Tom Watson wins at Royal Troon | The Open Official Film 1982

[@christopherdelgaudio9484]

Loved Watson!!.this was when the tour rocked!!!

[@tomconway635]

My late father in law and myself were there for the weekend and can be seen in gallery... wonderful memories!

[@alancumming6407]

Stayed in digs in Prestwick for the whole week. Great tournament over a great course.

[@thenumberquelve158]

Nick Price had a MOUSTACHE in the early 1980s??!? ...On a more serious note, this one feels like the most "It's the Open" Open of them all, or close to it. Clampett, Lyle and Price were all young at the time, enjoying it early on but once the cracks begin to show up, they crumbled so much quicker. Experience REALLY counts in this tournament! Watson's approach to #11 was MONEY. Made it look so easy.

[@annefilippobertozzi7601]

Wonderful footage, thanks!

[@salfordnick5336]

Aye, Mr Watson, price will certainly shine again..... Like to see the reporters 14 years later and offer a comment about nick price

[@cormackjames]

I never knew Napoleon Dynamite was playing golf back then! Amazing!

[@ianbrooks9334]

I watched this the other day I thought Clampett was going to win then I thought Price was going to win only for Watson to take another claret jug how golf can be cruel and beautiful all at the same time

[@Pulse2AM]

And dangerous, I split a guys head open with a driver! A warned him...stand back I said...3 times.

[@ianaldridge4778]

Had a few words with tom back in the day.Such a gracious lovely man.But for that shot on the last hole hitting the downslope he would have had 6 opens.Not meant to be.

[@elfedmorris5440]

Great these films.

[@MichaelAbbadie]

6 times player of the year an amazing 46 top 10s in majors. But confidence and family sometimes mess with you. 1984 open was the end of tom watson at his best. He was going for 6th open but messed up 17th th hole on final rd and lost. He had 2 young children which caused him to cut schedule . No one thought watson at age 34 would never win another major. His short putts missed was sad to see

[@MojoZ20]

Catching up on these old major clips, i started to notice that headgears, be it american styled caps or even traditional flatcaps, were not quite a norm or a must-wear, back then in the 80s.

[@ExceptionalPleb]

I think corporate sponsorship kinda mandated the baseball caps

[@fs1natra]

@@ExceptionalPleb "there is too much money in golf"gene sarazen

[@Pulse2AM]

@@fs1natra I believe in those days Watson won a major for around $7,000.00 about 60K today, Tiger brought in the mega pay checks.

[@thomastrain7311]

Yeah in 1975 Watson won $7500 for 1st place . Totally flipped nowadays

[@diogeneslantern18]

Perms were the hairstyle of the day i the 80's

[@christopherfranklin972]

Happy days when we had proper summers,no jockey caps,well cut trousers,no "mashed potato" or "In the hole",polite and respectful applause and golf as it was meant to be played with 450 yard par-4's offering a challenge not a drive and wedge. Willie Whitelaw couldn't watch because he was still pissed from lunchtime ....

[@andrewrobinson8305]

Proper summers?! The 1980s had some horrible summers - four in row in fact, from ‘85 to ‘88 (inclusive). Summers are much better nowadays.

[@christopherfranklin972]

@@andrewrobinson8305 Where did I say that we had better summers? I wrote 'proper summers' deliberately because seasonal changes were still evident,spring,summer,autumn,winter were distinctly different,golf courses were commonly closed for weeks on end due to snow and frost whereas the trend now is for milder,wetter winters. Try to comment on what was written not your interpretation of what you think was said.

[@andrewrobinson8305]

With the greatest of respect Chris, you’re so stuck in the past it’s unbelievable. Your rose-tinted nostalgia seems to know no bounds! Everything wasn’t better in “the good old days”. It’s just that we’re happier & more optimistic when we’re young, and more grumpy & cynical when we get older. Every generation since the dawn of time says the old days were better. It’s an eternal and pretty tiresome human trait.

[@christopherfranklin972]

@@andrewrobinson8305 Nowhere near as tiresome as someone who having been rebutted a year ago needs to find a different angle of attack. If you really think things are better now than 40 years ago you are entirely delusional,gender issues,woke issues,illegal immigration and a war in Europe,how is that better?

[@andyhodgson7692]

Price and Faldo with their Beatles hair cuts 😀

[@johnhopkins2412]

You could never discount Watson : just shows that there are more ways to win other than being a front runner ....glad Nick won it eventually in 1994, a class golfer .

[@scootdaws25]

Watson was right about Price eventually shining though it took a few years.

[@scootdaws25]

Price didn't turn out to be so obscure. It took a while but he dominated for a brief period in the early 90s.

[@knalledge2407]

40:55 👀 This guy

[@barrymontgomery408]

Tom Watson won the open at royal troon because price was inexperienced playing at a seaside golf links course. He did win 3 majors during his career but his losses to Watson and ballesteros gave him the chance to try again he was double uspga champion and the open atturnberry it was long overdue he won it at long last after 2 agonising fail

[@nikolausglatz346]

why would you put the winner on the title ! that's so annoying !!!! I always have to cover the picture and stuff to watch it !

[@nicholasschroeder3678]

Price wouldn't remain obscure.

[@MGAF688]

Nick Price. Never to be heard from again.

[@jackcasey8067]

He won in 1994 at Ailsa course Turnberry

[@marktheblake]

He won 3 majors, and reached World no 1 after that.

[@KYExtemper]

So weird seeing Nick Price with a mustache.

[@robertadams7751]

When Bullseye putters ruled the world ☮

[@mikemartin5340]

Man, what a bogus major win lol. At no point did it feel like watson won this tourney

[@dlpine71]

Nothing bogus about but. Though not at his best, Watson ground it out. Perseverance won it for him.

[@skellvarnsen23]

rad

[@Pulse2AM]

I can't help but think I'm watching 70's porn stars playing golf! Not that I know what they look like. :P

[@Danomite99]

32k pounds for the winner -barely beer money for major win. 😬

[@pnc23]

Journalist is an entitled so and so.