Gene Sarazen vs. Henry Cotton (Shell's Wonderful World of Golf 1961)

[@jonboy9912]

What a privilege to witness two of the greats play the Old Course in such adverse conditions so very well and to experience a bygone age of respect and dignity! Wonderful!!!

[@brucewayne3602]

absolutely spectacular for eternity !!!

[@johnwilliamson8110]

Well said

[@boga5014]

I loved it all. The match , the course , the history , and even the Shell plants ! ... Thanks for this great series !!

[@robsaxepga]

These slow motion swings are amazing for their time. 1961? Geez...I've been wanting to see Henry Cotton's action for a long time. What great hands he had. Thanks for posting this!

[@WhereTheyPlayForPay]

You bet!

[@MrRp25]

But. Why did they ask the players to swing in slow motion? 😅

[@johnfury6481]

Such a great time capsule. Love that reference to Woodrow Wilson!

[@jamesharris6578]

Two great gentlemen golfers and champions, on the greatest public course.

[@willbick7889]

and now thanks to Shell these cold conditions in summer are a thing of the past!!

[@stevedriscoll2539]

So grateful for a chance to watch these two phenomenal golfers compete over the most iconic and interesting links.

[@tompem]

Thank you Slick!!

[@WhereTheyPlayForPay]

No problem 👍

[@dominate4891]

this is gold.

[@davidfreeborg]

Such wonderful relaxed and natural swings! I love their hand and arm action, classic. They built men sturdy back then, those conditions looked absolutely brutal.

[@jacktattis]

Cotton was one of the first to see Spain and Portugal as future golf paradises

[@paulcarrigan691]

Another gem Slick Mick!

[@WhereTheyPlayForPay]

Thank you!

[@anthonymead4359]

They were both marvellous players. Some of those shots under the conditions - mercurial.

[@bb57365]

Drones have nothing on production. Always love these matches.

[@wadepatton2433]

Shell's WWG is a fantastic favorite of mine, getting to see players before my time and of my early years-in their early years sometimes. Wonderful INDEED. I've seen most of them.

[@alpistor]

Thank you for this wonderful video. Love Shell's WWG.

[@MegaTubescreamer]

great fun to watch these two legends battling it out in bad weather! jammy gene nicked it in his `nickers`with that crucial casual water free drop, and henry`s horrid kick from the five iron approach sunk his hopes of a tie, all in the true spirit of the great game though!!

[@williamdunphy352]

I've never been to The Old Course, but if you ever go, it's a bucket list thing. The women will be playing there in August for the AIG Women's Open.

[@poocrayon4588]

Thanks for the upload. Great stuff.

[@WhereTheyPlayForPay]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@LanceCampeau]

one of the best SWWOG ive seen to date

[@nealhazel3983]

Thanks so much. Rare and precious footage. Difficult to find much of Sir Henry competing.

[@WhereTheyPlayForPay]

You’re welcome

[@Left-Foot-Brake]

Wow - what a dream match!

[@ITSBIGBOY]

What a great match in tough weather

[@MrRp25]

Most entertaining golf online 2024

[@ugaais]

I was at Costco today looking at 200llb woman with tattoos and blue hair and men with sleeve tattoos and earrings….i hotfooted back to my Country Club here in SWFL and put this on….I’m not old(53) but this reminds me of being young watching golf and baseball with my grandparents in the 70’sand 80’s they gave me my first set of clubs when I started playing and the World seemed more traditional then…

[@paulmclaughlin395]

Wonderful upload thanks. Also wonderful at the start to see some footage of Gloster Javelins.Not supersonic as the commentator suggested but a great sight to see.Thanks again for the upload.

[@jacktattis]

Great game thanks Gene

[@methodicl2673]

Look how at ease they played. Not all robotic and nothing like today taking 10min to decide on a damn shot.

[@jacktattis]

When I started golf my first set was Jim Ferrier That set never had a sand wedge and our greens were sand so it was chip and run.

[@ohwowthatsgood]

Wow. Pace of play hasn't changed at all in the 60 years since this was played.

[@fradaja]

Love the squire

[@ugaais]

You had to be very precise with the old school equipment..when you also factor their ages they played well..

[@truthlifefishing1730]

Slick, did you make a time machine?

[@WhereTheyPlayForPay]

Yes. I’m from the past, or it is it the future?

[@maamold]

No roll on that course that day.

[@GreenDistantStar]

Sarazen was 59, Cotton 54, pretty good play, wouldn't you say?

[@wadepatton2433]

Yes it's difficult to really grasp that I am now between those ages-but golf takes me back to those days when I lived on the course as a teen. So now I'm playing hickory golf because it's about the swing and not the equipment. I'm learning to use the gear that these two grew up playing. Lots are.

[@GreenDistantStar]

@@wadepatton2433 when you consider the equipment they were using, and the conditions of play, it was excellent golf.

[@johnnybradley9844]

Gene was born in 1902 and Henry in 1907 if the match was played in 1961 ... ages would have been 59 and 55.

[@thomasrichardson-ev1wp]

Notice how flat their swings are?

[@edwardbailey9759]

The pro at Inwood once told me I have two swings: flat and flatter.....he meant it as a compliment.

[@mikehiggins946]

Most golf fans don't realize Gene Sarazen was one of a select few who have won the career Grand Slam, along with Jones, Hogan, Player, Nicklaus, and Woods. Watson and Palmer never won the PGA, while Snead and Mickelson lacked the U.S. Open. Today, McIlroy needs a Masters and Spieth a PGA to complete the slam.

[@robertkatz8093]

Jones was an amateur and not eligible to play the PGA. Also, he founded the Masters but never won it. His "Grand Slam" was the US Open and US Amateur, plus the Open and the British Amateur, all won in 1928. The others won the professional career grand slam, Nicklaus and Woods doing it three times each.

[@ag358]

Bobby Jones won the Grand slam in 1930 then retired at the age of 28. His playing in the first masters was purely ceremonial he didn't want to play having left competition behind but everybody wanted to see Jones so he played it as a get together with friends. In Jones day the ams were considered majors because there were great players who didn't turn pro in those days so he was competing with great players he won seven opens from 1923 - 1930 the pros all conceded Bobby was the player to beat and if you did beat him they made a career from it nobody beat Jones twice, in a 36 hole playoff in a us open Jones won by 23 strokes over a pro. Bobby's win percentage was forty one percent.Tommy armour would get two strokes a side from Bobby in friendly matches when a reporter ask why a major champion winner would get strokes Tommy bristled and said because he's that g-d good.

[@jacktattis]

Australians never counted Bobby Jones as the Grand Slam when I started in 56 It was always the modern Grand Slam. Bobby Jones era had been forgotten and because we had golf clubs here older than the game in the USA it did not interest us.

[@ag358]

@@jacktattis in Jone's playing days the four majors were what he won in 1930 in the same year it's a shame golf history isn't interesting to you.

[@jacktattis]

@@ag358 My learned friend I started playing in 1956 and golfing history to me and to an American is very different We associated with the UK in those days we used the R&A rules and the small ball Jones was before my time and I doubt it was much covered here in Australia .