Part of the reason is obvious: Tom Watson won five Open Championships, more than any American, and he almost won a handful of others including the 2009 Open at Turnberry when he was 59 years old. He evolved into the greatest weather player of his
Tom Watson is as American as they come, but he'll forever be connected with the Open Championship, where he won five times, and took his final walk as a player at St. Andrews on Friday.
It's the narrative that won't die. We are still (still!) somehow talking about the 2014 Ryder Cup at this year's British Open. Phil Mickelson was asked about it at the Scottish Open last week. He declined to comment and instead gave a thoughtful
Tom Watson chooses the eve of his final British Open start to fire back at Phil Mickelson for blasting his 2014 Ryder Cup captaincy.
We probably have just a little more than four hours left in the the British Open career of Tom Watson, maybe the greatest Open player ever.