Tom Watson captures another British Open title. He loves to play on those courses. He played them well on the PGA Tour and on the Champions Tour. He has won the British 3 of the last 5 years! That is impressive!
Tom Watson's three-shot lead in the Senior British Open was in peril and memories of his back-nine collapse at the U.S. Senior Open three weeks ago came flooding back.
But that was in 90-degree heat at Whistling Straits. Sunday he was at cold and blustry Muirfield, where the five-time British Open winner and master of Scottish links courses is at home.
Watson fired his tee shot into a fairway bunker at the last hole and took two to get out of the sand, but he survived a double bogey to win his third Senior British Open in five years.
"This has been a very serene week for me," he said. "The weather was right up my alley, good blowy conditions, a little rain here and there. The beauty of the place, I feel very comfortable."
Standing in the sand after his wayward tee shot, Watson took a moment to compose himself.
"I thought 'What am I doing in here? Let's get the job done,"' he said.
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