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
ball best chip club hitting late putt struggled swing though until won
I didn't learn how to swing a golf club until late in my career. And even though I won all those tournaments, I still struggled with consistency, and I relied on my strengths, which were hitting the ball long and high, and I could chip and putt with the best of 'em.
chance hit perfect shoot shot swing time win
I'd like to shoot 59 before I'm 59. I've shot 60. I'd like to win the PGA, but I think that chance has passed. I'd like to hit a perfect shot each time I swing a club.
chance hit perfect shoot shot swing time win
I'd like to shoot 59 before I'm 59, ... I've shot 60. I'd like to win the PGA, but I think that chance has passed. I'd like to hit a perfect shot each time I swing a club.
beat body continue golf keeps man perfect slowing swing
He just keeps on winning. He's got a perfect body for a golf swing. When he's got his swing under control, he's always the man to beat out here. He's so accurate. I don't see him slowing down too much. He's amazing. He's 60, but he's going to continue to win.
spine swing violent
The golf swing is a violent swing. You twist, and your spine is under continual stress when you're making a golf swing. Your neck, your spine, your hands, your knees, everything.
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.
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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.