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Watson Finally Hoists Claret Jug

12 Jul, 08 | Comments [0] | Tags: Golf Central | On This Day In History

Tom Watson: Now there's a man that knew how to wear a flat cap properly...

It was on this day in 1975 that Tom Watson won his first major championship, defeating Australia's Jack Newton in an 18-hole playoff to capture the Open Championship at Carnoustie, Scotland. Watson would go to win five Open Championships and a total of eight major championship in the space of eight years. Which, when you think about it, is pretty bloody good.

45 years earlier in 1930, Bobby Jones captured the third leg of the Grand Slam, winning the U.S. Open at Interlachen Country Club in Edina, Minn. Jones birdies three of his final six holes for a two-stroke victory over Macdonald Smith.

This day in 2007 saw the death of iconic Boston street figure Mr Butch. Known as the 'King of Kenemore Square', Butch was a homeless drifter who became famous for playing his Fender Stratocaster in an open-chord style that invited comparisons with Jimi Hendrix, and he played with various Boston and San Francisco punk bands, including Dropkick Murphys, The Unseen and The Outlets.

So its Rojbun a te piroz be! as they say in Kurdish to Aussie Robert Allenby (37), family man Bill Cosby (71), ferocious pug Julio César Chávez (46), the well fit Anna Friel (32) and the soon to be Tesco worker, Gareth Gates (24).

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