How good was Tom Watson in 1981? This good 👇🏻

Driver then 4 wood to 15. Anybody confused as to why professional golf was a miles better spectacle then?

So good back then, now it’s so boring I just can’t watch it.

500 yards = Driver/4 wood and Watson wasn't short... Golf was so much better then

Has there been a better golf swing ?

No. 1 player in the world from 1975-1983

Not many golfers could go toe to toe with Jack on his prime and slay the bear, Tom could.

Yet, Bill Rogers won player of the year in 1981

“….those grave digger arms for a mighty hit”. How good was Ben Wright?

That year, greens at Augusta were pure bent grass with out any summer stress ever. Check those surfaces. They look outstanding for 1981!

This is a good account. Appreciate these highlights

Watson beating Jack was like Mickelson beating Woods. These guys a brilliant on on a golf course

his gaze

Extremely. Played last month with a retired Asian and Japan Tour player who played in three majors. I asked him who was the most impressive striker and player he ever paired with. He said Tom Watson and Watson was already in his late 40’s.

The sound of that ball off the face is phenomenal 🔥

How did they play so well without launch monitors and squatting into their legs and jumping and shallowing, as seems every instructor preaches now?

I miss Ike's tree.

One of my all-time favorites

One of the all time greats

I watched him practice hitting 40 yard pitch shots. His caddie was in a squat with a catcher’s mitt. The caddie caught each one while in the squat, only moving his mitt to do so.

tic toc

One of Golf’s greatest and most consistent swings I’ve ever seen..!!

Jack finished in 2nd place two shots back.

Backwards over the shoulder drop rule should have never changed.

So wide and rhythmic.

No hat.

It was his playing partner Greg Norman's 1st Masters. Greg seemed to have had the honour through back nine.

Miss those voices

What was that drop? Lol

Ummm a bunch of average to below average shots there

Watson was to Nichlaus as Mickelson was to Tiger.