Thomas Sturges "Tom" Watson (born 4 September 1949) is an American golfer who played on the Champions Tour.In the 1970s and 1980s, Watson was one of the leading players in the world, winning eight major championships and heading the PGA Tour money list five times. He is the number one player in the world, according to McCormack's World Golf Rankings, from 1978 until 1982, and in both 1983 and 1984 is the second in rank behind Seve Ballesteros by only barest of margins. He spent 32 months in the top 10 Tier Sony's successor in their debut in 1986. Some of the major victories during this period came at the cost of Jack Nicklaus, who he replaced as number one, especially in the 1977 British Open and 1982 U.S. Open. Although it is the intense competition with Nicklaus he continue this rivalry and friendship served to increase golf's popularity during this. Watson is generally regarded as one of the great links of all time, a claim supported by 5 of the Open Championship victory.
Watson claimed to have been 8 major championships total: 5 British Opens, 2 Masters titles and 1 U.S. Open title. The only major title he won in his career is not U.S. PGA Championship, which will place him in an elite group completed the career grand slam of majors, including a group of like Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Tiger Woods. However, at 6. Watson is a list of major championships victory, and is one of only 14 players to win at least 3 of 4 major golf title.
Hilary Watson, Tom Watson's wife, must be busting with pride today, as her husband took title to the final round of Sunday's British Open at Turnberry. Hilary Watson is in Scotland, of course, (you can see the image from here), and saw him umtuk golf legend as a husband once again tops the leaderboard with more than one stroke Mathew Goggin and Ross Fisher after three rounds of 2009 in the UK Turnberry Open. He said: "I ended on a better note. If you feel that there are about golf, which makes you go."
Hilary Watson is Tom Watson Wife Picture an video
Hilary Watson is Tom Watson Wife Picture an video
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