<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=420322" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Watson at the British Open</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The aging champion kissed its stones<br>and waved to all his fans.<br>At Swilcan bridge across the burn, <br>As twilight fast descends.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">No claret Jug for Tom this day.<br>His Open at its end<br>Just this final hole to play<br>As twilight fast descends.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Five times past champion and beloved<br>He'll not play here again.<br>He'll cross this bridge for one last time<br>As twilight fast descends.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">His ball arcs up into the sky<br>And settles on the green<br>Near Swilcan bridge across the burn<br>As twilight fast descends</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A simple putt for birdie, Tom, <br>Yours was a fitting end<br>You went out like a champion<br>As twilight fast descends.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Tom Watson, a five time winner of the British open played his final round at the old course at St. Andrews this year. While former champions are permitted to play the open until age 65, the Open is not scheduled for St. Andrews again until 2015, when Watson would be 67. The Claret jug is the trophy awarded for winning the British Open. In Scottish, a Burn is a small running creek. Tom Watson failed to make the cut this year but he did Birdie his final hole.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+F.+McCullagh">John F. McCullagh</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=420322" data-title="Watson at the British Open de John F. McCullagh" data-description="The aging champion kissed its stones and waved to all his fans. At Swilcan bridge across the burn, As twilight fast descends. No claret Jug for Tom this day. His Open at its end Just this final hole to play As twilight fast descends. Five times..."></div> </div> </div>

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