Tom Watson
Tom Watson
Professional golfer who was a six-time PGA Player of the Year.
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGolfer
Date of Birth4 September 1949
CountryUnited States of America
cancer capital carve create direction economic emphasize hoping increase low moving niche research trying
We're moving in the right direction, ... We need to emphasize not just low costs, but amenities like our riverfront development. We're trying to carve out an economic niche with plant-made pharmaceuticals that will create higher-paying jobs. And we're hoping to increase our intellectual capital with cancer research at the hospital's cancer center.
given
I guess I have never been much of a complainer. You just take what is given you, and don't complain about what you can't affect.
I always could putt. Part of my makeup, I always could putt.
age kansas match time won
From the time I won the Kansas City Match Play championship at age 14, I never wanted to be anything but a golfer.
certain life presence
You don't have to go to church to be spiritual, but there are certain times in your life that you know there is a presence of something very spiritual.
becoming city feeling gave hills kansas life match perhaps special tournament won
I have a special feeling for Blue Hills CC, where I won perhaps the most important tournament of my life when I was 14 - the Kansas City Match Play Championship. It gave me a dream of becoming a professional golfer.
lived love played
I love the way the game of golf is lived and played in Scotland. I always have.
ball time
Any time you play in a USGA Championship, if you don't drive the ball on the fairway, you're dead. You're done.
quotes tournament
We tournament golfers are much overrated. We get paid to much.
A lot of guys who have never choked have never been in the position to do so.
basketball football high kid loved played school sports throughout
I played team sport as a kid and loved it. I played basketball and football throughout high school into college in the intramurals and I loved it. There was nothing like a team.
learning liking mean
I've said many times, 'You learn to win through not liking to lose.' And that's what I mean by learning how to win.
ball best chip club hitting late putt struggled swing though until won
I didn't learn how to swing a golf club until late in my career. And even though I won all those tournaments, I still struggled with consistency, and I relied on my strengths, which were hitting the ball long and high, and I could chip and putt with the best of 'em.
game
Golf is a game of ego, but it is also a game of integrity: the most important thing is you do what is right when no one is looking.