Tom Watson wins at Carnoustie | The Open Official Film 1975

[@davidr5961]

Its amazing that Watson , won five Opens within a nine year span. He had learned a lot, the year before, at the US Open, at Winged Foot, when he was in the lead, and lost, and Irwin won. Made him the great champion, that he became

[@paulway9926]

Great stuff and Tom Watson my hero growing up playing golf. Jack Newton was a great bloke and I played with him in the Hong Kong Open a couple of weeks before his accident. I saw him las time at Moortown and he was still an absolute gentleman after his accident. RIP Jack. Paul Way.❤

[@jadesmith6823]

I'm so glad I can sit back and know I was conceived in this beautiful era and time of life ❤️🙏🤟

[@victorkreitner754]

Neil Coles won 50 tournaments as a professional. Still alive at 87 today. The guy he was paired with Australian Bob Shearer just passed away in January 2022. Had a respectable and very profitable career as a golf course architect after his playing days. His wife said he played habitually 3-4 times every week throughout the year, golf was his true passion. He died 3 days after his last round of golf at one of the courses he designed in Australia.

[@thomas1630]

Pick who you want, for me there is no more beautiful swing than Tom Watson.

[@floridagolf2010]

Rest in peace jack newton. Had it not been for that unfortunate accident I’m sure he would’ve won a few majors. What a player!

[@part1801]

He looks like a villain in a Bond movie

[@thetruthsetsyoufree1492]

Really tragic but life can be cruel...

[@craigbarron3706]

He was also runner up at the 1980 US Masters.

[@jackprecip5389]

Hard to believe Watson had a 15ft putt on his last hole in 2009 to win an amazing 34 YEARS after his first British Open win, which would have been his 6th British Open overall. 34 years between first and last championships for an event would have probably been a record that would stand as long as there are still people left in the world playing golf tournaments.

[@DMR4736]

Not only that, Watson was in contention at St Andrews, up until the the 17th hole the last day, and wound up losing to Seve, otherwise he'd possibly have won three straight, from 82-84

[@thetruthsetsyoufree1492]

Also, Watson nearly won the British Open in 1989 and 1994.

[@duncanholding7636]

@@thetruthsetsyoufree1492 was also in contention in 78 and 87

[@tomsauer3830]

I read he even struggled with alcohol.

[@A-FrameWedge]

I think it was more like a 7 or 8 foot putt, Watson missed on the 72nd hole to win.

[@jameshoran8]

It's so interesting that after the 75 Open, it did not return there until 1999 when Van de Veld made his colossal choke. The course fell on really hard times during that span of 24 years.

[@TheLocalLt]

As the 1999 film opens with, “much sand had shifted since the Open last came to Carnoustie”. Hoylake had an even longer gap, from 1967 to 2006. Both clubs and towns needed drastic infrastructure improvements. Turnberry was added in 1977 to help fill the gap in the rota, but didn’t help much due to its own logistics also being less than ideal. So that’s why you ended up with Royal St George’s, a safe choice within driving distance of London, hosting three times in twelve years during the 80s and early 90s. And of course Royal Portrush was a one-off in 1951, but was added to the rota full-time in 2019.

[@TweedSuit]

Jack Newton - RIP

[@thomastrain7311]

What a drastic difference between today and then . 7500$ for winning the open is hard to imagine.

[@anthonymead4359]

Jack Newton was a beautiful player the accident was tragic and should never have happened.

[@asd36f]

David Huish was right up amongst the leaders at -8 after rounds of 69 and 67, but then crashed with rounds of 76 and 80 to finish +4 and tied for 32nd place.

[@joecarlino7870]

Wow! What a great short game Newton had!

[@part1801]

The attire is dazzling

[@larrybud]

With this theme music, I'm waiting for Austin Powers to make an appearance! Guys shooting 66-67? Better roll back the ball Jack!

[@timdailey2690]

LOL 😂 I had a Hot Wheels car that looked like that Hovercraft in the opening at the time. I was 7.

[@SilverfoxThe]

HItting fairway woods into par 5s? Not 6-irons like the modern pros.....

[@tpohlen]

Oh he was there, huge Open fan " Yeah Baby, Yeah"

[@thenumberquelve158]

I love what accidental genius there is in the film shots for Newton and Cole at the 18th hole. As soon as the ball slips by the hole, the camera pans over to a giant F to pay respects. Of course it'd be forty-odd years before that ever became a thing, which makes it even funnier. Edit: So Newton was 33-1 and Watson was 40-1? Man, it's so hard to consider a Tom Watson victory an upset, especially against someone the same age as him, but.... here we go.

[@Secretarian]

At the time of this event, Watson had a stigma about him as being a choker. Held 54 hole lead in '74 U.S. Open, 36-hole lead in '75 U.S. Open. He finished poorly in both of those events. Had a chance in the 1975 Masters, paired with Nicklaus in last round and put two balls in the water on 16th hole. The 1975 Open was his coming out party, and we know how he went from strength to strength for the next 8 years with his record in the majors. Probably should have been at least a 7-time Open Champion, considering the ones that got away from him in 1984, 1989, and 2009.

[@TheLocalLt]

@@Secretarianyep he also almost won in 1994 at Turnberry, was I believe third behind Jesper and Price

[@waynepeake6345]

Forgotten what a good looking bloke Jack Newton was in his prime here.

[@DeanWiles1948]

Worth watching for obvious reasons.

[@stevedriscoll2539]

Nobody does golf tournaments like the British.

[@Mitjitsu]

Watson bogeyed hole 16 on all 5 occasions. Just shows you how hard that hole must be.

[@grantross2609]

widely considered one of the toughest par3s in golf !

[@Mitjitsu]

@@grantross2609 Long par 3 on a plateaued 3 tier green, and that's not even factoring weather conditions you might be contesting.

[@VenusDoom891]

Is this Oosthuizen who features on here Louis' father?

[@TheLocalLt]

Peter Oosterhuis is an Englishman unrelated to the South African Louis Oosthuizen, though Peter did broadcast the early part of Louis’ career on CBS.

[@brucefranklin1317]

Poor jack had that horrible plane propeller accident... loses arm eye awful

[@COLETHORN10]

They never came back to Carnoustie for 24 years as the course fell into disrepair

[@grantross2609]

they ( !? ) pointed at logistics / crowd levels / hotel availability but to be honest the other Open venues had similar problems.........

[@Pulse2AM]

Is there anything worse than golf attire from the 70's in fashion? Watson 7500 pounds in todays pounds is about 61,000. Not bad but nothing like the purse today.

[@Kaddywompous]

Every millionaire golfer should say silent prayers to Tiger for what he did for purses.

[@jackprecip5389]

@@Kaddywompous The purses went up 20x to 30x more from 1975 to 1995, which is before Tiger even got on the scene. Who they really should thank are the criminals at the Federal Reserve who printed tons of phony money after Nixon took it completely off the Gold Standard, then put all that fiat into circulation for the corporations and banks to spread around among themselves while robbing everybody else by devaluing their savings.

[@kidpagronprimsank05]

As Lee Trevino said during that time, he will go bankrupt by winning The Open

[@Pulse2AM]

@@kidpagronprimsank05 I never heard that, but probably true.

[@march1969]

Shag carpets and greens in the '70s