Sports | British Open (golf) Cink Robs Watson of Storied Win Leader's bogeys put him 1 stroke behind Brit By Drew Nelles Posted Jul 19, 2009 1:32 PM CDT Copied Tom Watson reacts after holing a putt on the 10th green during the final round of the British Open Golf, at Turnberry, Scotland, Sunday, July 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Jon Super) Tom Watson squandered a chance to become golf's oldest major champion today, as the 59-year-old American missed an 8-foot putt on the 72nd hole of the British Open, then lost a four-hole playoff to Stewart Cink. Cink won his first major title, but this one will be remembered as the one that Watson let get away when he had a historic victory in his grasp. He looked his age after a bogey on the last hole of regulation left him tied with Cink at 2-under 278. Watson bogeyed the first playoff hole and totally fell apart at the third, the par-5 17th. An errant tee shot, two whacks to get out of the rough, and three putts left him with a double-bogey 7. It was over. Cink capped it with a birdie at No. 18, winning the playoff by a staggering, deflating six shots after a day filled with all sorts of drama. Read These Next Her blood isn't compatible with anyone else's. Rubio says the fate of Iran's conversion facility is what matters. Some of the most explosive Diddy allegations are dropped. Iran's supreme leader makes first public comments since ceasefire. Report an error