Tom Watson

Is the Skins Game a Silly Season Major?

Armchair Golf Blog (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008

I REMEMBER WATCHING THE FIRST Skins Game when Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson and Gary Player divvied up the loot. I thought it was pretty cool. Nothing against football, but I liked the idea of watching the biggest names in golf stand over humungous money putts on Thanksgiving weekend in the Southern California desert. The novelty has long since worn off. Now, 25 years later, the format is...

Watson has hip replacement surgery

Fox News (Free subscription) | 10/17/2008

Eight-time major champion Tom Watson is recovering from hip replacement surgery, saying Thursday he wanted to improve the qualify of his life and still be competitive on the golf course. The surgery to replace his anterior approach hip was Oct. 2 at St. John's Health Center. Watson, 59, left the hospital one day after surgery with the use of only a cane. He is rehabilitating at home in Kansas City,...

Tom Watson has hip replacement surgery

MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 10/16/2008

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) -Eight-time major champion Tom Watson is recovering from hip replacement surgery, saying Thursday he wanted to improve the qualify of his life and still be competitive on the golf course.

Tom Watson has hip replacement surgery

SI.com (Free subscription) | 10/16/2008

SANTA MONICA, Calif.(AP) Eight-time major champion Tom Watson is recovering from hip replacement surgery, saying Thursday he wanted to improve the qualify of his life and still be competitive on the golf course.

• Eight-time major champ Watson has hip surgery - ESPN

Tom Watson to have hip replacement surgery

kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 09/17/2008

Tom Watson has been dealing with pain in his left hip — the nearly inevitable byproduct of a lifetime of playing golf — for several years. But in 2008, it has reached a point where he knew he couldn't just endure it anymore.

Roberts: 'Don't wake me'

Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 09/16/2008

Loren Roberts, the defending champion of the Constellation Energy Senior Tour Championship, was in town yesterday to do interviews with the media as he prepares to defend his title Oct.9-12 against a field that includes Tom Watson, Jeff Sluman, Tom Kite, Bernhard Langer, Jay Haas, Mark O'Meara and Maryland's own Fred Funk.

Q&A with golfer Loren Roberts

Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 09/16/2008

Loren Roberts, the defending champion of the Constellation Energy Senior Tour Championship, was in town yesterday to do interviews with the media as he prepares to defend his title Oct.9-12 against a field that includes Tom Watson, Jeff Sluman, Tom Kite, Bernhard Langer, Jay Haas, Mark O'Meara and Maryland's own Fred Funk.

Champions Leaders

kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 08/13/2008

1, Bernhard Langer, 1,905 points. 2, Jay Haas, 1,797. 3, Eduardo Romero, 1,559. 4, John Cook, 1,272. 5, Scott Hoch, 1,152. 6, Loren Roberts, 1,049. 7, Fred Funk, 995. 8, Jeff Sluman, 842. 9, Tom Watson, 769. 10, Nick Price, 708.

The Duel in the Sun: Watson vs. Nicklaus at Turnberry in 1977

SI.com (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008

Tom Watson, more than almost any great player of modern times, had the ability to step back and appreciate his role in golf's drama. The most famous example is when he turned to Jack Nicklaus on the sixteenth tee at Turnberry in the final round of the 1977 Open Championship and said, "This is what it's all about, isn't it?"

"The manufacturers got ahead of the USGA and the R&A. That's the bottom line."

GeoffShackelford.com (Free subscription) | 07/27/2008

John Huggan talks to Tom Watson about the state of game and in particular, the ball and equipment. "I am very adamant that I think the ball should be brought back," he says, echoing the sentiments of many others of his generation, including Jack Nicklaus. "It goes too far. It also goes straighter and is therefore easier to control in a wind. But there are a lot of factors involved other than just...

Watson shoots 1 under par at Senior British Open

kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008

Tom Watson said it was a first for him. He hit every green in regulation Thursday afternoon on his way to a 1-under par 70 in the first round of the Senior British Open at Royal Troon, Scotland.

Watson trying to defend Senior British Open title

kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008

Tom Watson will be going for a triple-double at the Senior British Open at Troon, Scotland this week.

Tom Watson has the shanks

SI.com (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

TROON, Scotland -- If you are impressionable or sensitive to use of the S-word, you might not want to read the following. It concerns Tom Watson, the defending champion at the British Senior Open, and his confession that he ... well, that he's been ... Oh hell, I'll just say it: He's got the SHANKS.

Padraig's Journey to the British Open

IOL (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008

Padraig Harrington becomes the first player since Tom Watson to win back-to-back Opens.

Harrington blows away Norman with flourish of a true champion

The Independent (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008

Budge over Tiger Woods, Tom Watson, Bobby Jones, Old Tom Morris and all you other legends on the Open's top table. There is a new champion to join you in that exclusive club who have retained their title. Step forward Padraig Harrington, the pride of all Ireland.