Tom Watson (golfer)
No Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of victory Runner ( s ) -up
1 Sep 19 , 1999 Bank One Championship 67-67-62=196 −20 5 strokes Bruce Summerhays
2 Nov 5 , 2000 IR Senior Tour Championship 70-67-67-66=270 −18 1 stroke John Jacobs
3 May 27 , 2001 Senior PGA Championship 72-69-66-67=274 −14 1 stroke Jim Thorpe
4 Oct 22 , 2002 Senior Tour Championship at Gaillardia 74-67-66-67=274 −14 1 stroke Gil Morgan
5 Jul 27 , 2003 The Senior Open Championship 66-67-66-64=263 −17 Playoff Carl Mason
6 Aug 31 , 2003 JELD-WEN Tradition 68-62-73-70=273 −15 1 stroke Jim Ahern , Tom Kite
7 Jul 24 , 2005 The Senior Open Championship ( 2 ) 75-71-64-70=280 −4 Playoff Des Smyth
8 Oct 30 , 2005 Charles Schwab Cup Championship 69-70-69-64=272 −16 3 strokes Jay Haas
9 Feb 18 , 2007 Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am 70-69-70=209 −4 1 stroke Andy Bean , Jay Haas
10 Jul 29 , 2007 The Senior Open Championship ( 3 ) 70-71-70-73=284 E 1 stroke Stewart Ginn , Mark O'Meara
11 Apr 20 , 2008 Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am ( 2 ) 63-71-70=204 −9 1 stroke Jay Haas , Scott Hoch
12 Apr 27 , 2008 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf ( with Andy North ) 59-62-64=185 −31 1 stroke Craig Stadler and Jeff Sluman
13 Jan 24 , 2010 Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai 63-66-65=194 −22 1 stroke Fred Couples
14 May 29 , 2011 Senior PGA Championship ( 2 ) 70-70-68-70=278 −10 Playoff David Eger
Professional wins ( 70 ) -- Champions Tour wins ( 14 )
Legend Senior major championships ( 6 ) Other Champions Tour ( 8 )
Thomas Sturges Watson (born September 4, 1949) is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour Champions, formerly on the PGA Tour. In the 1970s and 1980s, Watson was one of the leading players in the world, winning eight major championships and heading the PGA Tour money list five times. He was the number one player in the world according to McCormack's World Golf Rankings from 1978 until 1982; in both 1983 and 1984, he was ranked second behind Seve Ballesteros. He also spent 32 weeks in the top 10 of the successor Sony Rankings in their debut in 1986. Watson is also notable for his longevity: at nearly sixty years of age, and 26 years after his last major championship victory, he led after the second and third rounds of The Open Championship in 2009, but lost in a four-hole playoff. With a chance to win the tournament with par on the 72nd hole, he missed an 8-foot (2.4 m) putt, then lost to Stewart Cink in the playoff. Several of Watson's major victories came at the expense of Jack Nicklaus, the man he replaced as number one, most notably the 1977 Masters, 1977 Open Championship, and the 1982 U.S. Open. Though his rivalry with Nicklaus was intense, their friendly competitiveness served to increase golf's popularity during the time. In Watson's illustrious career, his eight major championships include five Open Championships, two Masters titles, and one U.S. Open title. The only major that has eluded him is the PGA Championship, which would put him in an elite group of golfing career grand slam winners that includes Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus, and Tiger Woods. In all, Watson's eight majors ranks sixth on the list of total major championship victories, behind only Nicklaus, Woods, Walter Hagen, Hogan, and Player. Watson is also regarded as one of the greatest links players of all time, a claim backed up by his five Open Championship victories, his runner-up finishes at the 1984 Open Championship and 2009 Open Championship, and his three Senior British Open Championship titles in his mid-50s (2003, 2005, and 2007).