posted Jul 16, 2009

er no!

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posted Jul 16, 2009

Tom Watson may be 59 years old but he continues to be a very good links golfer. Its one of the great things about golf that you can compete for a long period of time. Look at Greg Norman at last years open, and Kenny perry at the masters. Even the older golfers are more than capable of putting good rounds together, they just won't do it as regularly as they use to. I actually believe the depth in golf is higher than it use to be, and many more golfers are capable of winning a major than they were in Watson's era. I think people get a touch of nostalgia when looking back to past eras, its easy to remember the great players, but less people remember the quality of the lesser players of the period.

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posted Jul 16, 2009

Golf is such an unpredictable game that I really don't know why people ever bother to predict the winner. Tom Watson had a good day, but he has to to have another 3 good days to even stand a chance of getting in the top ten. But obviously Watson is a good links player. He has won five open championships. That's better than anyone bar some bloke called Harry Vardon who played at the beginning of the 20th century. The great jack Nicklaus only won three opens.

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posted Jul 16, 2009

Im 44 and play off 22(no laughing ha ha) so if I practice every day, then in 15 yrs i should be a contender??????Just a slight problem of Mr Watson having won a barrow load of silverware long before his 59th Birthday. We can all but dream.
It was a pleasure to see him play today.

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posted Jul 16, 2009

I doubt Watson will win but he sure gave Garcia and the rest of the contenders a lesson in course management and the way to play links golf. He has to be the greatest exponent of the art since the days when golf was first played. Good luck to him and may the youngsters watch the highlights tonight and pick up a few tips!!!

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posted Jul 16, 2009

"He has won five open championships. That's better than anyone bar some bloke called Harry Vardon who played at the beginning of the 20th century."

Peter Thomson - Open Champion in 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, and 1965. They mentioned on the commentary today a couple of times how much of an achievement it would be if Padraig could win 3 straight Open Championships and it would be as it would make him the first person to do so since Thomson, the only man to achieve that feat in the 20th century.

Watson is rightly regarded as the best links player in the 'modern' era, but Thomson shouldn't be forgotten about when that discussion comes up

(I assume you are joking when you say some bloke called Harry Vardon )

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