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Hilary watson, wife of world golf hall of famer tom watson, passed away wednesday night after a 212 year battle with pancreatic cancer. Author or coauthored several books, including tom watson s strategic golf. Hilary watson had been shopping for socks with her husband when the couple was told the news of her diagnosis in 2017, according to a report in the kansas. Tom watson stats, tournament results pga golf espn. The soul of baseball notes, for golfers of a certain age, tom watson is an intriguing player, as he represents the generational gap between jack nicklaus and fred couples, davis love and others currently making their start on the senior tour. Tom watson interview jack nicklaus, augusta national, last. Athletespeakers assists companies seeking to hire talent like tom watson for speaking engagements, appearances, product endorsements, and business sanctions. Integrity, aging superstar gary player turned up the heat a notch in his war with tom watson on the eve of the u. He married the love of his life, beverly june falfar. His latest, the timeless swing, was released by atria books in march 2011. Thomas sturges watson kansas city, 4 september 1949 is een amerikaanse golfprofessional. He had already won a major, at the british open in 1975, but now he was up. If cutting adopted a handicap system in the spirit of golf, watson figured he was about a 40 handicap initially.
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