Posted: 04/07/12
If you can still call a 52-year-old man “Freddie,” don’t be surprised if he plays like a kid. Freddie Couples at the Masters Tournament is like Tom Watson at the Open Championship. Some things in golf are just timeless. ...
Posted: 04/07/12
Two-time Masters champion Tom Watson received applause on every hole during the second round of the Masters Tournament. But he was playing for more than ceremonial reasons: After a first-round 77, the 62-year-old was even-par through 15 holes and ...
Posted: 04/02/12
UNDER THE OAK TREE: Tom Watson The two-time Masters Tournament champion played a practice round Monday with amateur Randal Lewis. Watson recalled some of his experiences during his Masters career that began in 1970. ...
Posted: 04/02/12
Amateur Randal Lewis had a case of the nerves during Monday’s practice round with Tom Watson, but he survived. “It was a little bit nerve-wracking,” Lewis said. “It was good to get that first tee shot out of the ...
Posted: 04/02/12
Amateur Randal Lewis had a case of the nerves during Monday’s practice round with Tom Watson, but he survived. “It was a little bit nerve-wracking,” Lewis said. “It was good to get that first tee shot out of the way.” ...
Posted: 04/02/12
Amateur Randal Lewis had a case of the nerves during today’s practice round with Tom Watson, but he survived. “It was a little bit nerve-wracking,” Lewis said. “It was good to get that first tee shot out of the way.” ...
Posted: 04/02/12
FRIENDLY ROUND: The man believed to be the oldest rookie in Masters Tournament history is making up for lost time. Randal Lewis, 54, played a spur-of-the-moment practice round with three-time Masters champion Phil Mickelson last week and has another lined ...
Posted: 04/01/12
Thirty-five years ago, Tom Watson drove down Magnolia Lane with extra motivation to win his first green jacket. Watson began the 1977 season with a pair of victories, but that wasn’t what the golf writers focused on leading up to ...
Posted: 03/20/12
Imagine if Gary Woodland had played a full practice round with Tom Watson at last year’s Masters Tournament. Woodland, a Masters rookie in 2011, caught up with Watson on the back nine for a Wednesday practice round. Not coincidently, Woodland ...
Posted: 04/10/10
Every 60-year-old golfer on Earth would be in ecstasy if he saw his name with a minus three next to it after two rounds of play at the Masters Tournament.
Posted: 04/09/10
The press building was full of journalists from around the world prepared to write a first-round story about a T.W. from Stanford.
Posted: 04/09/10
The new, fan-friendly Tiger Woods played a lot like the old one in his return to competitive golf Thursday at the Masters Tournament.
Posted: 04/08/10
All forgotten. Tom Watson thinks about the 18th hole at last July's British Open only when items such as a notebook, camera or microphone find him.
Posted: 04/08/10
Tom Watson spoke in the media center after his first round.
Posted: 04/02/10
Tom Watson turned back the clock at Turnberry last summer, standing over an eight-foot putt that would have won him a ninth career major 26 years after he'd won his eighth.
Posted: 04/02/10
Lost in what could have been one of the greatest golf stories of all time was one of the nicest golf stories of our time. For many fans, Stewart Cink was grudgingly accepted as the man who beat Tom Watson at the British Open.
Posted: 04/05/09
Listing of winners of the British Open.
Posted: 04/06/08
The winner of the oldest of golf's four majors, the Open Championship, is presented with the silver Claret Jug, but when the tournament began in 1860, the prize was the Challenge Belt. The top four finishers in the Open, plus ties, qualify for the Masters Tournament. The British Open winner gets a five-year exemption to the Masters.
Posted: 04/06/07
For five holes Thursday, it seemed like old times at Augusta National Golf Club for Tom Watson.
