Tom Watson
Tom Watson
Professional golfer who was a six-time PGA Player of the Year.
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGolfer
Date of Birth4 September 1949
CountryUnited States of America
winning losing
I learned how to win by losing and not liking it.
fun golf long
Golf will grow so long as it’s fun.
beautiful golf world
Having played the Old Course many times since my first visit in 1981, I am now of the opinion it is one of the best and most beautiful tests of links golf anywhere in the world.
moving fighting flames
I'd rather fight 100 structure fires than a wildfire. With a structure fire you know where your flames are, but in the woods it can move anywhere; it can come right up behind you.
long ibm company
In other words, I realized that for IBM to become a great company it would have to act like a great company long before it ever became one.
golf ego throat
If you have an ego of any sort, this course [Augusta] will take it and shove it down your throat.
wrestling winning pay
Sometimes you have to lose major championships before you can win them. It's the price you pay for maturing. The more times you can put yourself in pressure situations, the more times you compete, the better off you are.
design needs flaws
If a course needs to be in great condition to be played effectively, then the design strategy is flawed.
golf guy position
A lot of guys who have have never choked, have never been in the position to do so.
sports golf games
No other game combines the wonder of nature with the discipline of sport in such carefully planned ways. A great golf course both frees and challenges a golfer's mind.
mean golf hands
Confidence in golf means being able to concentrate on the problem at hand with no outside interference.
golf swings iron
My golf swing is a bit like ironing a shirt. You get one side smoothed out, turn it over and there is a big wrinkle on the other side. Then you iron that one out, turn it over and there is yet another wrinkle.
work nice fishing
I never hesitated to promote someone I didn't like. The comfortable assistant - the nice guy you like to go on fishing trips with - is a great pitfall. Instead I looked for those sharp, scratchy, harsh, almost unpleasant guys who see and tell you about things as they really are. If you can get enough of them around you, and have patience enough to hear them out, there is no limit to where you can go.
golf way painful
There is no surer or more painful way to learn a rule than to be penalized once for breaking it.