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
motivational thinking too-much
Sometimes thinking too much can destroy your momentum.
golf way painful
There is no surer or more painful way to learn a rule than to be penalized once for breaking it.
smart genius spots
I'm no genius, but I'm smart in spots, and I stay around those spots.
golf guy position
A lot of guys who have have never choked, have never been in the position to do so.
golf swings iron
My golf swing is a bit like ironing a shirt. You get one side smoothed out, turn it over and there is a big wrinkle on the other side. Then you iron that one out, turn it over and there is yet another wrinkle.
design needs flaws
If a course needs to be in great condition to be played effectively, then the design strategy is flawed.
work nice fishing
I never hesitated to promote someone I didn't like. The comfortable assistant - the nice guy you like to go on fishing trips with - is a great pitfall. Instead I looked for those sharp, scratchy, harsh, almost unpleasant guys who see and tell you about things as they really are. If you can get enough of them around you, and have patience enough to hear them out, there is no limit to where you can go.
golf men thinking
After playing Ballybunion for the first time, a man would think that the game of golf originated here.
long ibm company
In other words, I realized that for IBM to become a great company it would have to act like a great company long before it ever became one.
golf ego throat
If you have an ego of any sort, this course [Augusta] will take it and shove it down your throat.
winning losing
I learned how to win by losing and not liking it.
wrestling winning pay
Sometimes you have to lose major championships before you can win them. It's the price you pay for maturing. The more times you can put yourself in pressure situations, the more times you compete, the better off you are.
ignorance men thinking
All the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only willing to think.
golf play architect
Ballybunion is the course on which many golf architects should live and play on before they build golf courses.