Tom Weiskopf, the winner of 16 PGA Tour titles, including the 1973 British Open, has died. He was born on November 9, 1942 and died on August 21, 2022 at age 79. He was three months away from celebrating his 80th birthday.
Weiskopf was a force to reckon with at the major championships.
His first win on the PGA Tour came at the Andy Williams-San Diego Open Invitational in 1968, and fifteen more followed by 1982.
His career season was 1973, when he won seven tournaments around the world, including The Open Championship at Royal Troon.
Weiskopf won the Canadian Open in 1973 and 1975.
Weiskopf joined the Senior PGA Tour in 1993 and won several senior tournaments, including one senior major, the 1995 U.S. Senior Open.
In addition to his victory at Royal Troon in his career year of 1973, he famously finished runner-up at the Masters four separate times and finished in the top 10 in 21 of his 71 major championships played.
Weiskopf worked as a golf analyst for CBS Sports, covering the 1981 and 1985 to 1995 Masters and from 2008, he contributed to ABC Sports and ESPN’s coverage of The Open Championship.