Yes it was a incredible four days for Kansas native Tom Watson. He almost made golfing hisotry. He was leading by one stroke going into the last hole and he needed to par to win. He had a great drive and it looked like he hit the perfect 2nd shot into the green but he must of had too much adrenaline going. His ball hit on the green but he had too much gas on it and it rolled off the green too far. He did not hit a good third shot attempting to putt from off the green far from the hole and he left himself about a 10 foot putt for par and as Tim said he missed that one and really was not close on it. This put him into the four hole playoff with Stewart Cink. Tom ran out of gas and lost that playoff by a good margin.

I have been a fan of his since he was about 16 years old when he was tearing it up in Kansas City as an amateur and I was a caddie. I used to take days off from caddying to go watch him play in a local final as a youth. He was a golfing hero to most of the Kansas City caddies even aa a local amateur. I followed his entire professional career I enjoyed his reign as the No.1 player in golf from the mid-70s to the mid-80s. I have also enjoyed his successful Senior tour career. I never thought I would see him have another regular professional major golf tournament like this again. He has given all of his fans a lot of thrills. His fans myself included will always remember this very special tournament from a very special sports hero. Well done, Tom!


Vince Nowak
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