This was the years I discovered golf, the 70’s were such a golden age for golf

The greatest duel of two great champions in Golf.

Never get tired of watching these two great champions even 38 years later - thanks for posting!

@petereuropa

8 жыл бұрын

Agree to 100%. Super thrilling video of two wonderful sportsmen! ...ok, the other golfers in this The Open Championship are ok too of course.

I loved when Jack put his hands up to the cheering crowd on the 18th. Quieting the crowd for Tom to putt. Now that’s golf.

@stevesmodelbuilds5473

Жыл бұрын

That's a sportsman, and a gentleman. Never crashed his car once being chased by his wife. Or without any help at all. You know who I'm talkin' 'bout... 😏 He said once, his father told him: "When a fellow beats you fair and square, you look him in the eye, shake his hand and sincerely congratulate him. Then, go out practice and practice like hell so you can beat him next time." That's Jack.

Thank you for posting. The fashion of the times (bellbottom pants), persimmon woods and how they were able to control flight, the putting styles, all culminated in one heck of a trip to memory lane!

No needs to apologize, this is a jewel.

Marvellous upload I vaguely remember this on a famous Saturday Afternoon,I was was about 5 at the time.Everybody was watching this

Wow what a crowd back then!

The VHS quality is fine. In fact, it adds a nice bit of authenticity that adds character to this duel. Thanks for posting!

@radar0412

6 жыл бұрын

Blurf Murphy It sucks! Lol...If Nicklaus 72 US Open was in HD I'd probably watch in EVERY DAY!!! LOL..

love the sound of those old wood drivers.

Watson hits it to 3 feet on the 18th with a one shot lead...Nicklaus is in the bushes an must swing looking through the brush down at the ball...Nicklaus somehow gets it to within 40 feet and Watson's caddy is already celebrating, Tom turned to his caddy and said, not yet, Jack is going to make this long putt, I feel it....Jack rolled it in center cut thus forcing Tom to make his 3 footer to win....golf at it's zenith...such talent, such sportsmanship, the great Hall of Famers going head to head....what a weekend

@thomaselliott573

6 жыл бұрын

Absolutely 100% correct. A very rare game.

Many would say this was the greatest game of all time and only a fool would argue against them. There is nothing like it today. There are many factors to consider in what constitutes great golf, but there is no need to consider them when watching this. They were the two greats of the game. Truly fine golf which should be preserved for all time.

@dickrichards7052

2 жыл бұрын

That would be Holmes, and Moriarty. However, this duel, is a most thrilling game indeed on par, if you will, their "final problem". As fantasy must always trump reality. It's the zeitgeist, that wins/carries these our days, and the rest to come. Slainte'

Possibly the greatest finish in an Open Championship, and Jack and Tom were two of the greatest sportsmen ever from any sport.

Great elevated view of the Watson swing at 12:34.

I watched this live when I was 15. Cannot believe it was 38 years ago. Life is short.

@Iwastherein1969

9 жыл бұрын

+Zoe TheCat yeppers....in the same boat....these two guys made golf for me when I was but a kid....today's young bucks do not realize how well the players back then had to strike the ball to make it go anywhere....the equipment in the mid 70's, well lets talk about the irons of the 70's, the sweet spot was about the size of a mouse's ear...it just shows how truly great Jack and Tom were....unbelievable when you think about it...greatest golf weekend ever

@ZoeTheCat

8 жыл бұрын

Iwastherein1969 Yes indeed. The equipment advantage is HUGE. When the ProV1 came out, I was absolutely astounded. But the irons as you correctly point out were the first big change. My first set in '75 was a set of Wilson Staffs. My swing had to be perfect to hit it flush. I now have Hogan Apex Blades. There are easier cavity backs out there (enormous sweet spot), but I prefer the blade look at address. I recently took my staffs & Persimmons out to the range. It was laughable. I don't think I ever hit a good shot from the entire bucket ;-) Naturally, my swing has changed, but your point is extremely well taken. The fact that Nicklaus & Watson could play using that equipment always blows my mind. The worst part of all is that the equipment made classic courses virtually obsolete over night. Cheers!

@stevobaggio2999

8 жыл бұрын

I was -4 when this occurred but watching this you get a feel for it. Do you ever see people like Speith or McIlroy ever catching Jack's major record?

@ZoeTheCat

8 жыл бұрын

Stevo Baggio If you asked me in 1996, I would have said "absolutely not.' My rationale would have been that the fields continually get deeper and deeper every single year. Let's face it - The World #100 golfer is far closer to World #1 today than during the Nicklaus era. That's a bit insulting to Jack, but it is a fair argument. As the pool of players gets compressed, it simply becomes more difficult to win majors for any individual. Tiger blew that theory out of the water. Spieth is also on track. My answer today is...maybe ;-)

@fuggetabodit

8 жыл бұрын

I still have a set of Titleist AC 108's from the 70's, They're actually pretty forgiving . But I still only hit them at the range not on the course, These guys were playing with persimmon woods and forged blades. Not nearly as forgiving as the stuff today. But they were still getting eagles. ANd as you say, the sweet spot was only about an inch wide, I had a tendency to hit out on the toe and sometimes after a round Id have blisters from the club turning in my hands.

two gents great sportsmanship big jack showed

God I miss the '70's golf era.

@robsaxepga

4 жыл бұрын

I know, me too. 60's, 70's and 80's were amazing.

this is great whoever posted this

It's hard to imagine what Jack, Tom, Arnie, Ben et al would've accomplished: a. with today's equipment and ball technology and b. playing in their prime

Jack putt at 18th. Dude he is from different planet. Tom Watson a champ!!

Thank you for sharing this...

@Stalley75

9 жыл бұрын

Creshaw was always a very weak player. For example 1977 British Open, 1980s.

@65g4

9 жыл бұрын

Pill Box crenshaw was one of the best putters in history if not the best he was an amazing player did you even watch him play

@Stalley75

9 жыл бұрын

Philip Moore He only won a few big tournaments, the rest of the times, he failed because of his weak, soft, passive, limp, dumb game

@bobarvanetes1992

8 жыл бұрын

Oh really how about when Gentle Ben won the 1995 Masters, the day before the tournament he was a pallbearer at his mentors (Harvey Penick) funeral. NOTHING SOFT ABOUT THAT CLOWN! he suffered from Graves disease in the mid 80s . I cant believe no one has stepped up to defend Mr. Crenshaw against this animal. Shame, shame, shame. ALL OF YOU GO TO HELL, GOODNIGHT, PS, BRONCOS ARE SUPERIOR,

Stay positive Derek good clip two legends duelling it out great stuff

Great to see some video of Palmer finishing in the top ten of a major for the last time. He actually looking in worse shape here then when I saw him in person at the 1980 US Open at Baltusrol.

Just love how Hubert Green who finished in 3rd place - 10 SHOTS BEHIND always claims that he won the 1977 Open Championship. He says this because he feels that what Jack and Tom were playing was something other than golf.

@shannonchopyak2468

8 жыл бұрын

"I don't know what course Tom and Jack were playing"

Nicklaus once said he never remembered missing a big putt. Show him 17 at Turnberry.

Wish they still let you walk with players

A classic!

That last hole by Nicklaus was a thing of beauty

@sretsam68

4 жыл бұрын

The greatest putt in major championship history.

Jack battled hall of famers for majors from the first year he turned pro. He has 19 second places in majors and losing to Watson here is not too shabby. His opponents never quit and neither did he. Look how he made Watson sweat it out to win. That recovery shot at 18 could only have been made by him or tiger. Same with the the putt on 18 and that roar walking up 18 was Tigeresque. Or should I say Nicklausesque.

...legends...

Tom Watson is hell of an aggressive putter. His aggressive play caught Jack Nicklaus by surprise bcoz Jack is a patient man. That's how Tom Watson challenged him in his prime. I think... It's very tight...Just neck to neck...Tom vs Jack...👍👍👍

Fantastic upload on a memorable moment in golf I'm wondering if there is any footage of the 3rd round or 1st and 2nd rounds From BBC coverage if so would be great to see them

I enjoy these a lot. Would be good to run these through a dropout compensator used in the old analog days if those exist any more.

40 foot putt. Makes it. "never give up, never surrender

I can't believe Jack pulled it off!

Great stuff! Was this recorded from the Saturday of the 1988 Open at Lytham, when the BBC showed archive footage of previous Opens after play was abandoned for the day?

"Just hit a good putt".

The up thumbs are currently the same as Watson's winning 72 hole score.

How ironic Watsons greatest triumph in 1977, 32 years later brought the most IMO sickening heartbreaking moment in sport from the same player on the same hole.....

@dlamiss

9 жыл бұрын

BLACKCROW WALKING Agree with you re Watsons achievements from the point of view of 1977 it was teh fact he beat the best player in the world when both golfers were at their best considering Hubert Green was 10 shots back...2009 was one poor third shot from being THE STORY

16:27 look at that brigade of bell bottoms

"The Duel in the Sun."

how bout nicklaus' caddie's hair. looks like a disco dude lol

@Bamacher59

3 жыл бұрын

I used to call him the wolf man !

Where are all the corporate logos?

@chrisledbetter9278

4 жыл бұрын

hoganesque I know, how could they make it without all the ad revenue?

Remember seeing this back in the day. It was watching the likes of this on free to air BBC that had kids flooding onto the golf courses (in Scotland anyway) trying to be like these guys. Now with everything on sky, and game is mega bucks to play, youngsters dont want to take up the game in anything like the same numbers, sadly club golf is going downhill rather rapidly. On a medal day I see very few players under the age of 40 and clubs closing or decline in membership. Very sad. Authorities too busy making money from Pro game to care it seems. Reap what you sow R&A.

Hubert Green's putting style is more like a forward defensive.

@jandekker6055

8 жыл бұрын

+Jan Dekker Actually, he's just copying Jack.

Why these guys not wearing a cap...???

Which Open?

The sequel in 2016

I was cheering for Nicklaus... but Watson had the better day.

Player said Hogan was the best: Hogan missed at least 30 majors either because of his service in the war and his car accident. Nicklaus said Hogan and Trevino were the best ball strikers of all time. In my opinion, if someone ranked the top 25 greats of all time, and then put them each in their prime according to their stats, and then had them go head to head in at least 100 tournaments, it would be impossible to know with 100 percent certainty how they would rank 1-25 after all the matches were played. I would say they would need to play head to head in at least 100 tournaments and gather points like a FED EX points set up.

@fs1natra

6 жыл бұрын

jack won 11 majors more than Hogan -a quantam leap in front

@joelmcnultymusic

5 жыл бұрын

Ha. Obviously a contrarian to the obvious. 18 major championships has long been the gold standard and remains so.

19:36 It seems like in every major Watson won he made some silly chip-in or putt the average guy wouldn't have any business making. This shot turned out to be the difference.

The VHS wasn't nearly as annoying as the announcer.

@TheBatugan77

Жыл бұрын

Neither is as annoying a dingleberry as you are.

One of the ancillary pleasures of this great footage is to hear Peter Aliss when he was a decent golf commentator, speaking only about the golf at hand, instead of the fruity old bore he has become.

Who is the best of all time? Pointless. All I know it Jack in his prime could bring it.

TV was so bad back then

How anyone can dispute that Jack is, by a long long way, the greatest player of all time is beyond me. Hogan ? The very comparison is an insult.

@Mitjitsu

5 жыл бұрын

The strength in depth is considerably better now than it was 40 odd years ago. Back then only a dozen or fewer golfers had any realistic chance of winning a major. As not many players could play professionally due to the lack of money in the game. Tom Watson won £10k for winning this tournament, which equates to $40k in today's money. Compare that to today where Molinari won $1.9m for winning the tournament last year.

@ysgol3

5 жыл бұрын

@@Mitjitsu Lee Trevino, Tom Watson, Dave Stockton, Gary Player, Arnold Palmer, Seve Ballesteros, Greg Norman, Billy Casper, Gene Littler, Tony Lema, Don January, Al Geiburger, Tony Jacklin, Julius Boros, Tom Weiskopf, Hale Irwin, John Mahaffey, Hubert Green, Lanny Wadkins, Ben Crenshaw, Ray Floyd, Bob Charles, Bobby Nicholls, Johnny Miller, Andy North, Gay Brewer, Ken Venturi. Just some of the 'dozen or fewer' players Jack had to beat to win his majors. All of the above are themselves major champions, Jack had many other great competitors, like Doug Sanders, Chi Chi Rodriguez Isao Aoki and Bruce Crampton. No strength in depth ?

@bobbyshizz2138

4 жыл бұрын

Trevino won 29 PGA tour events and 6 majors. Mickelson has won 44 PGA tour events and 5 majors. Both legends.

@fs1natra

4 жыл бұрын

i never thought anyone would put hogan in the shadows but jack nicklaus did-gene sarazen

Spoiler alert: Watson holes a stupid putt. Jack misses a short putt.

Wow is the announcer terribly boring.

@DonTLie38y

9 жыл бұрын

Peter Alliss, boring? You gotta be kidding me! Please, watch at least some minutes of "2012 Induction: Peter Alliss" and see the unique quality of this announcer.

@Stalley75

9 жыл бұрын

I agree, very boring. Stupid and boring. People in the 70s were ugly and boring

@bascet1

6 жыл бұрын

Fuck off boring. Just because we don't shout and scream at the first little sign of quality or anxious moments we're boring!! USA golf fans are fucking pricks! Who goes to a chilled out sport like golf shouting and swearing and cheering bad shots? Save that for football matches. We're just more knowledgeable and treat the players accordingly. Ask any golfer where he'd rather play in regard of fans.

Terrible quality of video color.

Jack just publicly supported Trump. Triple bogey and first time he truly disappointed me. Human afterall

@Bamacher59

3 жыл бұрын

You should feel like an ass Trump is the greatest president we’ve seen for many years Jett was right

@TheBatugan77

Жыл бұрын

You're a loser, Nikki. LooHOOhooHOOhooHOOSER!

Why these guys not wearing a cap...???