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  Tom Watson Golf Legends - Tom Watson Bio
Born Missouri, USA, Watson is one Tom Watsonof the greatest players of the modern era with 8 victories in the Majors.
Watson robbed Nicklaus of another major at the 1982 U.S. Open with his famous chip-in on the 17th hole at Pebble Beach.
Watson had a genuine affinity for the sporting element of golf and although financially successful, he did not always chase the buck.
www.golflegends.org /tom-watson.php   (1055 words)

  
 Tom Watson - Business on The Huffington Post
Tom Watson, an expert in philanthropy communications, has been a journalist for more than 20 years, and a widely-read commentator and an active entrepreneur for more than a decade.
By day, Tom is chief strategy officer of Changing Our World, Inc. a national philanthropic services company, and publisher of onPhilanthropy.com, a leading online center for philanthropists and nonprofit professionals.
Tom is an active board member of the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy, a progressive think tank based in New York, and a contributor to the DMIblog.
www.huffingtonpost.com /tom-watson   (1603 words)

  
  1896: Tom Watson
Watson's reelection campaign that same year fell victim to wholesale fraud and intimidation, as the Democrats employed bribery, ballot box stuffing, voting of minors, repeat voting, out-of-state voters and violence to defeat him.
Watson was now a virulent racist, a far cry from the Populist leader of the 1890s who had openly called for fl political equality and racial unity along class lines.
Watson was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1920, where he rabidly attacked the Wilson administration and its foreign policy.
projects.vassar.edu /1896/watson.html   (1469 words)

  
  Tom Watson (politician) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tom Watson was educated at King Charles I school, Kidderminster, and the University of Hull, where he was elected President of the Students Union in 1992.
Tom Watson was campaign organiser for the Labour Party in the Birmingham Hodge Hill by-election in July 2004, in which he succeeded in narrowly retaining the seat in difficult political times for the party.
Watson was appointed as an Assistant Government Whip on September 9, 2004 and was nominated as a Top Toadie by The Guardian Diary on January 6, 2005 [1].
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tom_Watson_(politician)   (353 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Tom Watson
Watson, Tom, born in 1949, American golfer, the top player on the Professional Golfers' Association (PGA) tour in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
In 1977 Watson collected four PGA titles—including a win at the Masters tournament—plus a victory at the British Open, and was voted Player of the Year.
Watson continued to rank among the world's top golfers during the first half of the 1980s, winning three PGA tournaments each in 1981 and 1982, British Open titles in 1982 and 1984, and his sixth Player of the Year Award in 1984.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761582388/Tom_Watson.html   (293 words)

  
 TIME 100: Thomas Watson, Jr.
Watson enrolled in IBM sales school after college and hated that as well.
Even so, Watson filled his entire sales quota for 1940 on the first day of that year — but only because the company had thrown the boss's son a big account to make him look good.
Watson flew throughout Asia, Africa and the Pacific, displaying steel nerves and shrewd foresight and planning skills.
www.time.com /time/time100/builder/profile/watson.html   (467 words)

  
 @ugusta History: Tom Watson, June 21, 1996
In the end, Watson's virulent attacks on the Catholic Church, fls, Jews, the League of Nations, President Woodrow Wilson and the war effort diminished his stature and political influence.
Watson was defeated in the next two elections, then nominated for vice president at the Populist convention in St. Louis in 1896, which endorsed William Jennings Bryan for president.
In addition to his longstanding dislike for Catholicism and the institution of the Pope, Watson is also remembered for his role in fomenting public outrage in the Leo Frank case.
chronicle.augusta.com /history/watson.html   (768 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
It is noted that Watson pointed out that people in urban areas drank from individual cups, in stead of a communal one, when celebrating communion as an example of the decline of morality and correct religious observance (Palmer in Fink, 199).
Watson felt that to ensure the existence of these farmers the government must take steps to protect them by preserving free competition.
Watson, and other Populists, believed that the solutions to these problems included to deflation of the currency by freely coining silver or printing more money, breaking up the railroads and telegraphs monopolies, and instituting a graduated income tax.
shakti.trincoll.edu /~aweiss/watson.htm   (354 words)

  
 Tom Watson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tom Watson, manager of Liverpool F.C. from 1896 to 1915
Tom Watson, journalist and co-founder of @NY and Changing Our World, Inc.
Tom Watson, former member of Slovenly, current member of Red Krayola, and frequent sideman with Mike Watt.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tom_Watson   (133 words)

  
 TOM WATSON VIGNETTE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Watson, a congressman from northeast Georgia, had left the Democratic ticket in disgust to run on behalf of a new tbird party called the Populists.
Watson and eight members of Con­gress from the West had organized a splinter party, the Populists, or People’s party.
After winning through such a convincing show of force, Watson’s opponents expected that their adversary had been so badly beaten that he would have to be laid out like a corpse at a funeral.
www.gprep.org /~sjochs/tomwatson.htm   (939 words)

  
 TOM WATSON, 2003 UNITED STATES OPEN, Golf, Interviews, Quotes, ASAPSports FastScripts, Transcript   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
TOM WATSON: Well, you have quite a few shots within the 72 holes that have the opportunity to change your momentum, and obviously that was one right there that could propel me into doing very well in this tournament obviously.
TOM WATSON: Well, the body was a little stiff today, the back was a little sore, but the magic was still there with the putter.
TOM WATSON: Bruce has been with me since 1973, and as I said at his wedding in January in Hawaii, he doesn't have a mean bone in his body.
www.asapsports.com /golf/2003usopen/061203TW1.html   (1398 words)

  
 World Golf Hall of Fame - Tom Watson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Again, Watson counterattacked, finally pitching in for a birdie from the deep rough off the 17th hole to produce one of the most dramatic shots ever seen.
Watson was born Sept. 4, 1949, in Kansas City, Mo. An all-around athlete growing up, the fresh-faced but fiercely competitive Watson was nicknamed "Huckleberry Dillinger." After a good but not spectacular junior career, Watson attended Stanford, where he graduated with a degree in psychology and showed occasional but not sustained brilliance as a golfer.
Watson turned back the clocks at the 2003 U.S. Open, shooting an inspiring 65 to share the first round lead and prove he still remains one of the finest players from tee to green in the game.
www.wgv.com /hof/members/twatson.html   (644 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Tom Watson prepares for tourney and surgery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
But Watson is preparing to part from his friends — and the game — for an extended period after playing this weekend in the Constellation Energy Classic.
Watson is winless in 11 events this year and is 41st on the money list, in part because he's been operating at well under 100%.
Watson is one of 78 pros entered in the $1.6 million tournament.
www.usatoday.com /sports/golf/champions/2004-10-01-watson-surgery_x.htm   (573 words)

  
 Tom Watson
Watson rejoined the Democratic Party and in 1920 was elected to the Senate.
Tom Watson died in Washington of a cerebral hemorrhage on 26th September, 1922.
Watson belongs to that school of southern Populists who honestly believe that the respectable and commonplace people who own banks, railroads, dry goods stores, factories, and the like, are persons of mental and social attributes that unpleasantly distinguish Heliogabalus, Nero, Caligula, and other worthies of later Rome.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USAwatsonTP.htm   (970 words)

  
 TOM WATSON JOINS TEAM CADILLAC - WWW.AutoWorld.Com
Watson will be eligible to join the Senior PGA Tour after his 50th birthday on Sept. 4.
Watson, who has played on four Ryder Cup teams and was captain in 1993 said his immediate goal is to play well enough this year to earn a position on the 1999 team and help win the Cup back for America.
Watson scored his first victory at the 1974 Western Open, and his 34 PGA Tour titles put him 11th on the tour's all-time victory list.
www.autoworld.com /news/cadillac/teamcadillac.htm   (524 words)

  
 Tom Watson Set to Defend Tradition Title (phillyBurbs.com) | Golf
Watson had won the Senior British Open the week before the Tradition, but Edwards missed it because he was too weak to travel.
Watson birdied the 18th hole for a one-stroke lead, then went with Edwards into the scoring trailer to watch Tom Kite and Jim Ahern, who were both on his heels.
Watson is unsure of his prospects this year, mostly because he has been dealing with nerve compression which has sapped the strength in his right arm.
www.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/70-08262004-355113.html   (555 words)

  
 Wired News: Photos Richer in 144 Megapixels
Watson and Howard use a large-format 4-by-5-inch view camera and attach a BetterLight scanning back in the slot where the large sheet film traditionally goes.
Watson's high-resolution digital files caught the interest of architect Ben Levine of King and King Architects in Manlius, New York, who had a building in need of masonry repair.
Watson's large-format panoramic photography serves many professions, including the hotel industry, where his continuous panoramas can be used in interior spaces.
www.wired.com /news/technology/0,1282,66898,00.html?tw=rss.TOP   (1063 words)

  
 Flash Interview with Tom Watson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
TOM WATSON: I didn't get anything going, so the emotion wasn't quite as strong and it was yesterday.
TOM WATSON: The wind was a factor more on the back nine than the front nine.
TOM WATSON: I felt that I was swinging well enough after my practice round on Wednesday that I could play this golf course and shoot under par for four rounds, yeah.
www.usopen.com /2003/press/interviews/watson-6-13-flash.html   (1535 words)

  
 The First Tee of Greater Kansas City Tom Watson
Tom's Clubs For Kids, held bi-annually at Swope Park's Blue River Golf Academy with the help of members of the Midwest Section of the PGA, regularly attracts crowds of parents and their youngsters who are interested in learning more about the game.
Tom and Arnold Palmer are tied with eight Majors and headed only by Jack Nicklaus (18), Bobby Jones (13), Walter Hagen (11), and Ben Hogan and Gary Player at (9).
Tom was a four-time member of the U.S. Ryder Cup Team and captained it in 1993 when it prevailed at the Belfry in Sutton Colfield, England.
www.jrgolfkc.com /club/scripts/section/section.asp?grp=0&NS=TW   (710 words)

  
 The Atlanta Journal and Constitution: WATSON OF OLD: Rejuvenated: Tom Watson's victory in the Colonial last week was ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
WATSON OF OLD: Rejuvenated: Tom Watson's victory in the Colonial last week was the: 48-year-old's 34th on the PGA Tour and his biggest payday ever.
Tom Watson, striding briskly down an 18th fairway on a muggy Sunday afternoon, tipping his cap, modeling a garish sportcoat and hoisting a trophy.
Tom Watson, 48, is refusing to act his age, and that is nothing less than great for golf.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:6992774&refid=ip_almanac_hf   (236 words)

  
 Carolina Golf Directory: Tom Watson Fashions Kiawah Original
Tom Watson is definitely on the roll of his life.
By the early '80s, Watson and Hough were close friends, and the relationship has endured, all the way to Watson's wedding to Hillary Watson on September 4, which is also Watson's birthday.
So magical the effect Watson brought to Cassique, a lone figure standing on the first tee on an early misty morning, might actually hear plaintive sounds of a bagpipe wailing though a soft driven wind.
www.southcarolinahomes.net /golf/golf_tom_watson.asp   (763 words)

  
 Tom Watson signs for Adams Golf
Watson plans to begin using Adams equipment when he makes his Senior PGA Tour debut on September 10 at the Comfort Classic in Indianapolis.
Watson is active in a number of charities, including Children's Mercy Hospital located in his hometown of Kansas City, Missouri.
Watson is the latest addition to the Adams Golf tour staff, which includes Nick Faldo, Stewart Cink, Dudley Hart, David Frost, Mike Hulbert and John Jacobs.
www.golftoday.co.uk /news/yeartodate/news99/watson1.html   (556 words)

  
 Thomas E. Watson Papers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Watson represented the growing mass of poor farmers in the South and Midwest at a time when their economic and political status was rapidly slipping in the wake of urbanization and industrialization.
Watson’s early populism was an appeal to the oppressed of both races against the common foe of corporate domination.
That appeal came to grief in the rising tide of racism at the end of the century, and by 1906 Watson was in the forefront of those sponsoring state legislation to ensure white supremacy.
www.lexisnexis.com /academic/2upa/Aph/WatsonPapers.asp   (666 words)

  
 Cigar Aficionado | People Profile | Tom Watson
Watson may be a fan of Rush Limbaugh, but in the 1970s, when he won the Bing Crosby National Pro-Am twice, three Byron Nelson Golf Classics, the Tournament of Champions and 12 other events, there was nothing conservative about his scrappy playing style.
The two men had traded brilliant shots all day, and as Watson approached the 17th hole, a ticklish par 3 hugging the coastline, he was tied with the Golden Bear for the lead.
Though Watson doesn't like to talk about the country club incident and how it split his family, he's never shied away from speaking out, especially when he felt the sanctity of the game had to be protected.
www.cigaraficionado.com /Cigar/CA_Profiles/People_Profile/0,2540,102,00.html   (3779 words)

  
 Watson, Tom on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Tom Watson to Carry on Tradition of Sam Snead as Golf Professional Emeritus for The Greenbrier; Winner of 39 PGA TOUR Events Savors Ties to Snead, Resort.
L'Anglais Nick Faldo à Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche, en octobre 2002 Tom Watson et Nick Faldo sont peu favorables au retour évent.
KANSAS CITY, MO -- Tom Watson hits his drive on the third hole during the Champion Tour's Bayer Advantage Classic in Overland Park, Kansas, on Friday, June 10, 2005.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/w/watson-t1o.asp   (587 words)

  
 CNNSI.com - Television - CNN/SI talks with Tom Watson - Sunday April 23, 2000 05:29 PM
A new era comes to the Senior PGA Tour this weekend when veteran Tom Watson tees it up for his first tournament at the Comfort Classic in Indianapolis.
Watson: I'm going to have to be playing better than I am right now to do that.
Watson: It's going to be enjoyable playing different golf courses, a little shorter golf courses and having a chance to play like I used to.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /thenetwork/news/1999/09/09/one_on_one_watson   (596 words)

  
 Tom Watson's Prosthetics & Orthotics Lab
Thomas H. Watson, CP 28-year-veteran of the orthotics and prosthetics industry, certified prosthetist Tom Watson owns and is president of the practice that bears his name.
Tom is a past president of AOPA South Region and former state AOPA president for Kentucky.
Tom also belongs to the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists (AAOP), and is a facility surveyor for the American Board for Certification (ABC) for Facility Accreditation.
tomwatsonslab.com /tomwatson.html   (279 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | Golf | Open icon: Tom Watson
For almost 10 glorious years, Watson was the face of the Open, and his liking for the links and their tradition - and a fondness for cloth caps - saw the British golf galleries take him to their hearts.
With the Masters under his belt, Watson arrived at Turnberry in 1977 unaware that he was about to win what was to become known as arguably golf's greatest ever tournament.
Watson won again at Muirfield in 1980, finishing four shots clear of Lee Trevino, while at Troon in 1982, Watson was the hot favourite, having just won the US Open at Peeble Beach.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport2/hi/golf/3650293.stm   (768 words)

  
 The 65th Annual Senior PGA Championship / News / Interview / Tom Watson
TOM WATSON: Most of the time you get what you think you're going to get, unless — if you're going into a tournament playing well, normally you will succeed to a certain level.
TOM WATSON: Any time you have, you play close to home it's, you certainly have a lot of local support.
TOM WATSON: I don't know what you can pick up, but it certainly is an advantage to play the golf course twice under tournament conditions.
www.pga.com /seniorpga/2004/news_interviews_052604_watson.html   (1487 words)

  
 Watson, Tom --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
Although some Populist leaders, such as Tom Watson in Georgia, saw that poor whites and poor fls in the South had a community of interest in the struggle against the planters and the businessmen, most small white farmers exhibited vindictive hatred toward the fls, whose votes...
The paintings of Canadian artist Homer Watson are considered to be free of Old World influences, leading to his reputation as the first distinctively Canadian painter.
A brilliant Czech-born playwright, Tom Stoppard is noted for his skill with the English language and his ironic themes.
www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9339991?tocId=9339991   (702 words)

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