Ian Thomson

I receive Van Tharp’s newsletter “Tharps Thoughts” and I just had to share something from the latest edition with you …

Tom Watson, Golf and Me
by
Van K. Tharp, Ph.D.

It was Saturday evening, and I had tears in my eyes as I explained to my wife what was going on in the world of golf. Tom Watson, a man two months shy of 60, was leading the British Open after three rounds. It didn’t matter that Tiger Woods had missed his first cut in a major, losing the opportunity to win major number 15. Tom Watson, at nearly 60 years of age, was about to win major number nine. A miracle was about to happen. My wife and niece didn’t seem to get the enormity of the situation. I couldn’t express it to them, or if I did they were not interested enough to watch the drama of the final round.

In golf the collective belief is that when you reach the age of 40, you are very unlikely to be competitive anymore. Somehow you don’t have the strength or the mental tools to play consistent top golf. When Jack Nicklaus won the Masters at age 47, I thought it was one of the greatest golf feats ever. In addition, Julius Boros won the U.S. open at age 48, although that was probably a little too early for me to be aware of.

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Thanks Van for such a great article!