You can't win them all. But you can always act with class and dignity when defeat comes calling. And it will, usually at the most imoportant and unexpected times. In defeat, Tom Watson showed us all what being a true champion is all about. He won with class and lost with class.
Tom Watson at FIFTY-NINE tied for the Championship of a MAJOR Tournament! Tom had won eight Majors already, he had more nothing to
prove when he had that 8 foot putt for the win. He looks up at the scoreboard and sees ONLY Cink could join him in a playoff if he misses. He knows Stewart for Cink's entire career as the Next generation and that he has played well but that a Major seemed just out of his grasp, or snatched away.
I keep replaying that Watson miss on 18 and the more I watched it the more I imagine that Tom was thinking "I have done enough, let's give this guy a shot at glory". But once Stewart won the first playoff hole, I watched Tom not even taking it seriously.
Stewart did what he had to do. He was the ONLY one to put himself but one stroke back on his last opportunity. I just can't help but thinking Tom, at the last moment, settled for a tie for the best 72 hole score.
All these JERKs saying he choked should calculate how well THEY could do in a Major Golf Tournament and multiply that by thier age difference.
Steward Cink won his first Major Touney, but History will remember Tom Watson at 59, as being the oldest man with the best score (tie) after regulation play in a Major, the oldest man to enter a playoff for a Major Title, and the oldest man to finish second in a Major.
Congratulations, Stwart Cink, fantastic play on 18 and in the playoff. Thank you Tom Watson, you made HISTORY, and I believe you enjoyed yourself. Keep it up 'Old Man', us over 50s got grab the fun where we can get it.
Tom Watson at FIFTY-NINE tied for the Championship of a MAJOR Tournament! Tom had won eight Majors already, he had more nothing to
prove when he had that 8 foot putt for the win. He looks up at the scoreboard and sees ONLY Cink could join him in a playoff if he misses. He knows Stewart for Cink's entire career as the Next generation and that he has played well but that a Major seemed just out of his grasp, or snatched away.I keep replaying that Watson miss on 18 and the more I watched it the more I imagine that Tom was thinking "I have done enough, let's give this guy a shot at glory". But once Stewart won the first playoff hole, I watched Tom not even taking it seriously.
Stewart did what he had to do. He was the ONLY one to put himself but one stroke back on his last opportunity. I just can't help but thinking Tom, at the last moment, settled for a tie for the best 72 hole score.
All these JERKs saying he choked should calculate how well THEY could do in a Major Golf Tournament and multiply that by thier age difference.
Steward Cink won his first Major Touney, but History will remember Tom Watson at 59, as being the oldest man with the best score (tie) after regulation play in a Major, the oldest man to enter a playoff for a Major Title, and the oldest man to finish second in a Major.
Congratulations, Stwart Cink, fantastic play on 18 and in the playoff. Thank you Tom Watson, you made HISTORY, and I believe you enjoyed yourself. Keep it up 'Old Man', us over 50s got grab the fun where we can get it.
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