tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1895147021396916151.post374776067867998763..comments2024-03-22T14:40:23.496-04:00Comments on Me and Old Man Par: Don't Tell Me Tom Watson "Choked"Charles Boyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00672533578474522766noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1895147021396916151.post-58865774902453694752009-07-22T10:29:41.247-04:002009-07-22T10:29:41.247-04:00Great stuff...though I do disagree with you on the...Great stuff...though I do disagree with you on the club choice into the green at 18. The 8-iron landed on the front part of the green and barely ran through the green. A 9-iron would have come up short of the green leaving him a very long pitch or putt. He hit the 8 too well and it barely rolled off. The putt coming back was a surprise, too. Out of that lie, I doubt he thought it would run 8 feet past the hole. Neither shot was a "mistake". He absolutely flushed 3 shots before the putt at 18.<br /><br />I was re-watching it with my brother yesterday, and during the Nicklaus interview, Nicklaus talked about Watson's putting stroke. He said that if Watson was going to show nerves, watch for the takeaway with the putter to get too steep, causing him to hit down on the ball just a little and the ball would come up short. Nicklaus was dead on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com