Tom Watson against Jack Nicklaus in a duel of greats at Pebble Beach during the 1982 U.S. Open. It doesn’t get much better than this.
As spring turned to summer in 1982, Tom Watson, the PGA Tour’s Player of the Year in four of the past five seasons, found himself uncharacteristically struggling with his golf game. In fact, he was playing some of his worst golf in memory, and the timing couldn’t have been worse, with the 82nd U.S. Open fast approaching. Oddly, that turned out to be the best thing that could have happened as he arrived at Pebble Beach Golf Links for the second National Open at the historic seaside course.
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Remember watching this live; Birdie-Birdie finish to win a Major is as good as it gets.
FILS sponsorship needs to come back
Jack had many legends who he had to beat to win majors…
That was a tough loss for me .Tip y cap to to
David Graham age 36 looks like he's about 56 here
It really was amazing and infuriating how many shots ABC failed to show during the broadcast.
Never realized Jack missed a couple of short putts down the stretch and Watson made three very long putts and the chip in… this is one Jack probably wins more often than not, but that’s golf. Sometimes the other person can’t miss.
One of the all time great US Opens Jack after a record breaking 5th win and Tom Watson's putting which on the back 9 was fantastic – great stuff many thanks for this upload
When Nicklaus met Watson at the 18th they shook hands and Nicklaus said "You did it you son of a bitch, you beat me again"
Jack beat a lot of bums but he is still the greatest in my view. I say bums because they smoked they drank they played hungover they were out of shape. El Tigre changed all of that. Nowadays a tour player is a BAMF in fitness.
This was cool, thanks for the upload.
JACK HAD EYES TO KILL !!
Bill Rogers might be the most forgotten golf star in the last 50 years. Player of The Year in 1981 winning 4 times including the British Open.