It's nice to see the putt on the 16th, I didn't in 2009 because I couldn't bear it and was hiding behind the settee. What do you think of my theory that Tom may (only may) have deliberately left himself a putt of that length on the 18th after going through the green because he thought he may yip a 3 or 4 footer (the miss was probably his longest ever yip). Is it just possibly true or not ?
The sad thing about this was the FIRST TIME Cink was in the lead was the 74th tee. he had little pressure in the final round and the fact he hasn't been in the top 10 of a major since says it all for me. Having said all that I still believe the ovation Watson got by the 18th green was the reason he lost. How could he concentrate after that
Can't take anything away from Cink. Didn't have his best stuff, but hung around the lead, then closed 3, 3 to put the heat on Watson. I doubt the crowd bothered Watson. He'd been there many times before. He just didn't assess the speed of his chip/putt correctly, a mental error, or he flinched when he hit it. We'll never know which, but no matter how you slice it, it was his error. My bet is at almost 60 years of age, and after 4 rounds in those conditions, every bone in his body was hurting by the time he got to 18 lol. I wanted him to win too, and it's easy to think Cink the villain who prevented a win for the ages, but he won the Claret Jug. Regardless, it was a remarkable achievement for Watson just to be in the playoff.
Yes I do agree with you regarding Cink ironically and I felt as soon as he knocked in the birdie on 18 he would win. but it had been such a long time since Watson received such an ovation whilst in contention or more likely 2 to win. Lee Westwood when he retires will probably think THIS was the one that got away
He needed a 2 shot lead. Par was always going to be a tough ask under the circumstances. That’s why Tiger really wanted a 2 shot cushion at last years Tour Championship
His best major shot - amazing championship and Cink gets lots of grief but he did miss out on major glory himself earlier in his career by some unusually poor pressure putts.
Dennis Secret- If you only knew what an underhanded back stabber Watson is you wouldn't hate Cink one bit. Just ask Garry McCord what he thinks of Watson.
Pressure tells even for 5 time champion with all his experience ! Given how well he was hitting his irons all week- it’s a shame he and caddie didn’t agree that missing green short or just on was the best option and not to risk going long under any circumstances . Watson’s long lag putting was great pace all week and hitting it too well and running long (given the tailwind) was a rookie error really. The Open delivered another great ‘what if’ event packed full of drama.
As Lee Trevino said about pressure: “Pressure isn’t in a putt to win a champinship. If yu miss the outt, last time I checked, the check for 2nd place is not bad. Pressure is in a 10 foot putt to not lose a $100 match when you only have $10 in your pocket.”
On the 5th hole couldn’t Ross Fisher have declared his ball unplayable and dropped, then went backwards until he found a spot he could hit from? Either way I outta give that guy props. He stayed composed after that debacle and finished out the round solidly.
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Tom will of course NEVER admit this, but I believed when I saw it, and I believe now, that he deliberately left himself a putt of that length on the last because, under all that unique, history making pressure, he didn't believe he could make a putt of 2-4 feet. Unfortunately of course, he yipped the 9 footer too. Such a terrible shame.
cannot agree with that sadly he would have rather had a 4 footer than one of 9.. but in all honesty his first putt was as bad as the second one. Watching his body language he was too quick with all aspects of that first shot, looked agitated as In fairness the pressure by then must have been boarding on unbearable
@@dlamiss You may of course be right, I was naturally only speculating. Great point on the first 'putt', looking at it you can see how it topspins a little as it goes up the bank, hence it going past. Perhaps the pressure you referred to stopped him chipping it, he putted from a similar lie on the 17th. However, Tom's chipping brilliance, no recorded 'yips' there (!), surely made chipping the better option, over the bank and landing on the green and running. But as you say, the pressure there was immense.
Watched live and was urging Tom to win but there was no way he could win a playoff,physically and mentally I think Watson was totally spent,nothing left in the tank not even fumes yet I bet more remember him for not winning than Cink for lifting the Claret Jug.
@@christopherfranklin972 I was rooting for him after Lee Westwood, but I find it very hard to push a side a fellow countrymen who wins The Open Championship and think about the one who didnt more so. I haven't seen these others you speak of who feel Cink raising the American victory flag isn't as important as Tom losing it..sry
I put loads of money on Tom from before the championship & during while he looked like he would win.. i would have won a fortune.. was agonizing to watch.. wish he took a club less on approach.. or to get up & down 😬😱😭😭.. would of been one of the biggest sporting moments ever at 59..
I always wondered did the 2009 Open destroy Tom's memory of 1977 there? There will never be another Open at Turnberry as long as Trump or his estate owns that property. The R&A would never allow it.
Tom Watson was a great champion but he never won the open 6 times. His putting let him down. Lee Westwood and Colin montgomerie are the greatest players never to have won any majors in another era they would have triumphed with brilliant play over 4 days.
Tom Watson is insufferable. When he isn't getting Gary McCord fired from the Masters after the fact or accusing Seve of cheating he's choking away major championship. My empathy wanes when it comes to him.
You clearly don't know what you're talking about. ''Accusing Seve of cheating''...that never happened, and he didn't ''choke away'' this tournament either.
@@mikefallopian3191 Watson accused Gary Player , not Seve, of cheating . I lost respect for Watson when he had Gary McCord fired from the Masters because he didn't like his sense of humor and then acted like he knew nothing about it when McCord accidentally ran into him after the fact. As for not "choking away" this major , his performance was amazing , especially considering he was almost 60, but the putt to win on the 72nd was a choke putt and the playoff was a big time choke.
@ligerpride Mccord was commentating and made a few "choice comments" such as bakini wax should have been used on the greens and the bumpy terraines looked suspiciously like bady bags. Watson and others thought this was disrespectful and he asked the committee to remove McCord. With regards to Player The South African megabore has form for "a bending of the rules" with the last two holes of the 1974 open where its widely thought but never proven his caddie dropped a ball in the rough on the 17th and his "taking of sand" before the ball was struckon the final hole. its probably unlikely he would have lost given he was 5 shots clear on the 17th BUT who knows. a 7 for Player on the 17th would have given Oosterhuis a chance
Jim Nantz joining the commentary box for the BBC. Epic
I cannot believe I've been thinking about this tournament on and off for the last six months and the BBC coverage of the fourth round is all here. Wow
Brilliant short putt by Tom on the 16th, and superb commentary by Torrance too, summing up what all golfers watching were thinking that day.
I remember saying 20 years ago that Westwood would never win a major. So far this is still true.
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Tom Watson winning the Open at age 59 would have been the greatest accomplishment in the history of golf.
oh yeah - "Old Man wins Claret Jug"
Until tiger win age 65
Ive been looking for this for years and years!
I was there. Funk signed my cap as I sneaked around the back. Westy’s closest Open.
I've been desperate to see this! Thank you :)
I stumbled onto this and the commentary had me rollin. “Dreadful dreadful shot” lmao
Lee bogeying 3 of the last 4 was heartbreaking, he had such a good chance that year.
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It's nice to see the putt on the 16th, I didn't in 2009 because I couldn't bear it and was hiding behind the settee.
What do you think of my theory that Tom may (only may) have deliberately left himself a putt of that length on the 18th after going through the green because he thought he may yip a 3 or 4 footer (the miss was probably his longest ever yip). Is it just possibly true or not ?
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thanks!
Is there a open film for this?
Remember it well!! Routing for Watson all the way; I believe Freddie Couples had a good run a couple years later.
Painful finish for Lee Westwood
Magical until the 72nd hole
I have heard on his weekends off, Ross Fisher loves riding Quads
so good
2009 was a heartbreaking year in British sporting majors. Tom so close in the golf and Andy Roddick so close at Wimbledon.
Don't think Roddick really had the hearts and minds to be honest.
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westwood and fisher really slipped up 🇬🇧
Watson = Legend.
The sad thing about this was the FIRST TIME Cink was in the lead was the 74th tee. he had little pressure in the final round and the fact he hasn't been in the top 10 of a major since says it all for me. Having said all that I still believe the ovation Watson got by the 18th green was the reason he lost. How could he concentrate after that
Yeah, as a Golf fan I was devastated when he lost. I really wanted to see it. Cink finally broke through to win a major, he just won the wrong one
Can't take anything away from Cink. Didn't have his best stuff, but hung around the lead, then closed 3, 3 to put the heat on Watson. I doubt the crowd bothered Watson. He'd been there many times before. He just didn't assess the speed of his chip/putt correctly, a mental error, or he flinched when he hit it. We'll never know which, but no matter how you slice it, it was his error. My bet is at almost 60 years of age, and after 4 rounds in those conditions, every bone in his body was hurting by the time he got to 18 lol. I wanted him to win too, and it's easy to think Cink the villain who prevented a win for the ages, but he won the Claret Jug. Regardless, it was a remarkable achievement for Watson just to be in the playoff.
Yes I do agree with you regarding Cink ironically and I felt as soon as he knocked in the birdie on 18 he would win. but it had been such a long time since Watson received such an ovation whilst in contention or more likely 2 to win. Lee Westwood when he retires will probably think THIS was the one that got away
He needed a 2 shot lead. Par was always going to be a tough ask under the circumstances. That’s why Tiger really wanted a 2 shot cushion at last years Tour Championship
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Amazing that Westwood, without knowing it, had a putt for the Championship.
His best major shot - amazing championship and Cink gets lots of grief but he did miss out on major glory himself earlier in his career by some unusually poor pressure putts.
I'm a Greg Norman fan boy - so '87 haunts me...but this is a very close second...difficult to watch.
What huge let-down. For no good reason, I have hated Stewart Cink ever since. Can't get over it.
Well Dennis, IT got over you.
Dennis Secret- If you only knew what an underhanded back stabber Watson is you wouldn't hate Cink one bit. Just ask Garry McCord what he thinks of Watson.
TheNYgolfer .... Gary McCord.... Tom Watson... 🤔🤔
OK if you say so🤣🤣
Fucking stop
Pressure tells even for 5 time champion with all his experience !
Given how well he was hitting his irons all week- it’s a shame he and caddie didn’t agree that missing green short or just on was the best option and not to risk going long under any circumstances . Watson’s long lag putting was great pace all week and hitting it too well and running long (given the tailwind) was a rookie error really. The Open delivered another great ‘what if’ event packed full of drama.
Your hindsight is 20/20
As Lee Trevino said about pressure:
“Pressure isn’t in a putt to win a champinship. If yu miss the outt, last time I checked, the check for 2nd place is not bad. Pressure is in a 10 foot putt to not lose a $100 match when you only have $10 in your pocket.”
@@jamespitts10 it’s not hindsight as I wasn’t playing the shot . Good effort or whatever .
Spare a thought for Stewart Cink. His only major was also the win that broke the hearts of every golf fan on the planet. Eish!
I always wonder if there was any golfer that would have allowed Tom to win.
On the 5th hole couldn’t Ross Fisher have declared his ball unplayable and dropped, then went backwards until he found a spot he could hit from? Either way I outta give that guy props. He stayed composed after that debacle and finished out the round solidly.
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I think Ross should have done that he should not have been so much
No trees!
Tom will of course NEVER admit this, but I believed when I saw it, and I believe now, that he deliberately left himself a putt of that length on the last because, under all that unique, history making pressure, he didn't believe he could make a putt of 2-4 feet.
Unfortunately of course, he yipped the 9 footer too.
Such a terrible shame.
cannot agree with that sadly he would have rather had a 4 footer than one of 9.. but in all honesty his first putt was as bad as the second one. Watching his body language he was too quick with all aspects of that first shot, looked agitated as In fairness the pressure by then must have been boarding on unbearable
@@dlamiss You may of course be right, I was naturally only speculating. Great point on the first 'putt', looking at it you can see how it topspins a little as it goes up the bank, hence it going past. Perhaps the pressure you referred to stopped him chipping it, he putted from a similar lie on the 17th.
However, Tom's chipping brilliance, no recorded 'yips' there (!), surely made chipping the better option, over the bank and landing on the green and running. But as you say, the pressure there was immense.
@James Fondren Ridiculous response.
@@dlamiss Are you on crack?
Just a bad putt, but not the worst option considering under that pressure it's so hard to judge a chip
Still can't believe Tom lost...
Watched live and was urging Tom to win but there was no way he could win a playoff,physically and mentally I think Watson was totally spent,nothing left in the tank not even fumes yet I bet more remember him for not winning than Cink for lifting the Claret Jug.
that is sad, Cink deserves to be remembered as well as Tom. Silly you are.
@@sarasarah1810 Thank you for the compliment,fortunately I'm not alone.
@@christopherfranklin972 I was rooting for him after Lee Westwood, but I find it very hard to push a side a fellow countrymen who wins The Open Championship and think about the one who didnt more so. I haven't seen these others you speak of who feel Cink raising the American victory flag isn't as important as Tom losing it..sry
Tom hit an awful final putt
Really.good play.
I put loads of money on Tom from before the championship & during while he looked like he would win.. i would have won a fortune.. was agonizing to watch.. wish he took a club less on approach.. or to get up & down 😬😱😭😭.. would of been one of the biggest sporting moments ever at 59..
No one feels sorry for Lee Westwood, Chris Wood, Matthew Goggin, or Ross Fisher
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Too bad he couldn't have hit the approach he did, back in '77, to a foot of the pin, against Nicklaus
Stewart Cink did hit that shot in the playoff
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Who would have thought Cink would wait 11 years for his next PGA victory?
I always wondered did the 2009 Open destroy Tom's memory of 1977 there? There will never be another Open at Turnberry as long as Trump or his estate owns that property. The R&A would never allow it.
that's the R&A's problem.
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Tom Watson was a great champion but he never won the open 6 times. His putting let him down. Lee Westwood and Colin montgomerie are the greatest players never to have won any majors in another era they would have triumphed with brilliant play over 4 days.
So where's the play off then?????
There is a video of this available on YT
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What are you trying to do
@@gtaylor9218 I do not know look at his videos
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What in the fuk are you on about
Tom Watson is insufferable. When he isn't getting Gary McCord fired from the Masters after the fact or accusing Seve of cheating he's choking away major championship. My empathy wanes when it comes to him.
You clearly don't know what you're talking about.
''Accusing Seve of cheating''...that never happened, and he didn't ''choke away'' this tournament either.
@@mikefallopian3191 Watson accused Gary Player , not Seve, of cheating .
I lost respect for Watson when he had Gary McCord fired from the Masters because he didn't like his sense of humor and then acted like he knew nothing about it when McCord accidentally ran into him after the fact.
As for not "choking away" this major , his performance was amazing , especially considering he was almost 60, but the putt to win on the 72nd was a choke putt and the playoff was a big time choke.
@@TheNYgolfer what's the McCord story?
Not a fan then........bear in mind plenty are
@ligerpride Mccord was commentating and made a few "choice comments" such as bakini wax should have been used on the greens and the bumpy terraines looked suspiciously like bady bags. Watson and others thought this was disrespectful and he asked the committee to remove McCord. With regards to Player The South African megabore has form for "a bending of the rules" with the last two holes of the 1974 open where its widely thought but never proven his caddie dropped a ball in the rough on the 17th and his "taking of sand" before the ball was struckon the final hole. its probably unlikely he would have lost given he was 5 shots clear on the 17th BUT who knows. a 7 for Player on the 17th would have given Oosterhuis a chance
The standard of putting was poor for an open championship. Tiger Woods would be unimpressed.
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Spot on Harry!
I didn't know until today that Tom Watson has won 8 majors! Only behind Jack, Tiger, Walter Hagen, Hogan and Player.
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