Tom Watson - Page 5

Fuck you Cink!

Ah, c'mon Conne. I was hoping Watson would win as well, but Cink is a good guy.

The ending was major lulz.

I was rooting for Watson, but Cink deserved it. Watson had it on 18, but Cink holed that putt for birdie while Watson hit a really poor 8 foot putt.

Watching gave me the urge to start playing again. Hit balls a few times this week, and will see how awful my game is after a five year layoff on Saturday.

Missed this the first time around and don't have much to add to the conversation, but will use this opportunity to tell my favorite Tom Watson story:

Back in the 1980's I used to take the full week of the Colonial off work (I lived in Ft. Worth then). I would get up early every morning (beginning with Monday practice rounds) and go eat breakfast. I'd buy the newspaper and look at the day's pairings and make a decision based on who was playing when: Play 18 holes in the morning and go to the tourney in the afternoon or vice versa.

Anyway, one year I was out there on a practice round day and decided to follow Watson around. He gets to #8, a par 3, and hits the ball into the right front bunker and buries it under the lip. He gets up to the ball and sees what he's got and turns to the group of us following...there are only about 15-20 since it's a practice round. He say's, "I know you guys get this shot from time to time so I want to show you how to do this." He grabs a wedge and sets up with one foot in the bunker and one on the grass (looking very unbalanced), waggles a couple of times...then reaches down, grabs the ball and tosses it onto the green.

After he finished #9 we made the turn onto the back nine and I looked up and ambling down from the clubhouse was Byron Nelson (they were great friends). I wound up walking the back nine with Mr. Nelson and about 10 other people that day. I had considered dropping off from Watson and following some other groups, but once Mr. Nelson showed up I stayed there the rest of the way. Very fun day.

I'm leaving to play golf now.

You might surprise yourself. I use to play tennis competitively when I was younger and I took a 20 year layoff. I started playing again a few years ago and I was surprised how quickly it came back. My timing and consistency was off at first but the strokes were still there.

I started playing USTA and I started wondering why and the hell I stopped playing all those years ago.

Good luck on your round today Matt.

Played on my high school and (very small) college golf teams. I've quit golf at least 4 times during my adult life. I always seem to come back to it. However, since we started sailing a few years ago I'm down to playing golf no more than a handful of times every year.

hit them well.

What kind of sailboat do you have?