“I thought it was over, I thought I had won the tournament” were Jack Nicklaus’ words from the clubhouse when Tom Watson hit his 2-iron into the gnarly fescue grass to the left of Pebble Beach’s 17th green. It was the closing stages of the 1982 US Open and Watson was about to chip in for an improbable major victory.
I was reminded of Waton’s heroics while listening to a golf podcast recently. So I thought I’d go in search of some footage on YouTube. I found the clip below, which starts with Nicklaus’ birdie run on the front nine, and concludes with Watson’s incredible birdie, birdie finish to win.
