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
course greens lots wish
There will be lots of birdies this week. I wish the greens and course would play a lot faster.
course golf
That's great. The golf course is long for us old folks.
course ended five front gives good last magic number season side starts thinking year
You take what the course gives you. After the 30 on the front side today, I started thinking about that magic number and it starts with a five (59). I choked. But it's a good start to the season for me. I ended last year with a 64 and started this one with a 63.
courses encounter feet golfers high higher jump land retaining six
Golfers who play a lot of courses often encounter short ledges or retaining walls, and I always had fun hopping down from them. I could jump off something six feet high and land like a cat, no problem. Well, today I can't jump off anything higher than two feet without it just killing me.
condition course design great needs played strategy
If a course needs to be in great condition to be played effectively,then the design strategy is flawed.
cancer capital carve create direction economic emphasize hoping increase low moving niche research trying
We're moving in the right direction, ... We need to emphasize not just low costs, but amenities like our riverfront development. We're trying to carve out an economic niche with plant-made pharmaceuticals that will create higher-paying jobs. And we're hoping to increase our intellectual capital with cancer research at the hospital's cancer center.
given
I guess I have never been much of a complainer. You just take what is given you, and don't complain about what you can't affect.
I always could putt. Part of my makeup, I always could putt.
age kansas match time won
From the time I won the Kansas City Match Play championship at age 14, I never wanted to be anything but a golfer.
certain life presence
You don't have to go to church to be spiritual, but there are certain times in your life that you know there is a presence of something very spiritual.
becoming city feeling gave hills kansas life match perhaps special tournament won
I have a special feeling for Blue Hills CC, where I won perhaps the most important tournament of my life when I was 14 - the Kansas City Match Play Championship. It gave me a dream of becoming a professional golfer.
lived love played
I love the way the game of golf is lived and played in Scotland. I always have.
ball time
Any time you play in a USGA Championship, if you don't drive the ball on the fairway, you're dead. You're done.
quotes tournament
We tournament golfers are much overrated. We get paid to much.