Ten years ago at Turnberry, one of The Open’s most decorated golfers came within a whisker of making history as Tom Watson fell agonizingly short at the last in his unlikely plight to become the oldest man to win a major. The clock showing 26-years since the five-time Champion Golfer last lifted one of golf’s big four, the then 59-year-old proved that age is really just a number, coming within eight feet of glory and what would have been one in the face for the skeptics.
Entering the tournament at 1500-1 to lift the Claret Jug, Watson’s opening 18 certainly raised eyebrows – he carded a bogey-free 65 to sit one shot off the lead at -5 – but was merely seen as a happy fluke, impossible to sustain across four days of exhaustive links golf.
Playing in the final pairing, the 59-year-old had the whole course in front of him, the weather clearing to allow several to make a charge.
He watched the scoreboard as Lee Westwood moved into contention with an eagle on seven, while Stewart Cink crept up the standings to pile on the pressure.
But still, heading onto the back nine, Watson was there – not flailing from his troublesome hip, nor flagging from 63 holes of gruelling golf, but keeping steady in the hunt for history. This video is under Fair Use:
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