It's time for old players like me, old fogies like me, to give it up and let the young players have a… — Tom Watson Chance Copy Share Image
From the time I won the Kansas City Match Play championship at age 14, I never wanted to be anything but a golfer. — Tom Watson Age Copy Share Image
I've said many times, 'You learn to win through not liking to lose.' And that's what I mean by learning how to… — Tom Watson Copy Share Image
After playing Ballybunion for the first time, a man would think that the game of golf originated here. — Tom Watson Copy Share Image
Ballybunion is the course on which many golf architects should live and play on before they build golf courses. — Tom Watson Architect Copy Share Image
Any time you play in a USGA Championship, if you don't drive the ball on the fairway, you're dead. You're done. — Tom Watson Copy Share Image
You don't have to go to church to be spiritual, but there are certain times in your life that you know there… — Tom Watson Copy Share Image
If a course needs to be in great condition to be played effectively, then the design strategy is flawed. — Tom Watson Design Copy Share Image
I have a special feeling for Blue Hills CC, where I won perhaps the most important tournament of my life when I… — Tom Watson Copy Share Image
When you come off that last hole and you've just finished a good round of golf, life is good. When you come… — Tom Watson Copy Share Image
I love the competition, and if I can continue to compete and give myself a chance to win tournaments, I'll still play… — Tom Watson Chance Copy Share Image
I didn't learn how to swing a golf club until late in my career. And even though I won all those tournaments,… — Tom Watson Copy Share Image
Confidence in golf means being able to concentrate on the problem at hand with no outside interference. — Tom Watson Copy Share Image
If you have an ego of any sort, this course [Augusta] will take it and shove it down your throat. — Tom Watson Augusta Copy Share Image