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
game grandkids phenomenon played someday tiger tournament
Someday I'll tell my grandkids I played in the same tournament as Tiger Woods, ... We are witnessing a phenomenon here that the game may never, ever see again.
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The beautiful thing about the game of golf is you can play good golf and compete well into your later years, and you can't do this in basketball or football or baseball. But in golf, it's a longer live sport.
game
Golf is a game of ego, but it is also a game of integrity: the most important thing is you do what is right when no one is looking.
game greatest played player saw
You saw the greatest player who has ever played the game come up the 18th hole.
game since
The game is not as important as it once was, ... Other things are more important to me since Bruce's diagnosis.
golf games trying
This game is so elusive. You try to maintain the peaks and level up the valleys.
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.
hit inches second third three took worked
I've worked with it. I took three putts and hit the first one about 3 inches fat. The second one, I hit it; and I hit the third 15 inches fat. That was it.
front gave good nine struggled
I started way too late. I struggled on the front nine and then I gave myself good putts at the end.
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The scoring conditions were ideal with no wind and I played well today. It was a good ball-striking day but I could have putted a little better.
bruce companion good great
Bruce has been a good friend, a good companion and we've been a good team. He's also got a great sense of humor.
golf win
You don't win golf tournaments when you do that.
compete months winter
That's what I'm out here to do. Compete and win. It makes the winter months a whole lot better.
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I was on the phone with Marsha, who said the doctor had diagnosed him with ALS. I said, 'Gosh, my fears are realized.' When Bruce got on the phone, he said, 'Well, I just made a quad.' You guys know what that means. That's how he just kind of brushed it off. I said, 'Yeah, but we're going to get back to even par.' Whenever somebody came up to put their arm around him and say they were sorry, Bruce would say, 'Don't be sorry, I can deal with it,' and then put them off with some sort of joke about the Eagles or how bad the Cowboys were.