One putt from 8 feet was all that separated Tom Watson from a moment no one imagined possible until he was close enough to make it happen with one final stroke.
On the verge of becoming golf's oldest major champion, Watson finally showed his 59-year-old nerves.
Stewart Cink took advantage Sunday of Tom Watson's mistakes and overwhelmed him in a four- hole playoff to win by six shots.
On the verge of becoming golf's oldest major champion, Watson finally showed his 59-year-old nerves.
Stewart Cink took advantage Sunday of Tom Watson's mistakes and overwhelmed him in a four- hole playoff to win by six shots.
The par putt never had a chance. An hour later, neither did Watson.
"It would have been a hell of a story, wouldn't it?" Watson said. "And it was almost. Almost. The dream almost came true."
Turns out this British Open was too good to be true.
Stewart Cink, who made a 12-foot birdie on the final hole of regulation that only looked good enough for second place, overwhelmed a weary Watson in the four-hole playoff to win the British Open on Sunday.
Cink posed on the edge of a pot bunker with the claret jug. Watson walked into the press center and quickly sized up the mood.
"This ain't a funeral, you know," he said.
"It would have been a hell of a story, wouldn't it?" Watson said. "And it was almost. Almost. The dream almost came true."
Turns out this British Open was too good to be true.
Stewart Cink, who made a 12-foot birdie on the final hole of regulation that only looked good enough for second place, overwhelmed a weary Watson in the four-hole playoff to win the British Open on Sunday.
Cink posed on the edge of a pot bunker with the claret jug. Watson walked into the press center and quickly sized up the mood.
"This ain't a funeral, you know," he said.
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