Man that three putt on 18 cost Tom a lot of cheddar.

and then he changed it the next week and was never seen again.

Slight exageration, but I agree this week was the apex of his career. He did go slowly downhill afterwards.

@@truthlifefishing1730 😂😂😂he won 13 more tournaments after this, including the 2001 world match play!

@@magicianstube I meant Majors, but that is quite a rebuttal. Thank you for the correction.

I still have my Topflite forged irons. 1-SW

me too i love them. i'm going to miss the masters so much this year

Amen. Then, I've caught up with all of Tyson's fights, especially his loss to Douglas, Ali's fights, and rewatching MMA fights. But I miss golf so much. We have our health, can't complain too much. Kudos to all those out there working and especially Nurses/Doctors and hospital staff.

I was crushed when he lost the open after playing so well, he's got a great swing.

scott jamieson hey and Welsh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 I watched play at my course Wrexham when I saw a junior. He smashed the ball...

5ft 4 1/2 I think 🤔

Same thought here. Also the scores are excellent and challenge any player today.

Yes, but the course was receptive that year after rain & the greens comparatively slow. Today’s players would annihilate it in the same conditions. 1987 probably saw Augusta at its toughest ever - bone dry, windy & the greens like glass.

Don't forget Wadkins. He was the fastest ever. I think playing with Olazabal really hurt him this day. On 16 I compared their times after teeing up. Jose took 25 seconds while Lanny took 9. Also, Olazabal backed off so many shots down the stretch.

The cameras weren't fast enough to catch Lanny Wadkins play

Agreed Chris Hattings why I love John Daly grip it & rip it.

To be honest I don't think by that stage he would have cared that much about how much prizemoney was at stake. Watson would only have been interested in putting another green jacket in the trophy cabinet - evidenced by his aggressive play on 13 & 15 and subsequent eagles on both holes.

But what if Olazabal had won? Would that have been a “win-win-win” situation for you?

James P - Biggest forearms ever.

Yet he made it look so effortless.

@@stephenreeds3672 Seriously... He is one of my favorites now.

He suffered terribly with the "yips"

It never looked normal for Watson not to have the old Ping Pal in his hands.

I was sitting at a cafe in Melbourne, Australia in 2007 and I am looking at a guy at another table and he swear I know him from somewhere. Then I just blurt out “hey, did you play the bad guy in Die Hard 2?” William Sadler looked over and smiled and said “I’m not proud if it, but yes I did!”

Lol... sweet story. Colonel Stewart in person!

I watched him play in 1996 with Daly and Norman. Daly chose that day to only play irons, which I personally found disappointing. Woosie easily kept up with both of them, pound-for-pound he was one of the longest hitters on tour. A proper temper too, if things weren't going his way.

You sure about that? Nicklaus was a fader. So is Woods.

If he had made that 6 or 7 footer and won the Open in 2009, a few weeks short of 60, it would have been the greatest achievement in the entire history of the game by miles....nobody would ever top it.

Nicklaus had around 20 second place finishes in majors. Johnny Miller had a great comment/quote concerning Nicklaus in majors. Although it's somewhat hyperbolic, it's still a great aside, considering his record, and psychological advantage that held over virtually ever other great player. I believe Trevino, and Watson to be the only two players that turned the psychological aspect, i.e.gamesmanship, around in their respective favor's around on Nicklaus.

Yes he was ranked #1 April 7, 1991- March 21 1992. He was then overtaken by Fred Couples for #1 on March 22 who would win the masters 3 weeks later.

@@bretts4544 yeah, he was definitely the best player around that time

He didn’t play very often on the American tour, so to us he was pretty unknown

'84 Open Championship arguably affected him in majors for the rest of his career - and this is coming from a HUGE fan of his who cried real tears in '09. 😥 He also had several close calls in the early-mid '90s that have been mostly forgotten - usually horrible short putting in the 4th round killed him in those later years on Tour.

Lol. Mr Righteous who hasn't got a clue as to what he is talking about. You do know that your hero Ian Woosnam played and won at the Sun City Challenge in South Africa during the height of apartheid for what was then biggest prizemoney in golf, right? That's what got him there, the $$$$. What was going on in the country in regards to human rights and the brutality of the regime wasn't a concern it seems. There were actually some sportspeople and entertainers who decided despite the big money on offer they just couldn't participate in a country that adopted these practices. Most of them will sell out if the price is high enough however, as you would very quickly yourself. If that sort of money was on the table for you (what Mickelson signed for), you wouldn't even hesitate. And Woosnam would have signed up very quickly for it had it been around in his heyday. Given his criticism of the USPGA Tour in that era and his appearance at Sun City I have no doubt he would have.

I totally agree with the original post

@@Edgar_Randolph see my amended statement above in regards to the original post.

I was 15 when the '91 Masters was contested.

Faldo was the best player on the planet then

Seve said/ called it the sweetest swing in golf.

87 was when he swung at his best, sweetest swing in golf ⛳ ❤

@@dlamiss Not in 1991

@@stugtodd2778 If you are talking the 4 days of the masters then completely agree Woosnam was the best.

I've noticed the blatent bias .. and disrespect to the man who made the Course possible .. yet in the commentry they only give credit to Bobby Jones in another video when Faldo won . It wasn't him alone .. Scottish Doctor Alister Mackenzie who is credited with it and with other several other noted courses Stateside .

Same when Seve won in 83 , all Venturi could say was that the chip was going fast when it went in!, he must have hated Europeans winning

@@adishazza They spent most of the 80's referring to non-americans as foreign invaders.

Even more ridiculous considering Woosie was the number one ranked player in the world at the time!

Well said ALL.. Just on about Watson most of the time! Let alone Jose!

Wow, it’s like a low grade space laser!

@@samueldownie2187 That was the sound of the open microphones. duh

Hahaha

Might "have" been, not might "of" been.

Pretty sure Freddie Couples won the following year with a persimmon.

Andy Wright: Langer won in ‘93 with a persimmon driver. He was the last.

@@MrAJR76 Olazabal in 94

No, Olazabal used a metal driver when he won in ‘94. Taylor Made ‘Burner Bubble’.

Watson hit a three-wood Michael, not an iron.

Norman was totally incomprehensible in this decision. He was the BEST driver in the world at the time....long and straight. There is no other explanation, other than choke.

@@wreckim I'm sure Norman rethinks that decision all the time. I wasn't alive for the '86 Masters but rewatched it and couldn't believe Norman didn't take a driver off 18.

@@KYExtemper Norman struggled with 18 all of the time. he tried irons and woods off the tee.

Michaelson?

Ah it was such a shame a few years back when Watson was on the 72nd hole of the Open Championship but couldn't bring it home. Would have loved the story

In fairness Jim Nantz set him up with the, 40" short or whatever 😂... Think they got along quite well tho' Woosie and Faldo!!

That was odd because it is set up as such a classy occasion. I don't think that has aged well, and I'm sure Nick regrets it.

Sir Nick Faldo!

Lt. Harris wasn’t happy about it

Why? Watson’s five-footer would have got him into a three-way play-off if Woosnam had missed. Why therefore would you expect Watson to play out of turn & ‘clear the stage’?!

@@MrAJR76 Crazy answer.....if Tom Had putted first (not out of order in a medal game), and holed it, he would have put even more pressure on Ian's putt. Think before you answer but thanks for the reply.

@@michaelthatcher3825 What??!! That's crazy. Come on Michael, this isn't hard to grasp. You only putt-out and 'clear the stage' once all hope of victory has gone. Watson had a five-footer to tie Olazabal & potentially be in a play-off. Why would he putt out-of-turn (and yes, it WOULD be out-of-turn - not that it's a golden rule, admittedly) & rush his shot?? You really need to think about things before posting comments, otherwise you look a bit silly.

​@@michaelthatcher3825 Just curious, are you related to Margaret?

Why don't you spell his name right first of all and then realize that his caddy was his man for the Masters every year. There was a mutual respect between the two men. Lanny played with his heart like no other. He was confident in his game.

Winston wolf. I followed Lanny from the practice tee to the 18th green when he won the 92 Greater Hartford Open. And yes he strutted around that course like he owned it. And that day he did. That's his style. It's called Confidence. No one had more than him.

@@jamespratt6587 Well Jim everyone has their own opinion. Acting the way he did will draw attention to him which he obviously craves. I just think with a better approach he would of had a better result but that obviously my opinion and not yours.

Judgemental and mean spirited comment.

@@marknorris1381 Thanks

Club doesn't know big you are. He was quite strong and REALLY turned through it. Lotta speed for his size. Plus he hit it dead-flush EVERY time.

@@billenright2788: Exactly right. Woosie complains that today he cannot quite turn the way he did when he was younger and in his prime. Even today however he still gets it out there.

Arms like Popeye too!!!

Who cares?

@@geoffreyholland328 They usually did.