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Tom Watson

TomWatson

USA

United States

Age75
Turned Pro1971
BirthplaceKansas City, MO
CollegeStanford University
Career Wins39
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Tom Watson

Achievements

Events Played

619

PGA TOUR WINS

39

International Wins

4

Cuts Made

501/619

Runner Up

32

Third Place Finishes

23

Top 5 Finishes

123

Top 10 Finishes

219

Year Joined Tour

1971

Official Money

$11,081,140

PGA TOUR WINS

39

1998

1

1998 MasterCard Colonial

1996

1

1996 Memorial Tournament

1987

1

1987 Nabisco Championship

1984

3

1984 Western Open

1984 MONY Tournament of Champions

1984 Seiko-Tucson Match Play Championship

1983

1

1983 The Open Championship

1982

4

1982 The Open Championship

1982 U.S. Open Championship

1982 Sea Pines Heritage

1982 Glen Campbell-Los Angeles Open

1981

3

1981 Atlanta Classic

1981 USF&G New Orleans Open

1981 Masters Tournament

1980

7

1980 World Series of Golf

1980 The Open Championship

1980 Byron Nelson Golf Classic

1980 Greater New Orleans Open

1980 MONY Tournament of Champions

1980 Glen Campbell-Los Angeles Open

1980 Andy Williams-San Diego Open Invitational

1979

5

1979 Colgate Hall of Fame Classic

1979 Memorial Tournament

1979 Byron Nelson Golf Classic

1979 MONY Tournament of Champions

1979 Sea Pines Heritage Classic

1978

5

1978 Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic

1978 Colgate Hall of Fame Classic

1978 Byron Nelson Golf Classic

1978 Bing Crosby National Pro-Am

1978 Joe Garagiola-Tucson Open

1977

5

1977 The Open Championship

1977 Western Open

1977 Masters Tournament

1977 Andy Williams-San Diego Open Invitational

1977 Bing Crosby National Pro-Am

1975

2

1975 The Open Championship

1975 Byron Nelson Golf Classic

1974

1

1974 Western Open

International Wins

4

1980

1

Dunlop Phoenix .

1984

1

Australian Open

1992

1

Hong Kong Open

1997

1

Dunlop Phoenix .

Additional Wins

11

1994

1

Skins Game

1999

2

Wendy's Three-Tour Challenge [with Jack Nicklaus and Hale Irwin]

Diner's Club Matches [with Jack Nicklaus]

2000

1

Hyundai Team Matches [with Jack Nicklaus]

2004

1

Wendy's Champions Skins Game

2005

1

Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf [Raphael Division with Andy North]

2006

1

Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf [Raphael Division with Andy North]

2007

2

Wendy's Champions Skins Game [with Jack Nicklaus]

Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf [Raphael Division with Andy North]

2010

1

Wendy's Champions Skins Game [with Jack Nicklaus]

2011

1

Ka'anapali Champions Skins Game [with Jack Nicklaus]

Playoff Record

2009

Lost to Stewart Cink, The Open Championship

1988

Lost to Mike Reid, NEC World Series of Golf

1984

Defeated Greg Norman, Western Open

1982

Defeated Johnny Miller, Glen Campbell-Los Angeles Open

Defeated Frank Conner, Sea Pines Heritage

1981

Lost to Bruce Lietzke, Byron Nelson Golf Classic

Defeated Tommy Valentine, Atlanta Classic

1980

Defeated D.A. Weibring, Andy Williams-San Diego Open Invitational

1979

Lost to Ed Sneed, Fuzzy Zoeller, Masters Tournament

Defeated Bill Rogers, Byron Nelson Golf Classic

Defeated Johnny Miller, Colgate Hall of Fame Classic

1978

Defeated Ben Crenshaw, Bing Crosby National Pro-Am

Lost to John Mahaffey, Jerry Pate, PGA Championship

National Teams

1993, 2014

Ryder Cup Captain

2003

UBS Cup

1977, 1981, 1983, 1989

Ryder Cup

R2
Official

Charles Schwab Challenge

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