Tom Watson makes Heritage cut, declares ’16 Masters may be his last
A week after Tom Watson became the oldest player in Masters history to shoot an under-par round in competition, the 65-year-old made the cut at the RBC Heritage.
Watson made a birdie 3 at the difficult 18th hole at Harbour Town in Round 2 to secure a spot on the weekend at even-par 142. Standing on the tee, he knew only a birdie would keep him around for the last two rounds.
“First of all, I hit the best drive I’ve hit all week,” he said after his 1-under 70 on Friday. “Put it just short of the water, and then I had 156 yards to the hole, and I hit a solid 8-iron that did exactly what I wanted it to do. … Didn’t hit the greatest putt but the ball went in the hole, and made 3 to make the cut.”
Watson made the cut at 65 years, 7 months and 13 days. He is still not old enough to become the oldest to make a PGA Tour cut. That distinction belongs to his fellow former pro emeritus at Greenbrier, Sam Snead, who made his last PGA Tour cut at 67 years, 2 months and 21 days.
However, Watson, a two-time Heritage winner, doesn’t know how much longer he plans on trying to tee it up with the younger set.
After a Saturday 69 — his best round of the week on Hilton Head Island — Watson said he is considering making the 2016 Masters his final appearance.
Watson, the 1977 and ’81 champion at Augusta National, said, according to the Associated Press, it “may be (his) last.”
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