Underrated player. He’s my all time GOAT of Japan. Hideki Matsuyama won the masters but the avenues were easier 30 years after Jumbo. Hideki genuinely bows to Jumbo at every meeting they have. Jumbo won 90 damn tournaments which is twice as much as Tommy Nakajima or Isao Aoki …..Greg Norman said that Jumbo is one of the greatest of all time
@tourbackspin6 күн бұрын
Yes, I agree, he was one of the greats. The Japan Tour was a powerful tour in his day. If you're into the history of the PGA TOUR in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, check out the Tour Backspin newsletter on Substack. It is free to subscribe. larrybaush.substack.com. Thank for watching.
@hardestworkingmaninshowbus195014 күн бұрын
These greens look like the grass in my backyard?
@tourbackspin13 күн бұрын
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@billglueck9705Ай бұрын
Great swing. Interesting how much his head moves.
@tourbackspin29 күн бұрын
Yeah, a lot of lateral movement. If you're into the history of the PGA TOUR in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, check out the free Tour Backspin newsletter on Substack. larrybaush.substack.com. Thanks for watching.
@Michael_DominicАй бұрын
awesome
@tourbackspinАй бұрын
Miss him.
@drewspinoso4849Ай бұрын
Maybe you should have stayed home and played with yourself.
@robcollins3649Ай бұрын
I was a better ball striker....lol is that why he won more events than you Miller...always about how good I was ..lol
@tourbackspinАй бұрын
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@TSK24692Ай бұрын
Maybe he didn't like playing with Watson because he kicked his ass. j/k. I remember this tournament. Watson holed a very long putt on the 17th hole to pull within one (or was it during the playoff to win?). I remember all this because I was a big-time Watson fan. Johnny Miller's swing.....beautiful, but about as unfriendly for your back as I've ever seen!
@tourbackspinАй бұрын
I think you're correct about the reason he hated playing Watson. If you're into the history of the PGA TOUR in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, check out my "Tour Backspin" newsletter on Substack. It's free at larrybaush.substack.com
@dlpine71Ай бұрын
Watson is a true gentleman and golf champion.
@tourbackspinАй бұрын
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@dlpine71Ай бұрын
Watson!
@kevinpaul180Ай бұрын
The greens seem terrible back then...the Latino seems like a big driver. .
@tourbackspinАй бұрын
Yeah, that course was in terrible shape. In fact, the producers of the show had to paint the grass green before the match. If you're into the history of the PGA TOUR in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, check out my "Tour Backspin" newsletter on Substack. It's free at larrybaush.substack.com. Thanks for watching.
@jimmurphy834Ай бұрын
They should have just gathered up seaweed from the ocean and layed it on the sandy beach and called it greens and played there.
@tourbackspinАй бұрын
Ha! They were pretty rough, but they weren't out of the norm for greens back then. If you're into the history of the PGA TOUR in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, check out the free Tour Backspin newsletter on Substack. larrybaush.substack.com
@freemantong13Ай бұрын
Watching producer Dan Curtis interview in Kolchak The Night Stalker TV movie The Night Strangler reference this as his baby - it got him a name as a producer
@tourbackspinАй бұрын
Yes, that is correct. These CBS Golf Classics are very rare as only the players have the films as a warehouse fire destroyed the films that CBS had. If you're into the history of the PGA TOUR during the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, checkout my Substack newsletter called "Tour Backspin" at larrybaush.substack.com. It's free.
@jejona6989Ай бұрын
Who won?
@tourbackspinАй бұрын
These clips were made for a newsletter on Substack that I do called "Tour Backspin" that covers the history of the tour in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. You can find it at larrybaush.substack.com. Here's the clip of the playoff: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqWunox3hLZ6fK8 Thanks for watching.
@Charles-t7z2 ай бұрын
Tiger would have made Miller's chip and left Watson talking to himself.
@tourbackspin2 ай бұрын
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@mattcorcoran7082Ай бұрын
And then he would have walked on the water hazard.
@lightshadow442 ай бұрын
Flash in the pan?( someone commented) You’re kidding …he won 25 tour events! The kids today albeit talented….would never win that many in the past era….no way
@tourbackspin2 ай бұрын
You're right, the kids today will never win that many events partly due to the amount of money in the purses. They won't have to compete for as long as the players had to in their era. If you're into the history of the PGA TOUR, check out my free Substack called "Tour Backspin" at larrybaush.substack.com. Thanks for watching.
@blairsterling61412 ай бұрын
Johnny Miller ruined his swing by lifting weights. Miller admitted this about a decade later, saying weights destroyed his flexibility.....Same thing happened to Tiger Woods.
@tourbackspin2 ай бұрын
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@henrysawyer326229 күн бұрын
@@tourbackspin yes he was using an axe to chop trees and wood
@tourbackspin29 күн бұрын
@@henrysawyer3262 There's a lesson there, right?
@henrysawyer326229 күн бұрын
@@tourbackspin of course..you lose flexibility for sure..use what god gave you..lifting light weights and cardio is fine
@thatwilldonicely13142 ай бұрын
For about three years or so Miller was awesome, even Jack was amazed, but he didnt quite have the gut wrenching drive of the immortals , Jack, Ben Tiger ,Tom, Armold, Lee and a few others
@tourbackspin2 ай бұрын
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@archibaldmccutcheon58842 ай бұрын
Didn't like either of these guys. Great players but both were kinda assholes.
@tourbackspin2 ай бұрын
🤣 That's funny. If you're into the history of the PGA TOUR in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, check out my free weekly Substack called "Tour Backspin" at larrybaush.substack.com. Thanks for watching.
@michaelobrien59582 ай бұрын
😂may the best win. 😅
@tourbackspin2 ай бұрын
🤣 These clips were made for a newsletter on Substack that I do called "Tour Backspin" that covers the history of the tour in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. You can find it at larrybaush.substack.com. Here's the clip of the playoff: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqWunox3hLZ6fK8 Thanks for watching.
@MrKlwright2 ай бұрын
I believe Tom Watson was the greatest ball striker ever
@ngc-fo5te2 ай бұрын
You can believe what you want - even though your belief is incorrect.
@peterrukavena4955Ай бұрын
He’s in the top five, not sure about best ever
@JacobDaniels632 ай бұрын
Miller was caught between eras with putting…he crouched at it like the old era but at 6’2 he should have stood tall and done the pendulum….Miller would show up better today with modern putting knowledge and technology ……but Watson was totally awesome ❤
@tourbackspin2 ай бұрын
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@bb573652 ай бұрын
Watson smashed it in the hole.
@Donald-my3oo2 ай бұрын
Tom Weiskopf was a great player and man
@ngc-fo5te2 ай бұрын
Steady on.
@MrYuk-lm3xp2 ай бұрын
ANNNNDDD???
@tourbackspin2 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching, @MrYuk-lm3xp. This video was made to support an article in my weekly Substack called "Tour Backspin" and if you are into the history of the PGA TOUR in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, you should check it out. Here's the link to the story the video supported: larrybaush.substack.com/p/i-hated-playing-tom-watson. Also, posted on the same day, was the result of the playoff with highlights and you can watch that here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqWunox3hLZ6fK8
@whenmullet26742 ай бұрын
Watson wins on the 3rd playoff hole draining a 40 footer for birdie, Miller misses a 12 footer to tie.
@tonymurray8142 ай бұрын
What was the point of this stupid video when it never showed the end. Absolute BS!!!👹
@tourbackspin2 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching, @tonymurray814. This video was made to support an article in my weekly Substack called "Tour Backspin" and if you are into the history of the PGA TOUR in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, you should check it out. Here's the link to the story the video supported: larrybaush.substack.com/p/i-hated-playing-tom-watson. Also, posted on the same day, was the result of the playoff with highlights and you can watch that here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqWunox3hLZ6fK8
@mikev47553 ай бұрын
Love this swing. Proof you don't need to keep your head still.
@tourbackspin3 ай бұрын
Can't stop watching it. Check out my weekly Substack called "Tour Backspin" that documents the history of the PGA TOUR in the 1960s, '70s, and 80s at larrybaush.substack.com You can subscribe for free.
@zekelucente97023 ай бұрын
Back when celebrities hosted PGA tournaments like Glenn Campbell, Andy Williams, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope.
@tourbackspin3 ай бұрын
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@zekelucente97023 ай бұрын
@@tourbackspin will do good luck in your endeavors.
@zekelucente97023 ай бұрын
I miss Johnny Miller as a broadcaster.
@alancumming64074 ай бұрын
Johnny Miller was a wonderful ball striker. I was lucky enough to see him once at the Open. His iron play was incredible.
@cameronlawoffices8982 ай бұрын
In ‘73-75 Miller was an excellent putter with that Bullseye putter. He started doing heavy lifting and the putter left the building.
@johnreason-x8c4 ай бұрын
These greens are trash
@tourbackspin4 ай бұрын
By today's standards. Back then they weren't so bad. If you're into the history of the PGA TOUR during this era, check out my Substack called "Tour Backspin" (larrybaush.substack.com) I also have a book on Tony Lema called "Uncorked, The Life and Times of Champagne Tony Lema" available on Amazon. Thanks for watching.
@iriscrocus17174 ай бұрын
The faiways today are better than these greens.
@tourbackspin4 ай бұрын
Pretty amazing, isn't it? If you're into the history of the PGA TOUR during this era, check out my Substack newsletter called "Tour Backspin" at larrybaush.substack.com. I also have a biography on Tony Lema called "Uncorked, The Life and Times of Champagne Tony Lema" that is available on Amazon. Thanks for watching!
@zekelucente97025 ай бұрын
So heartbreaking that Tony Lema and his wife died in a plane crash, but it was nice of Shell to send them both on some wonderful golf boondoggle vacations.
@tourbackspin5 ай бұрын
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@timm38145 ай бұрын
My all-time favorite Shell's episode.
@davidcoughlan36195 ай бұрын
Lovely guy but flexible with truth is our Lee 😂
@Jrgoldenbear5 ай бұрын
Those greens remind me of Augusta…. Fairways
@tourbackspin5 ай бұрын
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@ruskolnikov72115 ай бұрын
Stylish move
@garyalliss5006 ай бұрын
Yes Alan, he certainly did. My Dad met knew or worked with every winner of the Open Championship from 1900 to his death in 2020
@donaldschmidt29907 ай бұрын
Johnny Miller wouldn't make a pimple on Jack Nicklaus or Tom Watson's bum cheek!! Plain and simple. Miller won two majors. Watson won eight. Miller won two. Jack won eighteen!! Both men made Miller want to turn to television long before he became an announcer. Gary Player was asked what separates the greatest players from the talented wannabes that dot the tour landscape. "It's the It Factor," Player explained. The indefinable gift of pulling that "one shot" off when others miss it repeatedly. Even long after Miller and Nicklaus retired, there is a great clip of Miller saying that a long putt off the green was impossible. He dared Jack to show him. And Jack showed him!! Nicklaus rolled the ball over the huge meandering mound and into the cup to the roar of the adoring crowd. People rave about Tigers many shots in tournaments to win. This shot by Jack topped them all. ON DEMAND!! While Miller at his peak was a wonderful player, he was a comparative "flash in the pan." I literally can't recall a time when Miller ever beat Jack head to head. Even Miller's celebrated ball striking and iron play could hardly be compared to the greatest shotmaker of them all. The incomparable Ben Hogan. Hogan missed fewer greens in a month than Miller missed in a single round. Anyone trying to place Miller in that class of Player needs to pump the brakes. Numbers don't lie. Jack and Tom turned Johnny into an historical footnote.
@tourbackspin7 ай бұрын
Thanks for the comment and for watching. If you're into the history of the PGA TOUR in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, check out my free Substack newsletter called "Tour Backspin" at larrybaush.substack.com. Thanks again for watching.
@donaldschmidt29907 ай бұрын
To Larry Bausch, your "Tour Backspin" put this video right on the flag. I'm looking forward to other videos in the future.
@tourbackspin7 ай бұрын
@@donaldschmidt2990 Thanks, Donald! I'll be posting a conversation with Jim McLean and Craig Welty about the legendary instructor, Carl Welty shortly. Stay tuned.
@Garry-nf2dx5 ай бұрын
Yes you blokes are right, miller was a legend in his own mind and a very ordinary putter, especially under pressure 4 4. 4
@donaldschmidt29905 ай бұрын
@Garry-nf2dx One of the things I enjoyed about watching Tom Watson was his wonderful freedom around the greens. When he wasn't chipping up and in, he was lag putting it dead. Incredibly, I can't recall one time I ever saw Watson leave a putt short. From any distance!! The old Yogi Berra quip that "95 percent of putts that are hit short don't go in," was never more true than with "Tom Terrific." Like Tiger years later, Jack Nicklaus could shoot a strong score even with his Z game!! They would force the ball into the cup through sheer will. Along with Ben Hogan and Sam Snead, the Nicklaus vs Watson Rivalry was golfs greatest, in my opinion.
@paul-u2y9y8 ай бұрын
The best golfer i ever played with used to say " Miss it high , you'll make it "
@TerlinguaTalkeetna7 ай бұрын
Exactly, the low side is miss everytime, the higher handicap player misses low most every time!
@tmo43302 ай бұрын
The high side is called the winning side.
@nickcurran31058 ай бұрын
What a time, what a country. L.A. in 1982 may have been peak America
@tourbackspin8 ай бұрын
Yes! I agree. If you're into the history of the PGA TOUR during this era, check out my free Substack newsletter called "Tour Backspin" at larrybaush.substack.com
@scotttyson79702 ай бұрын
Yep.
@scotttyson79702 ай бұрын
Putting
@Charles-t7z2 ай бұрын
Well for you young folks maybe. There was a 'peak America' before you showed up.
@gturcott1Ай бұрын
@@nickcurran3105 it was pretty sweet I spent my summers there as a kid and I thought I was in paradise.
@accridelich73698 ай бұрын
During Ben Hogan's anonymity, he used to complain to Valerie at night, after each day's competition, that he just could not make any putt as that was keep him from winning. Valerie got tired of hearing his complaining & barbed him with a comeback, "then why don't you hit the ball closer to the hole so you don't have to make long putts." That was his epiphany. From then on, he started implementing backspin to stop the ball near the cup. Then he started winning. Behind every great man there is a .....
@tourbackspin8 ай бұрын
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@2Thes228 ай бұрын
Miller was the better player from 1973-1976 and then he didn’t win for 3 years. He made a comeback from 1980-1983 but he wasn’t as good as previously. Watson was at his peak 1977-1984.
@tourbackspin8 ай бұрын
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@tmo43302 ай бұрын
@@tourbackspin I always got a kick every time Miller would throw his hat down. His hats took a beating!
@tourbackspin2 ай бұрын
@@tmo4330 Especially that knit hat in the Open Championship Weiskopf won!
@74900kdw8 ай бұрын
What is the point of this. If it's to piss off the viewer you hit the bullseye. If I see the name Larry Baush on a video in the future I will never click on it. First and last time viewer on this channel. What a joke!
@tourbackspin8 ай бұрын
The point of this video is it was embedded in the newsletter "Tour Backspin" on Substack as part of a story on the 1982 Glen Campbell Los Angeles Open. Using KZbin to embed the video is the easiest way to use the video. My intention was not to get views, and frankly, I'm surprised by how many views the video has gotten. I also embedded the video of the playoff. If you want to see the article in the Tour Backspin newsletter, and see the playoff, it is here: larrybaush.substack.com/p/i-hated-playing-tom-watson
@DaveStarks-ku2jd2 ай бұрын
Maybe you should thank this guy for putting out the video
@breadguysgolf8 ай бұрын
Millers short game wasn't the best, in his words
@tourbackspin8 ай бұрын
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@X000003708 ай бұрын
Drive for show and putt for dough. In his prime Tom Watson was the best up & down player on tour and one hell of a clutch putter. It would have been very discouraging to go one-on-one against him in a playoff. Then one day it happened, he missed a few short putts, and his run was over. It was amazing & sad to see...He lost the British Open as a Senior with a bad wedge on the 18th and not getting up & down to win. I was pulling for him to do it one more time, it was tough to watch. The golf gods giveth and the golf gods taketh away.
@tourbackspin8 ай бұрын
Good observations and I totally agree. If you're into history of the PGA TOUR in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, check out my free Substack newsletter called "Tour Backspin" at larrybaush.substack.com
@03076019788 ай бұрын
Somewhere around 1976 Johnny Miller`s putting left him. His natural talent was always his ball striking. You just can`t win at that level without solid putting.
@tourbackspin8 ай бұрын
You're sure right about that. If you're into the history of the PGA TOUR in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, check out my free Substack newsletter called "Tour Backspin" at larrybaush.substack.com. Thanks for watching.
@03076019788 ай бұрын
Thank you very much. I will check it out.@@tourbackspin
@georgeslupski59872 ай бұрын
You can't win without the whole game, putting small part of it just like driving, irons, wedges
@fleegerbriggs56948 ай бұрын
Nobody running around screaming is so refreshing.
@tourbackspin8 ай бұрын
Yeah, but you still have rainbow wig guy. If you're into the history of the PGA TOUR in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, check out my free newsletter on Substack called "Tour Backspin" at larrybaush.substack.com. Thanks for watching.
@fleegerbriggs56948 ай бұрын
Right. The John 3:16 guy. But that was at least civilized and non-disruptive.@@tourbackspin
@jackmundo40438 ай бұрын
Enjoyed it. A true screw job. Thanks so much .
@rhscnative8 ай бұрын
Both players would have been better without those reverse C finishes. Watson said in his "Lessons of a Lifetime" series that this definitely hurt his ball-striking. That was the style then though.
@TSK24692Ай бұрын
This is one of the reasons why Jimmy Ballard became so famous, at least for a little while. His teachings got rid of all that "drive with your legs" stuff. Seve's swing took the reverse C to the extreme.