Tom Watson owns one of the most impressive playing resumes in the history of golf.
He’s won eight major titles — five British Opens, two Masters and one U.S. Open — which puts him behind only Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, Walter Hagen, Gary Player and Ben Hogan.
Watson also is accomplished as a golf course designer and in captivating a congregation of any size with stories.
Clad in a red plaid coat, he gathered a crowd Sunday evening at the Chattanooga Golf and Country Club, where he and fellow members of the American Society of Golf Course Architects met for their annual formal dinner. He discussed golf history, golf architecture and the future of the game with the Times Free Press.
Watson has been fascinated with golf every year he can remember since his birth in 1949. He designed his first course as a fourth-grader in Kansas.