The anticipation is getting closer and closer to my final Open championship and it's going to be a very special time, i feel maybe a little bit melancholy but the memories of all the years playing in the Open will make it pretty happy. I've had a wonderful experience playing here in the Open for these last 40 years.

Tom Watson

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Sometimes thinking too much can destroy your momentum. by Tom Watson

Sometimes thinking too much can destroy your momentum.

momentum motivational thinking

I learned how to win by losing and not liking it. by Tom Watson

I learned how to win by losing and not liking it.

Confidence in golf means being able to concentrate on the problem at hand with no outside interference.

confidence golf mean

I never hesitated to promote someone I didn't like. The comfortable assistant - the nice guy you like to go on fishing trips with - is a great pitfall. Instead I looked for those sharp, scratchy, harsh, almost unpleasant guys who see and tell you about things as they really are. If you can get enough of them around you, and have patience enough to hear them out, there is no limit to where you can go.

nice fishing work

There is no surer or more painful way to learn a rule than to be... by Tom Watson

There is no surer or more painful way to learn a rule than to be penalized once for breaking it.

painful golf way

No other game combines the wonder of nature with the discipline of sport in such carefully planned ways. A great golf course both frees and challenges a golfer's mind.

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A lot of guys who have have never choked, have never been in the... by Tom Watson

A lot of guys who have have never choked, have never been in the position to do so.

position guy golf

If a course needs to be in great condition to be played effectively, then the design strategy is flawed.

flaws design needs

Sometimes you have to lose major championships before you can win them. It's the price you pay for maturing. The more times you can put yourself in pressure situations, the more times you compete, the better off you are.

winning pay wrestling

My golf swing is a bit like ironing a shirt. You get one side smoothed out, turn it over and there is a big wrinkle on the other side. Then you iron that one out, turn it over and there is yet another wrinkle.

wrinkles swings golf

The person I fear most in the last two rounds is myself. by Tom Watson

The person I fear most in the last two rounds is myself.

This game is so elusive. You try to maintain the peaks and level... by Tom Watson

This game is so elusive. You try to maintain the peaks and level up the valleys.

games golf trying

Golf will grow so long as it’s fun. by Tom Watson

Golf will grow so long as it’s fun.

All the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were... by Tom Watson

All the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only willing to think.

ignorance men thinking

Muirfield without a wind is like a lady undressed. No challenge. by Tom Watson

Muirfield without a wind is like a lady undressed. No challenge.

challenges golf wind

Ballybunion is the course on which many golf architects should live and play on before they build golf courses.

architect play golf

I'd rather fight 100 structure fires than a wildfire. With a structure fire you know where your flames are, but in the woods it can move anywhere; it can come right up behind you.

fighting fire moving

Having played the Old Course many times since my first visit in 1981, I am now of the opinion it is one of the best and most beautiful tests of links golf anywhere in the world.

golf beautiful world

After playing Ballybunion for the first time, a man would think that the game of golf originated here.

golf men thinking

If you have an ego of any sort, this course [Augusta] will take i... by Tom Watson

If you have an ego of any sort, this course [Augusta] will take it and shove it down your throat.

throat ego golf