With coolness channeled from a Scottish Highlander and a Paris cat burglar, Tom Watson stalked the course, gaining fans each day.  Who wouldn't cheer for their grandfather?  Everyone but Stewart Cink and family, that's who.

Tom Watson shocked everyone, especially the Tiger-centric media, by generating a playoff at the British Open. 

For this grand weekend, Watson grabbed the attention and adoration of the gallery, television fans and amazed media.  "What will we do now that you-know-who missed the cut!" screamed the media and front runner golf fans. 

At 59, Watson truly shocked the world, a phrase greatly overused, yet finally appropriate, without winning, but by surviving to the playoff.

Yes, Watson would have been a wonderfully 'experienced' champion.   The overuse of "geezer"