Recent Posts Tagged With 'tom watson'

• Days of Christmas Giveaway: Art of Mental Game Book

  Posted on Saturday December 26th, 2009 at 16:49 in tom watson

  IT’S TIME TO CLEAR my shelves of golf books, golf DVDs and a few golf accessories. So the Days of Christmas Giveaway begins today and will continue for a week or so.Today’s giveaway: Golf: The Art of the Mental Game: 100 Classic Golf Tips by Dr. ...

• More Skins Action for 50-Year-Old Fred Couples

  Posted on Friday December 18th, 2009 at 15:10 in champions tour, jack nicklaus, fred couples, tom watson, nick price, gary player, fuzzy zoeller, ben crenshaw, skins game, loren roberts, champions skins game

  THE SKINS GAME IS OVER—at least for now. This past Thanksgiving Day weekend was the first time the Silly Season event wasn’t played since the early 1980s. That’s not a problem for the “King of Skins,” Fred Couples. Now 50, Freddie will make...

• Aging Golfers Face Many Challenges

  Posted on Sunday August 30th, 2009 at 17:18 in tom watson, british open

  “Old” Tom Watson provided thrills at the British Open.(scotchollie/Flickr)Special to ARMCHAIR GOLFMost golf analysts believe golfers reach their peak in their 30s. Many pro golfers agree, and there has been statistical data that supports the theo...

• Real Estate Developer Leads U.S. Senior Open

  Posted on Friday July 31st, 2009 at 22:50 in tom watson, greg norman, british open, tim jackson, crooked stick golf club, 2009 u.s. senior open, joey sindelar

  “It’s been all popsicles and lollipops so far.”Tim Jackson, on leading the U.S. Senior OpenA 59-YEAR-OLD NEARLY WINS the British Open. And now this: a 50-year-old amateur leads the 2009 U.S. Senior Open at Crooked Stick after 36 holes. An amate...

• 9 Straight: Mark Calcavecchia Sets Birdie Record

  Posted on Saturday July 25th, 2009 at 18:15 in pga tour, tom watson, greg norman, british open, cristie kerr, evian masters, mark calcavecchia, rbc canadian open

  Calc at the British Open.(Newton/Flickr)YOU’VE GOT YOUR KID on the bag and you reel off nine straight birdies to set a new PGA Tour record. How cool is that?That’s what Mark Calcavecchia did on Saturday at the RBC Canadian Open, carding a seven-u...

• Tom Watson and Golf’s Tragic Consequences

  Posted on Sunday July 19th, 2009 at 21:19 in tom watson, claret jug, harry vardon, turnberry, stewart cink, 2009 british open

  (Striatic/Flickr)“THIS AIN’T A FUNERAL, YOU KNOW,” Tom Watson quipped, sort of, in the interview room following his playoff loss to Stewart Cink at the British Open in Turnberry, Scotland.Actually, it was.No, no one died. Just one 59-year-old m...

• Tom Watson Is a Shock to My Golf Senses

  Posted on Saturday July 18th, 2009 at 16:25 in Tiger Woods, masters, jack nicklaus, tom watson, greg norman, pga championship, claret jug, harry vardon, turnberry, sam snead, 2009 british open

  THIS IS NO LONGER “a nice story.” This old fella Tom Watson is angling for a sixth Claret Jug, which would tie him with the legendary Harry Vardon for most British Open titles. Are you kidding me?If Watson holds it together and wins on Sunday, 59...

• Tom Watson Tops News About 59-Year-Olds

  Posted on Thursday July 16th, 2009 at 18:33 in tom watson, british open, turnberry, miguel angel jimenez

  Tom Watson in action at the 2009 Masters.(Curiouser/Flickr)AMERICAN TOM WATSON, 59, shot a five-under-par 65 to take the early lead in the British Open at Turnberry, Scotland. Watson was later surpassed by Miguel Angel Jimenez—nicknamed “The Mech...

• ‘Duel in the Sun’ Starring Gregory Peck?

  Posted on Wednesday July 15th, 2009 at 08:09 in ben hogan, jack nicklaus, tom watson, british open, claret jug, turnberry, duel in the sun

  Different plot, different players and no Turnberry.THE OTHER NIGHT I WATCHED the Golf Channel’s presentation of “Duel in the Sun,” a 30-minute program about the classic showdown between Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus at the 1977 British Open at T...

• Q&A: Five-Time Open Winner Peter Thomson

  Posted on Monday July 13th, 2009 at 20:45 in Tiger Woods, st. andrews, padraig harrington, tom watson, claret jug, turnberry, the open championship, peter thomson

  (Image: El Rio Golf Course)Editor’s note: Australian Peter Thomson was the last player to win three consecutive Open Championships (1954-1956) and won the Claret Jug a total of five times. This special interview with Thomson was made available to A...