major Title - the 16th here and the 17th at the 1982 US Open.
Just amazing... 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
awesome watching some great OPEN oldies
Quick request - no spoilers in the title! Some of us weren’t around in 1977 haha
2:27 a very young Sir Nick Faldo
Were it not for Watson, Jack would have won 20+ majors.
Two class acts.
Superb!
Love the theme music, so 1970s.
I love when Tiger fans say that golf was nothing before Tiger. No fans no excitement. The game was fine before Tiger as you see here.
The game was far better before Tiger. He couldn t hold a candle to gentlemen like Nicklaus and Watson.
Jack's iron shot at the last hole is probably one of the top 5 best iron shots of all time. the lie was pretty bad.
Two world class golfers at the time with the technology and courses. Forget about who'd be better with more fitness, better ball and club technology and social media, these guys were world class in today's plastic world. Awesome !
Every generation says things were better in “the-good-old-days”.
It’s never true of course, but blinkered nostalgia is an incurable human trait!
@@hanajinks1044 I’m 46
As a golfer and a man Jack has no peers.
Don't forget about Roger Maltbie. He was pretty good too.
Wow!!
"Tom Watson pretty well assured of the first prize of 10,000 pounds"
JUMPSCARE WARNING at 10:19 .
....At least, it was a jumpscare for me the first time I saw it. I live in southern California. I see lightning maybe five times a year.
Larry Nelson, first player in the intro ??
nicklaus lost this in the first two rounds .his playing partner peter mcevoy said jack should have been ten shots better after 36 holes.mcevoy said he never saw better ball striking but jacks putting was dire
man golf was cool in these days.
Classic
rad
I'm guessing weather forecasting technology wasn't as good back then, but play nowadays would have been suspended long before the lightning strikes.
Sportsmen. True sportsmen. Not like the greedy players of today.
Bryson Douchambro needs to watch this.
Why?
It sounds like they're putting with ping pong paddles
between watson & trevino, cost jack about four more majors
10k pounds in todays money is 62k. Thats not even close to the smallest tournament on the european tour's prize money.
What a player that Gaylord is..
The naughty produce superficially appreciate because station grossly waste for a abusive conifer. rustic, curvy softball
Commentary absolutely atrocious!
Pffftt
Classic