Tom Watson (golfer)

American golfer

Tom Watson

Watson after winning the 1982 U.S. Open

Personal information
Full name| Thomas Sturges Watson
Born|  (1949-09-04) September 4, 1949 (age 75)
Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Height| 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight| 175 lb (79 kg)
Sporting nationality|  United States
Residence| Overland Park, Kansas, U.S.[1]
Spouse|

Linda Rubin

(m. 1972; div. 1997)​

Hilary Watson

(m. 1999; died 2019)​

LeslieAnne Wade

(m. 2022; sep. 2022)​

Children| 5
Career
College| Stanford University
Turned professional| 1971
Former tour(s)| PGA Tour
European Tour
PGA Tour Champions
European Seniors Tour
Professional wins| 70
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour| 39 (Tied-10th all-time)
European Tour| 8
Japan Golf Tour| 4
Asian Tour| 1
PGA Tour of Australasia| 1
PGA Tour Champions| 14
Other| 11
Best results in major championships
(wins: 8)
Masters Tournament| Won: 1977, 1981
PGA Championship| T2: 1978
U.S. Open| Won: 1982
The Open Championship| Won: 1975, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983
Achievements and awards
| World Golf Hall of Fame| 1988 (member page)

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PGA Tour
money list winner| 1977, 1978, 1979,
1980, 1984
PGA Player of the Year| 1977, 1978, 1979,
1980, 1982, 1984
Vardon Trophy| 1977, 1978, 1979
Bob Jones Award| 1987
Old Tom Morris Award| 1992
Payne Stewart Award| 2003
Champions Tour
Charles Schwab Cup winner| 2003, 2005
Champions Tour
money list winner| 2003
Champions Tour
Player of the Year| 2003
Champions Tour
Byron Nelson Award| 2003

Thomas Sturges Watson (born September 4, 1949) is an American retired professional golfer on the PGA Tour Champions, formerly on the PGA Tour.

In the 1970s and 1980s, Watson was one of the leading golfers in the world, winning eight major championships and heading the PGA Tour money list five times. He was the number one player in the world according to McCormack's World Golf Rankings from 1978 until 1982; in both 1983 and 1984, he was ranked second behind Seve Ballesteros. He also spent 32 weeks in the top 10 of the successor Sony Rankings in their debut in 1986.[2]

Watson is also notable for his longevity: at nearly sixty years of age, and 26 years after his last major championship victory, he led after the second and third rounds of The Open Championship in 2009, but lost in a four-hole playoff. With a chance to win the tournament with par on the 72nd hole, he missed an 8-foot (2.4 m) putt, then lost to Stewart Cink in the playoff.

Several of Watson's major victories came at the expense of Jack Nicklaus, the man he replaced as number one, most notably the 1977 Masters, 1977 Open Championship, and the 1982 U.S. Open. Though his rivalry with Nicklaus was intense, their friendly competitiveness served to increase golf's popularity at the time.

In Watson's illustrious career, his eight major championships include five Open Championships,[3] two Masters titles, and one U.S. Open title. In all, Watson's eight majors ranks sixth on the list of total major championship victories, behind only Nicklaus, Woods, Walter Hagen, Hogan, and Player.

Watson is also regarded as one of the greatest links players of all time, a claim backed up by his five Open Championship victories, his runner-up finishes at the 1984 Open Championship and 2009 Open Championship, and his three Senior British Open Championship titles in his mid-50s (2003, 2005, and 2007).

Watson played on four Ryder Cup teams and captained the American side to victory in 1993 at The Belfry in England. More than twenty years later, Watson again captained the U.S. Team in 2014 in Scotland, this time in a loss.[4]

## Personal life

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Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Watson was introduced to the game by his father Ray. His early coach was Stan Thirsk at the Kansas City Country Club. Watson first gained local renown while on his high school team at The Pembroke-Country Day School in Kansas City. Watson won four Missouri State Amateur championships, 1967, 1968, 1970, and 1971.[5] He attended Stanford University, playing on the golf and table tennis teams, joining Alpha Sigma Phi, and graduating with a degree in psychology in 1971. Today he has a home in Overland Park, Kansas. He was a prominent participant in the unsuccessful legal effort to prevent the annexation of the area in which he lives by Overland Park.[1]

Although he voted for George McGovern in his first presidential election, Watson later became a Republican.[6] He has donated to the National Rifle Association.[7]

Watson was a member of Kansas City Country Club from the beginning of his professional career. However, in 1990 he was unsettled by the idea that the leaders of the club rejected an applicant due to his Jewish faith.[8] Watson, whose wife at the time and two children were Jewish, stated, "It was a very personal decision. I just didn't feel my family was welcome. It was time to say, 'Hey, let's be fair to people. Let's not judge people on the basis of race or faith.'"[6] Watson abruptly resigned in 1990.[8] However the Jewish applicant, H&R Block founder Henry W. Bloch, was ultimately admitted to the club as were other minorities. Disarmed by these overtures, Watson rejoined the club.[6]

After residing for many years in Mission Hills, Kansas, Watson moved to Stilwell, Kansas with his second wife, two children, and three stepchildren. His house has since been annexed by the city of Overland Park.[1] He designed the National Golf Club of Kansas City golf course.

## PGA Tour

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### 1970s

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Watson joined the PGA Tour in 1971. He hired Bruce Edwards to be his caddie for the first time at the 1973 St. Louis tournament held at Norwood Hills Country Club, and the two connected, with Edwards caddying for Watson at most events after that for a period of many years.[9]

Watson contended in a major championship for the first time at the U.S. Open in 1974 at Winged Foot, but he faded badly in the final round after having the 54-hole lead. Following this disappointment, Watson was approached in the locker room by legendary retired player Byron Nelson, a broadcaster at the event, who offered encouragement, insight and assistance. Nelson and Watson spoke briefly at that time, with Nelson saying he liked Watson's game and aggressiveness, and offered to help him improve. Watson, although disappointed by his weak finish, was flattered to receive Nelson's interest. However, the two men did not manage to get together to work on golf in depth until several months later, when Watson played in the Tour's Byron Nelson Classic in the Dallas area, and visited Nelson's nearby home. The two men would eventually develop a close and productive teacher-student relationship and friendship; Nelson had similarly mentored the young rising star Ken Venturi during the 1950s.[10][11]

Only two weeks after the Winged Foot collapse in 1974, Watson won his first Tour title at the Western Open near Chicago, coming from six shots back in the final round at Butler National.[12][13] With Nelson's guidance on swing mechanics and course management, and determined hard work, Watson's game advanced quickly, and he won his first major championship, the 1975 Open Championship, on his first appearance in the event in Britain. Watson holed a 20-foot putt for a birdie on the 72nd hole to tie Jack Newton. The following day Watson won an 18-hole playoff at Carnoustie by a stroke, carding a 71 to Newton's 72. Watson was able to gain the upper hand in the playoff after chipping in for an eagle at the 14th hole.[14] Watson is one of only four players since World War II to have won the Open Championship on their debut, the others being Ben Hogan (1953), Tony Lema (1964) and Ben Curtis (2003).[15]

Watson won his second major championship and his first green jacket as Masters champion in 1977 after a duel with Jack Nicklaus. During the final round, Watson stood on the 17th green tied with Nicklaus for the lead. Watson holed a 20-foot putt for a birdie to go one stroke ahead of Nicklaus. Watson's par on the 18th hole won him the Masters title by two strokes after Nicklaus had a bogey on the 18th.

Watson's 1977 Open Championship victory, at Turnberry in Scotland, was especially memorable, and is considered by many to be the finest tournament played in the second half of the 20th century. After two rounds, he and Jack Nicklaus were one shot out of the lead and paired for the third round. Both shot 65, ending the third round three shots clear of the field. Watson and Nicklaus were again paired for the final round. On the last day, the two were tied after 16 holes. Nicklaus missed a makeable birdie putt on 17, losing his share of the lead to Watson, who birdied 17. On the 18th, Nicklaus drove into the rough, while Watson drove the fairway. Watson's approach landed two feet from the flag, while Nicklaus, after a drive into deep rough and near a gorse plant, managed to get his approach 40 feet away. Nicklaus sank his birdie putt to finish with a 66, but Watson followed suit with his own birdie, finishing with a second straight 65 and his second Open, with a record score of 268 (12 under par). The two players finished well ahead of the other challengers (Hubert Green in third place was ten strokes behind Nicklaus, at 279), and shot the same score every round except for the final day, which was then played on Saturday.

In 1978, as defending Masters champion, Watson needed a par on the 18th hole of his final round to tie over 72 holes with Gary Player, who had shot a record-tying final round of 64. However, Watson missed out on a playoff by sending his approach shot to the 18th into the gallery and missing the 10-foot par putt he needed for a playoff. He finished tied for 2nd place at Augusta, one stroke behind Gary Player.[16] Watson had five PGA Tour victories in 1978, but he also had one of the biggest disappointments of his career in that year's PGA Championship in August at Oakmont. Watson had a five-shot lead after 54 holes, but lost the tournament in a 3-way sudden-death playoff to John Mahaffey. This would be the closest that Watson came to landing the one major title that eluded him.[17]

In 1979, Watson had a further five PGA Tour victories, including a five-shot victory in the Sea Pines Heritage Classic, which he won with a then tournament record 14-under par 270.[18] Watson again finished runner-up at the Masters in 1979, when he lost in a 3-way sudden-death playoff to Fuzzy Zoeller. This was the first sudden-death playoff at the Masters, with the previous playoff at Augusta in 1970 having taken place on Monday under an 18-hole format. Watson also finished 2nd in The Players Championship in 1979.

### 1980s

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Watson had an outstanding year in 1980. A brilliant third round of 64 at Muirfield helped him to win his third Open Championship title in Britain by four strokes. He was the leading money winner on the PGA Tour for the fourth consecutive year, winning six tournaments in America. Watson showed tremendous consistency in 1980, with sixteen top-10 finishes on the PGA Tour that year.[19] In August 1980, after his sixth victory of the year in America, Watson said: "I love this game. I feel that dedication is the only way to improve. I've been more consistent this year than in the previous three years."[20]

In 1981, Watson won his second Masters title at Augusta by two strokes over Jack Nicklaus and Johnny Miller. Watson had a further two Tour victories in 1981 at the USF&G New Orleans Open and the Atlanta Classic.

The U.S. Open was the major that Watson most wanted to win. In 1982 at Pebble Beach, he was able to realize his dream after an engaging duel with Jack Nicklaus in one of the most memorable major championships of all time. Playing three groups ahead of Watson in the final round, Nicklaus charged into a share of the lead with five consecutive birdies. When Watson reached the par-3 17th hole the two were still tied, but with Nicklaus safely in the clubhouse at 4-under par 284. Watson hit his tee shot on the 17th into the rough just off the green, leaving an extremely difficult chip shot downhill on a very fast green. While being interviewed on national television and fully aware of Watson's perilous predicament, Nicklaus appeared confident he was on his way to an unprecedented fifth U.S. Open championship. Watson's chip shot, amazingly, hit the flag stick and fell into the cup, giving him a miraculous birdie and setting the stage for yet another win over Nicklaus. Watson went on to birdie the 18th as well, for a final margin of two shots.

The following month in July 1982 at Royal Troon in Scotland, Watson became only the third golfer since World War II to win the U.S. Open and Open Championship in the same year after Ben Hogan (1953) and Lee Trevino (1971) - a feat later matched by Tiger Woods (2000).[21] After the first two rounds of the 1982 Open Championship, Watson was seven shots behind the leader Bobby Clampett, whose commanding lead was reduced after a third round of 78. During the final round, Nick Price, who was playing in one of the groups behind Watson, gained the lead. Watson stood on the 18th tee of the final round two strokes behind Price. Watson waited patiently after his round as Price's lead evaporated, leaving Watson the Open winner by one stroke.[22]

In 1983, as defending U.S. Open champion at Oakmont, Watson shared the 54-hole lead with Seve Ballesteros. In the final round though, Watson missed a 6-foot putt for par on the 17th and finished in 2nd place, one stroke behind the winner Larry Nelson.[23] The following month in July 1983, Watson won his fifth Open Championship and the last of his eight majors at Royal Birkdale, his only Open victory on English soil. (His four other titles came in Scotland.)[24]

In 1984, Watson finished runner-up for the third time at the Masters, finishing two strokes behind the champion Ben Crenshaw. Watson had three Tour wins in 1984, including his third victory in the Western Open after a playoff against Greg Norman. A fortnight later in the 1984 Open Championship at St Andrews, Watson was in contention during the final holes to win a third consecutive Open and a sixth Open Championship overall to tie the record for the most Open wins by Harry Vardon. However, Watson bogeyed the par-4 "Road Hole" 17th and Seve Ballesteros birdied the 18th, resulting in a victory for Ballesteros and Watson finishing in a tie for 2nd place.[25]

After his runner-up finish in the 1984 British Open, Watson did not manage to win a PGA Tour event for the next three years until the 1987 Nabisco Championship. Watson went from being the PGA Tour money leader in 1984[26] to finishing 18th on the PGA Tour's money list in 1985.[26] As a result of a decline in form, Watson missed out on a place in the 1985 U.S. Ryder Cup team.

In the 1986 Hawaiian Open, Watson was the third-round leader and was aiming to end his winless streak since July 1984. However, Watson bogeyed the 71st and 72nd holes and finished in a tie for 3rd place, behind the winner Corey Pavin.[27]

In the 1987 U.S. Open, Watson had a one-shot lead going into the final round at the Olympic Club. Watson was a gallery favorite during the tournament. He had strong support from the spectators having played golf for Stanford University, 30 miles south of the Olympic Club in San Francisco.[28] He was aiming to win his ninth major championship, which would have tied him for major wins with Ben Hogan and Gary Player, but Watson lost the tournament by a stroke to Scott Simpson. In the final round, Simpson had three consecutive birdies on the back-nine to take the lead. Watson's 45-foot putt for a birdie on the 72nd hole which would have forced a playoff with Simpson was about two inches short.[29]

Watson (left) with President Ronald Reagan and Lee Trevino in 1988.

Watson's stellar play on the PGA Tour faded in the late 1980s when he began to have problems putting even though his tee-to-green game seemed to improve. During this period he had some near-misses in tournaments. Watson finished 2nd at the 1988 NEC World Series of Golf, missing a 3-foot putt in a playoff against Mike Reid.[30]

In 1989, Watson was in contention during the Open Championship at Royal Troon, but he finished in 4th place, two strokes outside the playoff between Mark Calcavecchia, Wayne Grady and Greg Norman.

### 1990–2019

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At the 1991 Masters Tournament, Watson stood on the 18th tee in the final round at Augusta with a share of the lead but had a double-bogey 6 to finish in a tie for 3rd place, two strokes behind the champion Ian Woosnam.[31] It was Watson's 15th consecutive top-20 finish at The Masters, having finished in the top-10 of The Masters in 13 of the 15 years between 1977 and 1991.

In 1994, when The Open Championship returned to Turnberry, the site of his 1977 victory, Watson commented, "Sometimes you lose your desire through the years. Any golfer goes through that. When you play golf for a living, like anything in your life, you are never going to be constantly, at the top".[32] He finished tied for 11th at the Open Championship that year, but he had a revival in the late 1990s, winning the 1996 Memorial Tournament and gaining the last of his 39 wins on the PGA Tour at the 1998 MasterCard Colonial when he was 48 years old.

In 1997, Watson won the Japan Golf Tour's Dunlop Phoenix tournament for the second time. It was the last of his four victories in Japan.

In the 2003 U.S. Open, at age 53, he shared the opening-round lead by shooting a 65 with his long-time caddy Bruce Edwards carrying his clubs and giving advice. Edwards had been diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease earlier in the year, and Watson contributed significant time and money that year with Bruce to raise money for research into finding a cure for motor neuron disease. Edwards died on April 8, 2004.

Watson was one of two players to play with Jack Nicklaus in the final two rounds of golf in Nicklaus' career, which ended at the 2005 Open Championship on the Old Course at St Andrews. Englishman Luke Donald was the third member of the group.

In the first round of the 2009 Open Championship at Turnberry, Watson shot a 5-under 65, one stroke behind the leader Miguel Ángel Jiménez.[33] In the second round, he tied for the lead after making a huge putt on the 18th green. His score for the round was 70, 38 out and 32 back. This made Watson – at 59 years of age – the oldest man to have the lead after any round of a major. In addition, with a relatively low-scoring third round, one-over-par 71, he kept the lead outright by one shot, so also became the oldest player to lead a major going into the last round. He acknowledged after that 3rd round he was thinking of Bruce Edwards as he walked the 18th fairway.[34]

Watson finished regulation 72-hole play in the Open tied for the lead with Stewart Cink, with a cumulative score of −2. He needed a par on the 72nd hole to capture a sixth career Open Championship title, but his second shot on the 72nd hole went over the green. Then, from several yards behind the 18th green, Watson first putted up the slope and past the hole, then missed a second 8-foot putt by about 6 inches to the right of the cup. His bogey led to a four-hole aggregate playoff with Cink, running through the 5th, 6th, 17th, and 18th holes. With several errant shots not typical of the previous 72 holes, he lost the playoff by six strokes.[35]

In an interview in 2012, Watson admitted that he was "distraught" at coming so close to becoming the oldest Major winner at the age of 59 and said that the experience in the 2009 Open Championship "tore his guts out". Watson said of his approach shot to the green at the 72nd hole, when he needed a par to win the Open: "I was going right at the flag but with the uncertainty of links golf, maybe a gust of wind took it a bit further than it was supposed to. I felt extreme disappointment that night but the one good thing that came of that was the response of people around the world."[36]

The following April, Watson competed in the 2010 Masters Tournament. Watson shot an opening-round 67, one shot off the first-round lead held by fellow Champions Tour player Fred Couples. Watson subsequently posted rounds of 74, 73, and 73. His 72-hole, one-under-par total of 287 gave Watson a share of eighteenth place. Due to his performance in 2009 and early 2010, along with his 1982 U.S. Open victory at Pebble Beach, the USGA awarded Watson a special exemption to the 2010 U.S. Open. He finished the tournament tied for 29th.

For the 2015 Open Championship, Watson's exemption for his 2009 finish was extended to give him an opportunity to play at St. Andrews and make one final Open appearance. Watson won Open Championships at five different courses, but St. Andrews was not among them. He missed the cut and made an emotional walk across the Swilcan Bridge at twilight.[37] In April 2016, he played in his final Masters. After saying in the lead up to the event that he 'couldn't compete' anymore,[38] Watson missed the cut by two strokes.[39]

Despite no longer competing at the full Masters, Watson won the 2018 Masters Tournament Par-3 contest at the age of 68, the oldest ever to win the event.

In July 2019, Watson played his final competitive event on British soil, when he played in the Senior British Open for the final time.[40]

### Records

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Watson set a record for having a round of 65 or less in at least one of the majors in 4 different decades. 1970s: 1977 British Open (65 in rounds 3 and 4), 1980s: 1980 British Open (64 in round 3), 1990s: 1993 PGA Championship (65 in round 2), and 2000s: 2000 PGA Championship (65 in round 3). With his 67 in the first round at the 2010 Masters, he also set a record for having a round of 67 or less in any of the four majors in five different decades (1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s).

Watson holds the record for the longest time span between first and last playoffs on the PGA Tour. That time span is 34 years, 6 days. Watson won the 1975 Open Championship in an 18-hole playoff and 34 years later lost a playoff for the 2009 Open Championship.

Watson is only the second player in history, after Sam Snead, to post a top-20 finish in at least one major championship in five different decades.

## Champions Tour

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Watson joined the Champions Tour in 1999, the same year he earned an honorary membership of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews in Scotland. He has 14 wins on the Champions Tour, including six senior majors, while playing a limited schedule of events. Watson shares with Gary Player and Bernhard Langer three victories for each in the Senior Open Championship. Watson revisited his 1977 Open Championship win at Turnberry with another win there in the 2003 Senior Open Championship. He followed this up with victories in 2005 and 2007.

## Playing style

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Watson has been one of the most complete players ever to play golf, as evidenced by his competitiveness in the 2009 Open Championship at the age of 59. Standing 5 ft 9 in and weighing 160 pounds during his PGA Tour years, he achieved abundant length with accuracy, played aggressively, developed a superlative short game, and in his prime was a very skilled and confident putter. Watson is renowned as an exceptional bad-weather golfer, having displayed this gritty talent best in the difficult and varied conditions of The Open Championship. At the height of his career, he was well known for his excellent recovery skills, especially around the greens. Years later, if a player escaped from trouble and somehow made par, tour players described the escape as a "Watson par".[41]

Watson also developed a reputation for scrupulous honesty, once even calling a penalty stroke on himself for slightly moving a ball that was in deep rough, although no one else had seen it.[42] In 1991, Watson was critical of the heckling of his playing partner Ian Woosnam during the final round of the Masters. Some of the Augusta crowd were vociferous in their support for Watson, in the hope of seeing him win a third Masters title. Watson, however, calmed Woosnam after he was upset at being yelled at by a member of the crowd on the 14th tee. Watson later said: "There's been a breakdown in decorum, and I don't feel good when partisanship spills over."[43]

In 2010, Watson said that he agreed with Lee Westwood's assertion that Tour players who used 20-year-old Ping-Eye 2 wedges to get around new rules prohibiting box grooves (i.e., grooves rectangular [including square] or U-shaped in cross-section) were going against "the spirit of the game." Watson also reprimanded Tiger Woods for his "language and club-throwing" and said that Woods needed to "show humility" to the public.[44]

Watson has been outspoken about the effect that too much prize money can have on some golfers. In an interview in 2010, Watson said: "I do believe that, in certain instances, players can be corrupted by the amount of money they make. I think too much money corrupts the desire and for some players it's about how much money they make rather than just trying to be the best player they can."[45]

## Distinctions and honors

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* Named PGA Player of the Year 6 times, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982 and 1984, and trails only Tiger Woods, who has been named Player of the Year 11 times.
* Won the Vardon Trophy for lowest scoring average three straight years: 1977, 1978, and 1979.
* Played on four Ryder Cup teams: 1977, 1981, 1983, and 1989 and captained the victorious 1993 team along with the 2014 team. Watson also qualified for the 1979 matches but withdrew from the United States team due to his wife being about to give birth. He was replaced by Mark Hayes.[46]
* Voted the Bob Jones Award in 1987, the highest honor given by the United States Golf Association in recognition of distinguished sportsmanship in golf.
* Inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1988.
* Inducted into the Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame
* Won 1992 GCSAA Old Tom Morris Award
* Resigned from the Kansas City Country Club in 1991 in protest to its exclusion of people of Jewish ethnicity. He subsequently rejoined after the club's acceptance of Jewish and minority members.[47]
* Became involved with golf course design in the early 1990s.
* Author or co-authored several books, including Tom Watson's Strategic Golf. His latest, The Timeless Swing, was released by Atria books in March 2011.
* Has written a golf instruction column in Golf Digest magazine since the mid-1970s.
* Was ranked as the 10th greatest golfer of all time in the 2000 Golf Digest magazine list.[48]
* Is, after Sam Snead, only the second Golf Professional Emeritus at The Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
* Is the oldest player to hold the lead after 54 holes at a major championship (2009 Open Championship at Turnberry, Scotland)
* Is the oldest player to lead after any completed round at a major championship (2009 Open Championship at Turnberry, Scotland)
* Is the oldest player to shoot under par at the Masters Tournament (2015 Masters Tournament)[49]
* Granted a lifetime membership to the European Tour
* At 68, became the oldest player ever to win the Masters Tournament Par-3 contest[50]
* Named as an Honorary Starter for the Masters Tournament in 2022, becoming the 11th honorary starter in Masters history.[51]

## Professional wins (70)

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### PGA Tour wins (39)

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Legend

Major championships (8)
Tour Championships (1)
Other PGA Tour (30)
No.  | Date  | Tournament  | Winning score  | To par  | Margin of
victory  | Runner(s)-up

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1  | Jun 30, 1974 | Western Open | 72-71-75-69=287  | +3  | 2 strokes  |  J. C. Snead,  Tom Weiskopf
2  | May 12, 1975 | Byron Nelson Golf Classic | 72-63-69-65=269  | −15  | 2 strokes  |  Bob E. Smith
3  | Jul 13, 1975  | The Open Championship | 71-67-69-72=279  | −9  | Playoff  |  Jack Newton
4  | Jan 23, 1977 | Bing Crosby National Pro-Am | 66-69-67-71=273  | −15  | 1 stroke  |  Tony Jacklin
5  | Jan 30, 1977  | Andy Williams-San Diego Open Invitational | 66-67-67-69=269  | −19  | 5 strokes  |  Larry Nelson,  John Schroeder
6  | Apr 10, 1977  | Masters Tournament | 70-69-70-67=276  | −12  | 2 strokes  |  Jack Nicklaus
7  | Jun 26, 1977  | Western Open (2)  | 70-69-75-69=283  | −5  | 1 stroke  |  Wally Armstrong,  Johnny Miller
8  | Jul 9, 1977  | The Open Championship (2)  | 68-70-65-65=268  | −12  | 1 stroke  |  Jack Nicklaus
9  | Jan 8, 1978 | Joe Garagiola-Tucson Open | 63-68-73-72=274  | −14  | 3 strokes  |  Bobby Wadkins
10  | Jan 23, 1978  | Bing Crosby National Pro-Am (2)  | 66-74-71-69=280  | −8  | Playoff  |  Ben Crenshaw
11  | May 7, 1978  | Byron Nelson Golf Classic (2)  | 69-67-70-66=272  | −8  | 1 stroke  |  Lee Trevino
12  | Aug 27, 1978  | Colgate Hall of Fame Classic | 72-67-67-71=277  | −7  | 1 stroke  |  Hale Irwin,  Tom Kite,
Howard Twitty
13  | Sep 24, 1978  | Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic | 68-69-66-67=270  | −18  | 3 strokes  |  Ed Sneed
14  | Apr 1, 1979 | Sea Pines Heritage Classic | 65-65-69-71=270  | −14  | 5 strokes  |  Ed Sneed
15  | Apr 22, 1979  | MONY Tournament of Champions | 69-66-70-70=275  | −13  | 6 strokes  |  Bruce Lietzke,  Jerry Pate
16  | May 13, 1979  | Byron Nelson Golf Classic (3)  | 64-72-69-70=275  | −5  | Playoff  |  Bill Rogers
17  | May 27, 1979  | Memorial Tournament | 73-69-72-71=285  | −3  | 3 strokes  |  Miller Barber
18  | Aug 26, 1979  | Colgate Hall of Fame Classic (2)  | 70-68-65-69=272  | −12  | Playoff  |  Johnny Miller
19  | Jan 27, 1980 | Andy Williams-San Diego Open Invitational (2)  | 68-69-68-70=275  | −13  | Playoff  |  D. A. Weibring
20  | Feb 24, 1980  | Glen Campbell-Los Angeles Open | 69-66-70-71=276  | −8  | 1 stroke  |  Bob Gilder,  Don January
21  | Apr 20, 1980  | MONY Tournament of Champions (2)  | 65-66-72-73=276  | −12  | 3 strokes  |  Jim Colbert
22  | Apr 27, 1980  | Greater New Orleans Open | 66-68-66-73=273  | −15  | 2 strokes  |  Lee Trevino
23  | May 11, 1980  | Byron Nelson Golf Classic (4)  | 64-70-69-71=274  | −6  | 1 stroke  |  Bill Rogers
24  | Jul 20, 1980  | The Open Championship (3)  | 68-70-64-69=271  | −13  | 4 strokes  |  Lee Trevino
25  | Aug 24, 1980  | World Series of Golf | 65-75-65-65=270  | −10  | 2 strokes  |  Raymond Floyd
26  | Apr 12, 1981 | Masters Tournament (2)  | 71-68-70-71=280  | −8  | 2 strokes  |  Johnny Miller,  Jack Nicklaus
27  | Apr 26, 1981  | USF&G New Orleans Open (2)  | 69-69-64-68=270  | −18  | 2 strokes  |  Bruce Fleisher
28  | Jun 7, 1981  | Atlanta Classic | 68-70-68-71=277  | −11  | Playoff  |  Tommy Valentine
29  | Feb 21, 1982 | Glen Campbell-Los Angeles Open (2)  | 69-67-68-67=271  | −13  | Playoff  |  Johnny Miller
30  | Mar 28, 1982  | Sea Pines Heritage (2)  | 69-68-72-71=280  | −4  | Playoff  |  Frank Conner
31  | Jun 20, 1982  | U.S. Open | 72-72-68-70=282  | −6  | 2 strokes  |  Jack Nicklaus
32  | Jul 18, 1982  | The Open Championship (4)  | 69-71-74-70=284  | −4  | 1 stroke  |  Peter Oosterhuis,  Nick Price
33  | Jul 17, 1983 | The Open Championship (5)  | 67-68-70-70=275  | −9  | 1 stroke  |  Andy Bean,  Hale Irwin
34  | Jan 8, 1984 | Seiko-Tucson Match Play Championship | 2 and 1  |  Gil Morgan
35  | May 6, 1984  | MONY Tournament of Champions (3)  | 69-71-67-67=274  | −14  | 5 strokes  |  Bruce Lietzke
36  | Jul 8, 1984  | Western Open (3)  | 71-69-70-70=280  | −8  | Playoff  |  Greg Norman
37  | Nov 1, 1987 | Nabisco Championship | 65-66-69-68=268  | −12  | 2 strokes  |  Chip Beck
38  | Jun 2, 1996 | Memorial Tournament (2)  | 70-68-66-70=274  | −14  | 2 strokes  |  David Duval
39  | May 24, 1998 | MasterCard Colonial | 68-66-65-66=265  | −15  | 2 strokes  |  Jim Furyk

PGA Tour playoff record (9–5)

No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result

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1  | 1975 | The Open Championship |  Jack Newton | Won 18-hole playoff;
Watson: −1 (71),
Newton: E (72)
2  | 1978 | Bing Crosby National Pro-Am |  Ben Crenshaw | Won with par on second extra hole
3  | 1978  | PGA Championship |  John Mahaffey,  Jerry Pate | Mahaffey won with birdie on second extra hole
4  | 1979 | Masters Tournament |  Ed Sneed,  Fuzzy Zoeller | Zoeller won with birdie on second extra hole
5  | 1979  | Byron Nelson Golf Classic |  Bill Rogers | Won with birdie on first extra hole
6  | 1979  | Colgate Hall of Fame Classic |  Johnny Miller | Won with par on second extra hole
7  | 1980 | Andy Williams-San Diego Open Invitational |  D. A. Weibring | Won with par on first extra hole
8  | 1981 | Byron Nelson Golf Classic |  Bruce Lietzke | Lost to par on first extra hole
9  | 1981  | Atlanta Classic |  Tommy Valentine | Won with par on third extra hole
10  | 1982 | Glen Campbell-Los Angeles Open |  Johnny Miller | Won with birdie on third extra hole
11  | 1982  | Sea Pines Heritage Classic |  Frank Conner | Won with par on third extra hole
12  | 1984 | Western Open |  Greg Norman | Won with birdie on third extra hole
13  | 1988 | NEC World Series of Golf |  Mike Reid | Lost to par on first extra hole
14  | 2009 | The Open Championship |  Stewart Cink | Lost four-hole aggregate playoff;
Cink: −2 (4-3-4-3=14),
Watson: +4 (5-3-7-5=20)

### European Tour wins (8)

[edit]

Legend

Major championships (8)
Other European Tour (0)
No.  | Date  | Tournament  | Winning score  | To par  | Margin of
victory  | Runner(s)-up

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1  | Jul 13, 1975 | The Open Championship | 71-67-69-72=279  | −9  | Playoff  |  Jack Newton
2  | Apr 10, 1977 | Masters Tournament | 70-69-70-67=276  | −12  | 2 strokes  |  Jack Nicklaus
3  | Jul 9, 1977  | The Open Championship (2)  | 68-70-65-65=268  | −12  | 1 stroke  |  Jack Nicklaus
4  | Jul 20, 1980 | The Open Championship (3)  | 68-70-64-69=271  | −13  | 4 strokes  |  Lee Trevino
5  | Apr 12, 1981 | Masters Tournament (2)  | 71-68-70-71=280  | −8  | 2 strokes  |  Johnny Miller,  Jack Nicklaus
6  | Jun 20, 1982 | U.S. Open | 72-72-68-70=282  | −6  | 2 strokes  |  Jack Nicklaus
7  | Jul 18, 1982  | The Open Championship (4)  | 69-71-74-70=284  | −4  | 1 stroke  |  Peter Oosterhuis,  Nick Price
8  | Jul 17, 1983 | The Open Championship (5)  | 67-68-70-70=275  | −9  | 1 stroke  |  Andy Bean,  Hale Irwin

European Tour playoff record (1–3)

No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result

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1  | 1975 | The Open Championship |  Jack Newton | Won 18-hole playoff;
Watson: −1 (71),
Newton: E (72)
2  | 1978 | PGA Championship |  Jerry Pate,  John Mahaffey | Mahaffey won with birdie on second extra hole
3  | 1979 | Masters Tournament |  Ed Sneed,  Fuzzy Zoeller | Zoeller won with birdie on second extra hole
4  | 2009 | The Open Championship |  Stewart Cink | Lost four-hole aggregate playoff;
Cink: −2 (4-3-4-3=14),
Watson: +4 (5-3-7-5=20)

### PGA of Japan Tour wins (4)

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No.  | Date  | Tournament  | Winning score  | To par  | Margin of
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1  | Dec 5, 1976 | ABC Japan vs USA Golf Matches | 71-66-67-73=277  | −11  | 3 strokes  |  Isao Aoki
2  | Nov 23, 1980 | Dunlop Phoenix Tournament | 68-74-73-67=282  | −6  | 2 strokes  |  Mike Reid
3  | Nov 4, 1984 | Uchida Yoko Cup Japan vs USA Match (2)  | 67-68=135  | −7  | 1 stroke  |  Mark O'Meara,  Naomichi Ozaki
4  | Nov 23, 1997 | Dunlop Phoenix Tournament (2)  | 70-65-70-70=275  | −9  | 2 strokes  |  Naomichi Ozaki

PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result

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1  | 1983 | Dunlop Phoenix Tournament |  Chen Tze-ming | Lost to par on first extra hole

### Asia Golf Circuit wins (1)

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No.  | Date  | Tournament  | Winning score  | To par  | Margin of
victory  | Runner-up

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1  | Mar 8, 1992 | Hutchison Telecom Hong Kong Open | 65-66-69-74=274  | −10  | 3 strokes  |  Ronan Rafferty

### PGA Tour of Australia wins (1)

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No.  | Date  | Tournament  | Winning score  | To par  | Margin of
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1  | Nov 18, 1984  | National Panasonic Australian Open | 67-72-70-72=281  | −7  | 1 stroke  |  Bob Stanton

### Other wins (2)

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No.  | Date  | Tournament  | Winning score  | To par  | Margin of
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1  | Sep 7, 1975  | World Series of Golf | 69-71=140  | −4  | 2 strokes  |  Jack Nicklaus
2  | Nov 27, 1994  | Skins Game | $210,000  | $40,000  |  Fred Couples

### Champions Tour wins (14)

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Legend

Champions Tour major championships (6)
Tour Championships (3)
Other Champions Tour (5)
No.  | Date  | Tournament  | Winning score  | To par  | Margin of
victory  | Runner(s)-up

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1  | Sep 19, 1999 | Bank One Championship | 67-67-62=196  | −20  | 5 strokes  |  Bruce Summerhays
2  | Nov 5, 2000 | IR Senior Tour Championship | 70-67-67-66=270  | −18  | 1 stroke  |  John Jacobs
3  | May 27, 2001 | Senior PGA Championship | 72-69-66-67=274  | −14  | 1 stroke  |  Jim Thorpe
4  | Oct 22, 2002 | Senior Tour Championship (2)  | 74-67-66-67=274  | −14  | 1 stroke  |  Gil Morgan
5  | Jul 27, 2003 | Senior British Open | 66-67-66-64=263  | −17  | Playoff  |  Carl Mason
6  | Aug 31, 2003  | JELD-WEN Tradition | 68-62-73-70=273  | −15  | 1 stroke  |  Jim Ahern,  Tom Kite
7  | Jul 24, 2005 | The Senior British Open Championship (2)  | 75-71-64-70=280  | −4  | Playoff  |  Des Smyth
8  | Oct 30, 2005  | Charles Schwab Cup Championship (3)  | 69-70-69-64=272  | −16  | 1 stroke  |  Jay Haas
9  | Feb 18, 2007 | Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am | 70-69-70=209  | −4  | 1 stroke  |  Andy Bean,  Jay Haas
10  | Jul 29, 2007  | The Senior Open Championship (3)  | 70-71-70-73=284  | E  | 1 stroke  |  Stewart Ginn,  Mark O'Meara
11  | Apr 20, 2008 | Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am (2)  | 63-71-70=204  | −9  | 1 stroke  |  Jay Haas,  Scott Hoch
12  | Apr 27, 2008  | Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf
(with  Andy North)  | 59-62-64=185  | −31  | 1 stroke  |  Jeff Sluman and  Craig Stadler
13  | Jan 24, 2010 | Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai | 63-66-65=194  | −22  | 1 stroke  |  Fred Couples
14  | May 29, 2011 | Senior PGA Championship (2)  | 70-70-68-70=278  | −10  | Playoff  |  David Eger

Champions Tour playoff record (3–8)

No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result

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1  | 2000 | Boone Valley Classic |  José María Cañizares,  Walter Hall,
Lanny Wadkins | Wadkins won with par on third extra hole
Hall and Watson eliminated by par on first hole
2  | 2000  | The Countrywide Tradition |  Tom Kite,  Larry Nelson | Kite won with birdie on sixth extra hole
Nelson eliminated by par on second hole
3  | 2002 | SBC Senior Classic |  Tom Kite | Lost to par on second extra hole
4  | 2002  | U.S. Senior Open |  Don Pooley | Lost to birdie on fifth extra hole after three-hole aggregate playoff;
Pooley: E (4-4-4=12),
Watson: E (4-4-4=12)
5  | 2003 | Kinko's Classic of Austin |  Hale Irwin | Lost to birdie on second extra hole
6  | 2003  | Senior British Open |  Carl Mason | Won with par on second extra hole
7  | 2004 | ACE Group Classic |  Gary Koch,  Craig Stadler | Stadler won with birdie on first extra hole
8  | 2005 | MasterCard Championship |  Dana Quigley | Lost to par on third extra hole
9  | 2005  | Bayer Advantage Classic |  Gil Morgan,  Dana Quigley | Quigley won with birdie on first extra hole
10  | 2005  | The Senior British Open Championship |  Des Smyth | Won with par on third extra hole
11  | 2011 | Senior PGA Championship |  David Eger | Won with birdie on first extra hole

### Other senior wins (9)

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* 1999 Diners Club Matches (with Jack Nicklaus)
* 2000 Hyundai Team Matches (with Jack Nicklaus)
* 2004 Wendy's Champions Skins Game
* 2005 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf – Raphael Division (with Andy North)
* 2006 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf – Raphael Division (with Andy North)
* 2007 Wendy's Champions Skins Game (with Jack Nicklaus), Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf – Raphael Division (with Andy North)
* 2010 Wendy's Champions Skins Game (with Jack Nicklaus)
* 2011 Wendy's Champions Skins Game (with Jack Nicklaus)

## Major championships

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### Wins (8)

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Year | Championship | 54 holes | Winning score | Margin | Runner(s)-up

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1975 | The Open Championship | 3 shot deficit | −9 (71-67-69-72=279) | Playoff1 |  Jack Newton
1977 | Masters Tournament | Tied for lead | −12 (70-69-70-67=276) | 2 strokes |  Jack Nicklaus
1977 | The Open Championship (2) | Tied for lead | −12 (68-70-65-65=268) | 1 stroke |  Jack Nicklaus
1980 | The Open Championship (3) | 4 shot lead | −13 (68-70-64-69=271) | 4 strokes |  Lee Trevino
1981 | Masters Tournament (2) | 1 shot lead | −8 (71-68-70-71=280) | 2 strokes |  Johnny Miller,  Jack Nicklaus
1982 | U.S. Open | Tied for lead | −6 (72-72-68-70=282) | 2 strokes |  Jack Nicklaus
1982 | The Open Championship (4) | 3 shot deficit | −4 (69-71-74-70=284) | 1 stroke |  Peter Oosterhuis,  Nick Price
1983 | The Open Championship (5) | 1 shot lead | −9 (67-68-70-70=275) | 1 stroke |  Andy Bean,  Hale Irwin

1Defeated Newton in 18-hole playoff; Watson (71), Newton (72)

### Results timeline

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Tournament | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979

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Masters Tournament | CUT  |  |  |  |  | T8  | T33  | 1 | T2  | T2
U.S. Open |  |  | T29  | CUT  | T5  | T9  | 7  | T7  | T6  | CUT
The Open Championship |  |  |  |  |  | 1 | CUT  | 1 | T14  | T26
PGA Championship |  |  |  | T12  | T11  | 9  | T15  | T6  | T2  | T12
Tournament | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989

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Masters Tournament | T12  | 1 | T5  | T4  | 2  | T10  | T6  | T7  | T9  | T14
U.S. Open | T3  | T23  | 1 | 2  | T11  | CUT  | T24  | 2  | T36  | T46
The Open Championship | 1 | T23  | 1 | 1 | T2  | T47  | T35  | 7  | T28  | 4
PGA Championship | T10  | CUT  | T9  | T47  | T39  | T6  | T16  | T14  | T31  | T9
Tournament | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999

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Masters Tournament | T7  | T3  | T48  | T45  | 13  | T14  | CUT  | 4  | CUT  | CUT
U.S. Open | CUT  | T16  | CUT  | T5  | T6  | T56  | T13  | 64  | CUT  | T57
The Open Championship | CUT  | T26  | CUT  | CUT  | T11  | T31  |  | T10  | CUT  | CUT
PGA Championship | T19  | CUT  | T62  | 5  | T9  | T58  | T17  | CUT  | CUT  | CUT
Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009

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Masters Tournament | CUT  | CUT  | T40  | CUT  | CUT  | CUT  | CUT  | CUT  | CUT  | CUT
U.S. Open | T27  |  |  | T28  |  |  |  |  |  |
The Open Championship | T55  | CUT  | CUT  | T18  |  | T41  | T48  |  | CUT  | 2
PGA Championship | T9  | T66  | T48  | CUT  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016

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Masters Tournament | T18  | CUT  | CUT  | CUT  | CUT  | CUT  | CUT
U.S. Open | T29  |  |  |  |  |  |
The Open Championship | CUT  | T22  | T77  | CUT  | T51  | CUT  |
PGA Championship |  |  |  | CUT  | CUT  |  |

Win

Top 10

Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut (3rd round cut in 1976 Open Championship)
"T" indicates a tie for a place.

### Summary

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Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made

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Masters Tournament | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 20 | 43 | 24
U.S. Open | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 31 | 25
The Open Championship | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 38 | 26
PGA Championship | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 33 | 25
Totals | 8 | 8 | 2 | 25 | 46 | 69 | 145 | 100

* Most consecutive cuts made – 19 (1985 Open Championship – 1990 Masters)
* Longest streak of top-10s – 7 (1982 Masters – 1983 Open Championship)

## Results in The Players Championship

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Tournament  | 1974  | 1975  | 1976  | 1977  | 1978  | 1979  | 1980  | 1981  | 1982  | 1983  | 1984  | 1985  | 1986  | 1987  | 1988  | 1989

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The Players Championship | CUT  | T8  | T9  | T5  | CUT  | 2  | T3  | CUT  | T6  | T19  | T8  | T55  | T58  | CUT  | CUT  | T11
Tournament  | 1990  | 1991  | 1992  | 1993  | 1994  | 1995  | 1996  | 1997  | 1998  | 1999

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The Players Championship | T36  | T20  | T2  | 10  | T14  | T29  | T33  | T53  | T35  | T62

Top 10

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

## Results in World Golf Championships

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Tournament | 1999

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Match Play | R64
Championship |
Invitational |

Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play

## Senior major championships

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### Wins (6)

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Year | Championship | 54 holes | Winning score | Margin | Runner(s)-up

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2001 | Senior PGA Championship | Tied for lead | −14 (72-69-66-67=274) | 1 stroke |  Jim Thorpe
2003 | The Senior Open Championship | 3 shot deficit | −17 (66-67-66-64=263) | Playoff1 |  Carl Mason
2003 | JELD-WEN Tradition | 1 shot deficit | −15 (68-62-73-70=273) | 1 stroke |  Jim Ahern,  Tom Kite,
Gil Morgan
2005 | The Senior Open Championship (2) | 1 shot lead | −4 (75-71-64-70=280) | Playoff2 |  Des Smyth
2007 | The Senior Open Championship (3) | 1 shot deficit | E (70-71-70-73=284) | 1 stroke |  Stewart Ginn,  Mark O'Meara
2011 | Senior PGA Championship (2) | 1 shot deficit | −10 (70-70-68-70=278) | Playoff3 |  David Eger

1Defeated Mason in a playoff with par at the second extra hole.
2Defeated Smyth in a playoff with par at the third extra hole.
3Defeated Eger in a playoff with birdie at the first extra hole.

### Results timeline

[edit]

Results not in chronological order before 2017.

Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009

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The Tradition | 2  |  | 5  | 1 | T55  | T9  | T14  | T6  | T3  | T5
Senior PGA Championship | T17  | 1 | T18  | T17  | T4  | T27  | T23  | T52  | T16  | 4
U.S. Senior Open | T10  | T16  | 2  | 2  | T25  | T5  | 2  | 4  | T23  | T43
Senior Players Championship | T18  | T8  |  | T2  |  | T3  | T17  | 2  |  | 2
The Senior Open Championship |  | 1 | T22  | 1 | T23  | 1 | T5  | T8
Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019

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The Tradition | T15  | T32  |  |  | T6  | T13  |  |  |  |
Senior PGA Championship | T18  | 1 |  | T28  | 2  |  |  | CUT  |  |
U.S. Senior Open | 5  |  | T22  | T23  |  | T7  | T54  | T40  |  | T17
Senior Players Championship | 66  | T28  | T20  | T27  |  |  | T25  |  |  |
The Senior Open Championship | T24  | T3  | T10  | T36  | T10  | T15  | T27  | T23  | T21  | T64

Note: The Senior British Open was not a Champions Tour major until 2003.

Win

Top 10

Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

## U.S. national team appearances

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Professional

* Ryder Cup: 1977 (winners), 1981 (winners), 1983 (winners), 1989 (tie), 1993 (non-playing captain, winners), 2014 (non-playing captain)
* Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (representing Senior PGA Tour): 1999 (winners), 2000, 2001

## Golf courses designed

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Tom Watson Parkway at the National Golf Club in Parkville

Watson is a member of the American Society of Golf Course Architects and has designed golf courses through his Tom Watson Design company in Johnson County, Kansas.[52]

* Ballybunion Golf Club – County Kerry, Ireland (1995 redesign)
* Cassique Golf Course, Kiawah Island, South Carolina
* National Golf Club of Kansas City, Parkville, Missouri (Route 45 which passes the course is called the "Tom Watson Parkway")
* Independence Course at Reunion Resort & Club, Orlando, Florida
* Phoenix Resort, Miyazaki, Japan
* The Links at Spanish Bay, Pebble Beach, California (with Sandy Tatum and Robert Trent Jones, Jr.)
* Shadow Glen the Golf Club, Olathe, Kansas (with Jay Morrish and Tom Weiskopf)
* Loch Lloyd Country Club, Village of Loch Lloyd, Missouri (Renovation)
* The Conservatory, Hammock Beach resorts, Palm Coast, Florida
* Mozingo Lake Golf Course (Junior 9 course), Maryville, Missouri[53]
* The Manor Golf & Country Club, Milton, Georgia

## See also

[edit]

* Biography portal

* 1971 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
* List of golfers with most PGA Tour wins
* List of men's major championships winning golfers
* List of golfers with most Champions Tour wins
* List of golfers with most Champions Tour major championship wins
* List of golfers with most wins in one PGA Tour event
* Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame

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Tom Watson in the major championships

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Masters Tournament champions

* 1934 Horton Smith
* 1935 Gene Sarazen†
* 1936 Horton Smith
* 1937 Byron Nelson
* 1938 Henry Picard
* 1939 Ralph Guldahl
* 1940 Jimmy Demaret
* 1941‡ Craig Wood
* 1942 Byron Nelson†
* 1946 Herman Keiser
* 1947 Jimmy Demaret
* 1948 Claude Harmon
* 1949 Sam Snead
* 1950 Jimmy Demaret
* 1951 Ben Hogan
* 1952 Sam Snead
* 1953 Ben Hogan
* 1954 Sam Snead†
* 1955 Cary Middlecoff
* 1956 Jack Burke Jr.
* 1957 Doug Ford
* 1958 Arnold Palmer
* 1959 Art Wall Jr.
* 1960‡ Arnold Palmer
* 1961 Gary Player
* 1962 Arnold Palmer†
* 1963 Jack Nicklaus
* 1964 Arnold Palmer
* 1965 Jack Nicklaus
* 1966 Jack Nicklaus†
* 1967 Gay Brewer
* 1968 Bob Goalby
* 1969 George Archer
* 1970 Billy Casper†
* 1971 Charles Coody
* 1972‡ Jack Nicklaus
* 1973 Tommy Aaron
* 1974 Gary Player
* 1975 Jack Nicklaus
* 1976‡ Raymond Floyd
* 1977 Tom Watson
* 1978 Gary Player
* 1979 Fuzzy Zoeller†
* 1980 Seve Ballesteros
* 1981 Tom Watson
* 1982 Craig Stadler†
* 1983 Seve Ballesteros
* 1984 Ben Crenshaw
* 1985 Bernhard Langer
* 1986 Jack Nicklaus
* 1987 Larry Mize†
* 1988 Sandy Lyle
* 1989 Nick Faldo†
* 1990 Nick Faldo†
* 1991 Ian Woosnam
* 1992 Fred Couples
* 1993 Bernhard Langer
* 1994 José María Olazábal
* 1995 Ben Crenshaw
* 1996 Nick Faldo
* 1997 Tiger Woods
* 1998 Mark O'Meara
* 1999 José María Olazábal
* 2000 Vijay Singh
* 2001 Tiger Woods
* 2002 Tiger Woods
* 2003 Mike Weir†
* 2004 Phil Mickelson
* 2005 Tiger Woods†
* 2006 Phil Mickelson
* 2007 Zach Johnson
* 2008 Trevor Immelman
* 2009 Ángel Cabrera†
* 2010 Phil Mickelson
* 2011 Charl Schwartzel
* 2012 Bubba Watson†
* 2013 Adam Scott†
* 2014 Bubba Watson
* 2015‡ Jordan Spieth
* 2016 Danny Willett
* 2017 Sergio García†
* 2018 Patrick Reed
* 2019 Tiger Woods
* 2020 Dustin Johnson
* 2021 Hideki Matsuyama
* 2022 Scottie Scheffler
* 2023 Jon Rahm
* 2024 Scottie Scheffler

† indicates the event was won in a playoff; ‡ indicates the event was won wire-to-wire; 1943–1945 cancelled due to World War II

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U.S. Open champions

* 1895 Horace Rawlins
* 1896 James Foulis
* 1897 Joe Lloyd
* 1898 Fred Herd
* 1899 Willie Smith
* 1900 Harry Vardon
* 1901 Willie Anderson†
* 1902 Laurie Auchterlonie
* 1903 Willie Anderson†
* 1904 Willie Anderson
* 1905 Willie Anderson
* 1906 Alex Smith
* 1907 Alec Ross
* 1908 Fred McLeod†
* 1909 George Sargent
* 1910 Alex Smith†
* 1911 John McDermott†
* 1912 John McDermott
* 1913 Francis Ouimet#†
* 1914‡ Walter Hagen
* 1915 Jerome Travers#
* 1916 Chick Evans#
* 1919 Walter Hagen†
* 1920 Ted Ray
* 1921‡ Jim Barnes
* 1922 Gene Sarazen
* 1923 Bobby Jones#†
* 1924 Cyril Walker
* 1925 Willie Macfarlane†
* 1926 Bobby Jones#
* 1927 Tommy Armour†
* 1928 Johnny Farrell†
* 1929 Bobby Jones#†
* 1930 Bobby Jones#
* 1931 Billy Burke†
* 1932 Gene Sarazen
* 1933 Johnny Goodman#
* 1934 Olin Dutra
* 1935 Sam Parks Jr.
* 1936 Tony Manero
* 1937 Ralph Guldahl
* 1938 Ralph Guldahl
* 1939 Byron Nelson†
* 1940 Lawson Little†
* 1941 Craig Wood
* 1946 Lloyd Mangrum†
* 1947 Lew Worsham†
* 1948 Ben Hogan
* 1949 Cary Middlecoff
* 1950 Ben Hogan†
* 1951 Ben Hogan
* 1952 Julius Boros
* 1953‡ Ben Hogan
* 1954 Ed Furgol
* 1955 Jack Fleck†
* 1956 Cary Middlecoff
* 1957 Dick Mayer†
* 1958 Tommy Bolt
* 1959 Billy Casper
* 1960 Arnold Palmer
* 1961 Gene Littler
* 1962 Jack Nicklaus†
* 1963 Julius Boros†
* 1964 Ken Venturi
* 1965 Gary Player†
* 1966 Billy Casper†
* 1967 Jack Nicklaus
* 1968 Lee Trevino
* 1969 Orville Moody
* 1970‡ Tony Jacklin
* 1971 Lee Trevino†
* 1972 Jack Nicklaus
* 1973 Johnny Miller
* 1974 Hale Irwin
* 1975 Lou Graham†
* 1976 Jerry Pate
* 1977 Hubert Green
* 1978 Andy North
* 1979 Hale Irwin
* 1980 Jack Nicklaus
* 1981 David Graham
* 1982 Tom Watson
* 1983 Larry Nelson
* 1984 Fuzzy Zoeller†
* 1985 Andy North
* 1986 Raymond Floyd
* 1987 Scott Simpson
* 1988 Curtis Strange†
* 1989 Curtis Strange
* 1990 Hale Irwin†
* 1991 Payne Stewart†
* 1992 Tom Kite
* 1993 Lee Janzen
* 1994 Ernie Els†
* 1995 Corey Pavin
* 1996 Steve Jones
* 1997 Ernie Els
* 1998 Lee Janzen
* 1999 Payne Stewart
* 2000‡ Tiger Woods
* 2001 Retief Goosen†
* 2002‡ Tiger Woods
* 2003 Jim Furyk
* 2004 Retief Goosen
* 2005 Michael Campbell
* 2006 Geoff Ogilvy
* 2007 Ángel Cabrera
* 2008 Tiger Woods†
* 2009 Lucas Glover
* 2010 Graeme McDowell
* 2011‡ Rory McIlroy
* 2012 Webb Simpson
* 2013 Justin Rose
* 2014‡ Martin Kaymer
* 2015 Jordan Spieth
* 2016 Dustin Johnson
* 2017 Brooks Koepka
* 2018 Brooks Koepka
* 2019 Gary Woodland
* 2020 Bryson DeChambeau
* 2021 Jon Rahm
* 2022 Matt Fitzpatrick
* 2023 Wyndham Clark
* 2024 Bryson DeChambeau

† indicates the event was won in a playoff; ‡ indicates the event was won wire-to-wire; # indicates the event was won by an amateur; 1942–1945 cancelled due to World War II

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The Open Championship champions

* 1860 Willie Park Sr.
* 1861 Tom Morris Sr.
* 1862 Tom Morris Sr.
* 1863 Willie Park Sr.
* 1864 Tom Morris Sr.
* 1865 Andrew Strath
* 1866 Willie Park Sr.
* 1867 Tom Morris Sr.
* 1868 Tom Morris Jr.
* 1869 Tom Morris Jr.
* 1870 Tom Morris Jr.
* 1872 Tom Morris Jr.
* 1873 Tom Kidd
* 1874 Mungo Park
* 1875 Willie Park Sr.
* 1876 Bob Martin†
* 1877 Jamie Anderson
* 1878 Jamie Anderson
* 1879 Jamie Anderson
* 1880 Bob Ferguson
* 1881 Bob Ferguson
* 1882 Bob Ferguson
* 1883 Willie Fernie†
* 1884 Jack Simpson
* 1885 Bob Martin
* 1886 David Brown
* 1887 Willie Park Jr.
* 1888 Jack Burns
* 1889 Willie Park Jr.†
* 1890 John Ball#
* 1891 Hugh Kirkaldy
* 1892 Harold Hilton#
* 1893 William Auchterlonie
* 1894 John Henry Taylor
* 1895 John Henry Taylor
* 1896 Harry Vardon†
* 1897 Harold Hilton#
* 1898 Harry Vardon
* 1899 Harry Vardon
* 1900 John Henry Taylor
* 1901 James Braid
* 1902 Sandy Herd
* 1903 Harry Vardon
* 1904 Jack White
* 1905 James Braid
* 1906 James Braid
* 1907 Arnaud Massy
* 1908 James Braid
* 1909 John Henry Taylor
* 1910 James Braid
* 1911 Harry Vardon†
* 1912‡ Edward Ray
* 1913 John Henry Taylor
* 1914 Harry Vardon
* 1920 George Duncan
* 1921 Jock Hutchison†
* 1922 Walter Hagen
* 1923 Arthur Havers
* 1924 Walter Hagen
* 1925 Jim Barnes
* 1926 Bobby Jones#
* 1927‡ Bobby Jones#
* 1928 Walter Hagen
* 1929 Walter Hagen
* 1930 Bobby Jones#
* 1931 Tommy Armour
* 1932‡ Gene Sarazen
* 1933 Denny Shute†
* 1934‡ Henry Cotton
* 1935 Alf Perry
* 1936 Alf Padgham
* 1937 Henry Cotton
* 1938 Reg Whitcombe
* 1939 Dick Burton
* 1946 Sam Snead
* 1947 Fred Daly
* 1948 Henry Cotton
* 1949 Bobby Locke†
* 1950 Bobby Locke
* 1951 Max Faulkner
* 1952 Bobby Locke
* 1953 Ben Hogan
* 1954 Peter Thomson
* 1955 Peter Thomson
* 1956 Peter Thomson
* 1957 Bobby Locke
* 1958 Peter Thomson†
* 1959 Gary Player
* 1960 Kel Nagle
* 1961 Arnold Palmer
* 1962 Arnold Palmer
* 1963 Bob Charles†
* 1964 Tony Lema
* 1965 Peter Thomson
* 1966 Jack Nicklaus
* 1967 Roberto De Vicenzo
* 1968 Gary Player
* 1969 Tony Jacklin
* 1970 Jack Nicklaus†
* 1971 Lee Trevino
* 1972 Lee Trevino
* 1973‡ Tom Weiskopf
* 1974 Gary Player
* 1975 Tom Watson†
* 1976 Johnny Miller
* 1977 Tom Watson
* 1978 Jack Nicklaus
* 1979 Seve Ballesteros
* 1980 Tom Watson
* 1981 Bill Rogers
* 1982 Tom Watson
* 1983 Tom Watson
* 1984 Seve Ballesteros
* 1985 Sandy Lyle
* 1986 Greg Norman
* 1987 Nick Faldo
* 1988 Seve Ballesteros
* 1989 Mark Calcavecchia†
* 1990 Nick Faldo
* 1991 Ian Baker-Finch
* 1992 Nick Faldo
* 1993 Greg Norman
* 1994 Nick Price
* 1995 John Daly†
* 1996 Tom Lehman
* 1997 Justin Leonard
* 1998 Mark O'Meara†
* 1999 Paul Lawrie†
* 2000 Tiger Woods
* 2001 David Duval
* 2002 Ernie Els†
* 2003 Ben Curtis
* 2004 Todd Hamilton†
* 2005‡ Tiger Woods
* 2006 Tiger Woods
* 2007 Pádraig Harrington†
* 2008 Pádraig Harrington
* 2009 Stewart Cink†
* 2010 Louis Oosthuizen
* 2011 Darren Clarke
* 2012 Ernie Els
* 2013 Phil Mickelson
* 2014‡ Rory McIlroy
* 2015 Zach Johnson†
* 2016 Henrik Stenson
* 2017 Jordan Spieth
* 2018 Francesco Molinari
* 2019 Shane Lowry
* 2021 Collin Morikawa
* 2022 Cameron Smith
* 2023 Brian Harman
* 2024 Xander Schauffele

† indicates the event was won in a playoff; ‡ indicates the event was won wire-to-wire in 72-holes; # indicates the event was won by an amateur
1871 No championship; 1915–1919 cancelled due to World War I; 1940–1945 cancelled due to World War II; 2020 cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

Tom Watson in the senior major championships

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Senior PGA Championship champions

* 1980 Arnold Palmer†
* 1981 Miller Barber
* 1982 Don January
* 1983 Not held
* 1984 (Jan) Arnold Palmer
* 1984 (Dec) Peter Thomson
* 1985 Not held
* 1986 Gary Player
* 1987 Chi-Chi Rodríguez
* 1988 Gary Player
* 1989 Larry Mowry
* 1990 Gary Player
* 1991 Jack Nicklaus
* 1992 Lee Trevino
* 1993 Tom Wargo†
* 1994 Lee Trevino
* 1995 Raymond Floyd
* 1996 Hale Irwin
* 1997 Hale Irwin
* 1998 Hale Irwin
* 1999 Allen Doyle
* 2000 Doug Tewell
* 2001 Tom Watson
* 2002 Fuzzy Zoeller
* 2003 John Jacobs
* 2004 Hale Irwin
* 2005 Mike Reid†
* 2006 Jay Haas†
* 2007 Denis Watson
* 2008 Jay Haas
* 2009 Michael Allen
* 2010 Tom Lehman†
* 2011 Tom Watson†
* 2012 Roger Chapman
* 2013 Kōki Idoki
* 2014 Colin Montgomerie
* 2015 Colin Montgomerie
* 2016 Rocco Mediate
* 2017 Bernhard Langer
* 2018 Paul Broadhurst
* 2019 Ken Tanigawa
* 2020 Not held
* 2021 Alex Čejka
* 2022 Steven Alker
* 2023 Steve Stricker†
* 2024 Richard Bland

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Senior Open Championship champions

* 1987 Neil Coles
* 1988 Gary Player
* 1989 Bob Charles
* 1990 Gary Player
* 1991 Bobby Verwey
* 1992 John Fourie
* 1993 Bob Charles
* 1994 Tom Wargo
* 1995 Brian Barnes†
* 1996 Brian Barnes
* 1997 Gary Player†
* 1998 Brian Huggett†
* 1999 Christy O'Connor Jnr
* 2000 Christy O'Connor Jnr
* 2001 Ian Stanley†
* 2002 Noboru Sugai
* 2003 Tom Watson†
* 2004 Pete Oakley
* 2005 Tom Watson†
* 2006 Loren Roberts†
* 2007 Tom Watson
* 2008 Bruce Vaughan†
* 2009 Loren Roberts†
* 2010 Bernhard Langer
* 2011 Russ Cochran
* 2012 Fred Couples
* 2013 Mark Wiebe†
* 2014 Bernhard Langer
* 2015 Marco Dawson
* 2016 Paul Broadhurst
* 2017 Bernhard Langer
* 2018 Miguel Ángel Jiménez
* 2019 Bernhard Langer
* 2020 Not held
* 2021 Stephen Dodd
* 2022 Darren Clarke
* 2023 Alex Čejka†
* 2024 K. J. Choi

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The Tradition champions

* 1989 Don Bies
* 1990 Jack Nicklaus
* 1991 Jack Nicklaus
* 1992 Lee Trevino
* 1993 Tom Shaw
* 1994 Raymond Floyd†
* 1995 Jack Nicklaus†
* 1996 Jack Nicklaus
* 1997 Gil Morgan
* 1998 Gil Morgan
* 1999 Graham Marsh
* 2000 Tom Kite†
* 2001 Doug Tewell
* 2002 Jim Thorpe†
* 2003 Tom Watson
* 2004 Craig Stadler
* 2005 Loren Roberts†
* 2006 Eduardo Romero†
* 2007 Mark McNulty
* 2008 Fred Funk
* 2009 Mike Reid†
* 2010 Fred Funk
* 2011 Tom Lehman†
* 2012 Tom Lehman
* 2013 David Frost
* 2014 Kenny Perry
* 2015 Jeff Maggert†
* 2016 Bernhard Langer
* 2017 Bernhard Langer
* 2018 Miguel Ángel Jiménez
* 2019 Steve Stricker
* 2020 Not held
* 2021 Alex Čejka†
* 2022 Steve Stricker
* 2023 Steve Stricker
* 2024 Doug Barron

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PGA and PGA Tour Players of the Year

PGA Players of the Year

* 1948 Ben Hogan
* 1949 Sam Snead
* 1950 Ben Hogan
* 1951 Ben Hogan
* 1952 Julius Boros
* 1953 Ben Hogan
* 1954 Ed Furgol
* 1955 Doug Ford
* 1956 Jack Burke Jr.
* 1957 Dick Mayer
* 1958 Dow Finsterwald
* 1959 Art Wall Jr.
* 1960 Arnold Palmer
* 1961 Jerry Barber
* 1962 Arnold Palmer
* 1963 Julius Boros
* 1964 Ken Venturi
* 1965 Dave Marr
* 1966 Billy Casper
* 1967 Jack Nicklaus
* 1968 No award
* 1969 Orville Moody
* 1970 Billy Casper
* 1971 Lee Trevino
* 1972 Jack Nicklaus
* 1973 Jack Nicklaus
* 1974 Johnny Miller
* 1975 Jack Nicklaus
* 1976 Jack Nicklaus
* 1977 Tom Watson
* 1978 Tom Watson
* 1979 Tom Watson
* 1980 Tom Watson
* 1981 Bill Rogers
* 1982 Tom Watson
* 1983 Hal Sutton
* 1984 Tom Watson
* 1985 Lanny Wadkins
* 1986 Bob Tway
* 1987 Paul Azinger
* 1988 Curtis Strange
* 1989 Tom Kite
* 1990 Nick Faldo
* 1991 Corey Pavin
* 1992 Fred Couples
* 1993 Nick Price
* 1994 Nick Price
* 1995 Greg Norman
* 1996 Tom Lehman
* 1997 Tiger Woods
* 1998 Mark O'Meara
* 1999 Tiger Woods
* 2000 Tiger Woods
* 2001 Tiger Woods
* 2002 Tiger Woods
* 2003 Tiger Woods
* 2004 Vijay Singh
* 2005 Tiger Woods
* 2006 Tiger Woods
* 2007 Tiger Woods
* 2008 Pádraig Harrington
* 2009 Tiger Woods
* 2010 Jim Furyk
* 2011 Luke Donald
* 2012 Rory McIlroy
* 2013 Tiger Woods
* 2014 Rory McIlroy
* 2015 Jordan Spieth
* 2016 Dustin Johnson
* 2017 Justin Thomas
* 2018 Brooks Koepka
* 2019 Brooks Koepka
* 2020 Justin Thomas
* 2021 Jon Rahm
* 2022 Cameron Smith

PGA Tour Players of the Year

* 1990 Wayne Levi
* 1991 Fred Couples
* 1992 Fred Couples
* 1993 Nick Price
* 1994 Nick Price
* 1995 Greg Norman
* 1996 Tom Lehman
* 1997 Tiger Woods
* 1998 Mark O'Meara
* 1999 Tiger Woods
* 2000 Tiger Woods
* 2001 Tiger Woods
* 2002 Tiger Woods
* 2003 Tiger Woods
* 2004 Vijay Singh
* 2005 Tiger Woods
* 2006 Tiger Woods
* 2007 Tiger Woods
* 2008 Pádraig Harrington
* 2009 Tiger Woods
* 2010 Jim Furyk
* 2011 Luke Donald
* 2012 Rory McIlroy
* 2013 Tiger Woods
* 2013–14 Rory McIlroy
* 2014–15 Jordan Spieth
* 2015–16 Dustin Johnson
* 2016–17 Justin Thomas
* 2017–18 Brooks Koepka
* 2018–19 Rory McIlroy
* 2019–20 Dustin Johnson
* 2020–21 Patrick Cantlay
* 2021–22 Scottie Scheffler
* 2022–23 Scottie Scheffler

Tom Watson in the Ryder Cup

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American Ryder Cup captains

* 1927 Walter Hagen
* 1929 Walter Hagen
* 1931 Walter Hagen
* 1933 Walter Hagen
* 1935 Walter Hagen
* 1937 Walter Hagen
* 1947 Ben Hogan
* 1949 Ben Hogan
* 1951 Sam Snead
* 1953 Lloyd Mangrum
* 1955 Chick Harbert
* 1957 Jack Burke Jr.
* 1959 Sam Snead
* 1961 Jerry Barber
* 1963 Arnold Palmer
* 1965 Byron Nelson
* 1967 Ben Hogan
* 1969 Sam Snead
* 1971 Jay Hebert
* 1973 Jack Burke Jr.
* 1975 Arnold Palmer
* 1977 Dow Finsterwald
* 1979 Billy Casper
* 1981 Dave Marr
* 1983 Jack Nicklaus
* 1985 Lee Trevino
* 1987 Jack Nicklaus
* 1989 Raymond Floyd
* 1991 Dave Stockton
* 1993 Tom Watson
* 1995 Lanny Wadkins
* 1997 Tom Kite
* 1999 Ben Crenshaw
* 2002 Curtis Strange
* 2004 Hal Sutton
* 2006 Tom Lehman
* 2008 Paul Azinger
* 2010 Corey Pavin
* 2012 Davis Love III
* 2014 Tom Watson
* 2016 Davis Love III
* 2018 Jim Furyk
* 2021 Steve Stricker

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United States Ryder Cup team – 1977

* Raymond Floyd
* Lou Graham
* Hubert Green
* Dave Hill
* Hale Irwin
* Don January
* Jerry McGee
* Jack Nicklaus
* Ed Sneed
* Dave Stockton
* Lanny Wadkins
* Tom Watson

* Dow Finsterwald (non-playing captain)

Won: 12.5 - 7.5

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United States Ryder Cup team – 1981

* Ben Crenshaw
* Raymond Floyd
* Hale Irwin
* Tom Kite
* Bruce Lietzke
* Johnny Miller
* Larry Nelson
* Jack Nicklaus
* Jerry Pate
* Bill Rogers
* Lee Trevino
* Tom Watson

* Dave Marr (non-playing captain)

Won: 18.5 – 9.5

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United States Ryder Cup team – 1983

* Ben Crenshaw
* Raymond Floyd
* Bob Gilder
* Jay Haas
* Tom Kite
* Gil Morgan
* Calvin Peete
* Craig Stadler
* Curtis Strange
* Lanny Wadkins
* Tom Watson
* Fuzzy Zoeller

* Jack Nicklaus (non-playing captain)

Won: 14.5 - 13.5

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United States Ryder Cup team – 1989

* Paul Azinger
* Chip Beck
* Mark Calcavecchia
* Fred Couples
* Ken Green
* Tom Kite
* Mark McCumber
* Mark O'Meara
* Payne Stewart
* Curtis Strange
* Lanny Wadkins
* Tom Watson

* Raymond Floyd (non-playing captain)

Tied: 14 - 14

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United States Ryder Cup team – 1993

* Paul Azinger
* Chip Beck
* John Cook
* Fred Couples
* Raymond Floyd
* Jim Gallagher Jr.
* Lee Janzen
* Tom Kite
* Davis Love III
* Corey Pavin
* Payne Stewart
* Lanny Wadkins

* Tom Watson (non-playing captain)

Won: 15 - 13

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United States Ryder Cup team – 2014

* Keegan Bradley
* Rickie Fowler
* Jim Furyk
* Zach Johnson
* Matt Kuchar
* Hunter Mahan
* Phil Mickelson
* Patrick Reed
* Webb Simpson
* Jordan Spieth
* Jimmy Walker
* Bubba Watson

* Tom Watson (non-playing captain)

Lost: 11.5 – 16.5

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