Tom Weiskopf, who won the British Open in 1973 and was a noted golf commentator and course designer, has died at the age of 79. He had been dealing with pancreatic cancer since late 2020. Golf Digest reported that Weiskopf died on Friday, according to multiple sources close to the family. News of Weiskopf’s passing was made public the following Sunday morning Tom Watson posted the following on Twitter: “Sending my deepest condolences to Tom Weiskopf’s family. I will miss you and your stories. RIP my friend. The PC has been hit again.”
Weiskopf won 16 times on the PGA Tour between 1968 and 1982. His biggest win came in 1973 at Royal Troon, in the Openwhere he scored a three-shot win over Johnnie Miller and Neil Coles.
He won four more PGA Tour Champions titles, including the 1995 US Senior Open.
Weiskopf was a member of the American Ryder Cup team in 1973 and 1975. He made the team in 1977, but ultimately chose to retire rather than participate in the event.
Weiskopf crossed over to television as a golf analyst for both CBS and ABC Sports/ESPN. He also participated in the design of golf courses, with more than 40 to his credit. That list includes TPC Scottsdale, home of the PGA Tour’s WM Phoenix Open, and Loch Lomond GC in Scotland.
At 1.90 meters tall, tall for golf at the time, Weiskopf had a powerful, rhythmic swing. His best year was 1973, when he won seven times around the world, including the silver pitcher and the World Series of Golf in Akron, Ohio before it became an official tour event.
He is known for the ‘majors’ he did not win as for competition it faced, especially Jack Nicklaus, who cast a large shadow over Weiskopf throughout his career. Weiskopf is a four-time Masters runner-up, the most by a golfer without winning a green jacket. In 1975 he said of Nicklaus: “Jack knows he can beat you. You know Jack can beat you. And Jack knows you know he can beat you.” His interview with Golf Digest in 2008 was even more revealing when Weiskopf said: “Facing Jack Nicklaus in a ‘major’ is like trying to drain the Pacific Ocean with a cup of tea. You walk to the first tee knowing that your best golf may not be. be the best.” be enough”.
Weiskopf excelled in many areas, but he often said that he did not make the most of his talents. He attributes much of this to drinking, which he once said ruined his golf career. He gave up alcohol in 2007 and considers it one of his great achievements. His passion was the outdoors, especially hunting and fishing. Weiskopf once skipped the 1977 Ryder Cup so he could go sheep hunting.
Weiskopf’s last PGA Tour win was the Western Open in 1982. His last full year on the PGA Tour came a year later.
Source: La Verdad
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