British Open champ and former Ohio State golfer Tom Weiskopf dies of pancreatic cancer
, who won the 1973 British Open and finished second five times in other major championships, passed away Sunday after a year-and-a-half fight against pancreatic cancer. He was 79.
He also represented the U.S. on two winning Ryder Cup teams and famously turned down being selected for a third. He memorably battled his temper on the golf course, earning him the nickname “The Towering Inferno.”At OSU, Tom Weiskopf was considered the next Jack Nicklaus Weiskopf had a career year in 1973, when he won seven tournaments around the world, including his lone major at Royal Troon. He was blessed with so much talent and had so much ability that he often has been considered an underachiever for his victory total, a topic he discussed with“I didn’t really have the passion or the effort that I wanted to put into it and everyone kept pushing me to put into it. Golf was more a means to an end for me.
Weiskopf later worked in television at both CBS and ABC/ESPN as a golf analyst. He enjoyed his most fruitful second act in the, initially with Jay Morrish and later with Phil Smith as a partner. He credited Nicklaus for giving him the idea that he might be good at it.
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