Can’t believe Tom Watson lost…
I was crushed when Tom Watson lost the British Open Championship. It was such a disappointment because you could see how much he wanted to win and how magical it would have been.
There are times when you know history is being made. We didn’t know that after around two, although the 54 hole lead of the major championship is pretty remarkable. But after the third round and on the back nine of the last day of the Open Championship, we knew we were watching history. Tom Watson was almost 60 years old and he has winning the Open. We all know that this is amazing, and it will always stir our emotions.
The emotions that we feel when a man is in such a position are incredible. We all draw from our experience and taste a little bit of what he’s going through. We can imagine that day in high school years ago, when we are trying to win a game or had a shot. We magnify that by a million. That’s what I felt. For me it was the feeling of being at the state championship track meet, getting ready for the finals of the high hurdles, knowing that I had a chance to get into the record books and win a medal. That anxiousness, that energy, it runs in your veins. It’s what you’ve always wanted, all the while knowing the odds you’re fighting. We all knew that Tom Watson was fighting the odds, but that energy was coursing through him from his feet to top of his head. We all wanted him to do it so we could be a part of something unthinkably fantastic, even if it was as a fan.
Tom Watson is an incredible champion and I only wish he could have won the Open so the record books with reflected. My fear now is that people will remember the winner of the 2009 Open Championship and that Tom Watson’s runner-up will only become a footnote. I know that students of the game will remember this forever, but Tom Watson deserves to be remembered by all.