Tom watson bio biography

There are all sorts of numbers that explain why Tom Watson is one of golf’s iconic figures.

There are the eight major championships—including five British Open victories, two wins at the Masters and, arguably the most dramatic U.S.

Open victory in history. There are also 39 PGA Tour wins, 14 additional wins world wide and 14 wins on the Champions Tour, six of them majors.

Wait, there’s more: At the age of 59, he came within inches of winning a sixth British Open—a victory that would have made him the oldest man by ELEVEN years to win a major title.

He was the PGA Tour player-of-the-year SIX times; the leading money winner FIVE times; won the Vardon Trophy for the lowest scoring average on tour THREE times; won the season-long Schwab Cup race on the Champions Tour twice and is the only man in history to shoot at least one round of 67 or better in all four majors in FOUR decades.

He also made at least one cut on tour—even after cutting back to a very limited schedule i