Watson wins Senior PGA

Denis Watson heard too often that he'd never play golf again. It took 23 years to prove everyone wrong.

Watson took advantage of Eduardo Romero's late mistakes to take the Senior PGA Championship, his first U.S. victory since winning three times on the PGA Tour in 1984.


Senior PGA scores

1. D. Watson (-9)
2. Romero (-7)
3. Price (-6)
4. Ozaki (-4)
5. Simpson (-2)

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"This validates my golfing career," Watson said. "It's gratifying to know that I've still got it after all these years."

The 51-year-old Watson was as a rising star in the 1980s when he won the Buick Open, World Series of Golf and the Las Vegas Invitational. The next year, he tied for second at the U.S. Open. Later in 1985, though, Watson's rise ended when he hit into a hidden stump during a tournament in South Africa.