the shades of tom watson in '77, knocking it tight. stewart cink, you want to talk about the greatest walk of all. the first major is in the bag. knocked it stiff. to beat one of the legends in the game. >> watson walks alone in his thoughts of what might have been, and stewart cink, a giant step in his career.

>> rookie of the year a dozen years ago, sixth time on tour. watson's third. to get out of that hollow. unlike others who have been in this situation, you know watson is going to think. and do it with style. he'll go and knock this in. with cheers, instead of tears.

thank you, tom watson, we'll never forget this open because of you. >> stewart cink's a major champion!

he'll raise the claret jug, 2009 open champion. connor and reagan, his boys, his wife, lisa. all set to see the man who won the playoff by six shots, the four-hole playoff. there's the family he says, come on. moment of a lifetime.

life changed forever. a major champion. stewart cink. we'll hear from both men as we continue after this word from urbc a statiostn. stewart cink, the 2009 open champion at turnberry.

and welcome back, the 2009 open champion, stewart cink. >> oh, boy. >> it's sinking in right now. how does that sound? >> it's starting to sink in a little bit. it's overwhelming. there's so many emotions sort of flooding through. i feel like i'm being caught by everyone. it's amazing.

>> standing over the birdie putt at the 72nd hole. what was going through you? >> we, you know, in this situation, you just tryo block out everything that your opponent is doing. it's basically match play with a twist, you know, four holes aggregate. tom had trouble there on 17. and i just didn't want to do anything stupid, you know, off 17. i was up there close which was basically the goal. i told my caddie walking off 18 -- i mean, offer the green on to 18 tee, that we need to play this hole like we're tied and stay aggressive because i've watched a lot of football and prevent defense, the only that prevent wins, and i didn't want to do that to myself. >> when you think about the challenges that you've been through and that you've faced, what's the greatest challenge thatou've faced today, especially facing tom watson, given that the world seemed to be on his side? >> yeah, mixed feelgs.

i had such an admiration for tom even before this. this week, the way he's played, it's blown everybody away, including me. it was regretful i ended up pitted against him in the playoff. the way it worked out i am elated to have won. tom was great this week and a gentleman to the very end. >> obviously, a gentleman, one of the nicest men in the game, stewart cink is the 2009 open champion. mike? >> thank you, tom. let him go outside to do the trophy presentation and the champion golfer of the year. bbc hopped in there with an interview with stewart as well. we'll hear from watson in a moment. he's going to have a congratulatory handshake for stewart nk. joined by our colleague rick reilly. rick, almost one of the all-time great stories, one line short? >> yeah, watson's deal with the devil lasted only 71 holes. you knows are those last 30

minutes, he aged about 30 years but what a week it was. for all he did, it seems to me, we owe him just one simple thank you. >> reporter: thank you, tom watson. thank you for a four-day trip to the glorious '70s, albeit with a little less hair but pretty much the same pants. thank you for giving us one week's break from the tiger woods era. not that it isn't wonderful, it's just nice to remember that the guy didn't invent thrills. thank you for showing us another way to play golf the original way. thank you for bump and runs. for hump huggers for three-cushion specials. thank you for reminding us that golf's a gentleman's game, whether it's going good or bad. some of us forget that sometimes. a few sports writers around the

country whined that what you were doing was bad for golf's credibility. that if a 59-year-old man could be the best in a sport for a week, it didn't say much for the sport. i say just the opposite. you weren't some fat guy in a tournament. you're a 59-year-old man in great shape, driving 296 yards and going back home with a killer wife. 59's the new 39, right? do you have any idea how many seniors would get off the couch, get their clubs out of the attic and take the game up again? one of the reasons we love golf is that you can play it for a lifetime and play it well. thank you for reminding us that a codger can play with a kid and hold his own. yes, your face has grown some wrinkles and your hands some shake, but your heart and your

will clutch hope when the players all over the world. so, thanks. what you did this week was not good for golf. it was great. so, you just feel for him. i hate that it's going to be written that playoff. that's a lot what the people will rember. but what i will remember is how he made us all feel. we all felt so much younger. it really was an amazing week. and it really was a privilege to be here for it. >> yes, i agree, rick. a couple of weeks have turned back the clock to a different time. we saw greg norman last year. tom watson, peter dawson, chief exec tough of the r & a holding the jug that will be presented. what do you remember about this week? >> of course, we'll remember tom watson. but if tom watson winning this championship it will not have changed his life with stewart cink winning, it's a life-changing experience for him. i know him well. i'm happy for him.

it's the greatest achievement of his career. he deserves all the accolades. he did. >> and guys spend four weeks making history. and this is stewart cink's indelible imprint on history. what does it say to you that watson is staill able to come here, and we saw tom watson in a missed putt so often in the latter years of his career, before he turned 50, oh, if he would have made that one, maybe a generation would have remembered him differently. it took us back to the '70s which tom watson would have made the shots. >> well, he did it. he missed some short putts early it says a lot about the man, tom watson and his love of the game transcends time. if curtis and tom weiskopf and i loved the game like tom watson and i loved the game, we'd still be playing a full schedule. but he has that love for the

game like arnold palmer does. and there's very few. >> i know that tom rinaldi is right, he said that everybody is kind of rooting for tom watson in so many ways. i will tell you this, nobody is rooting against stewart cink because of the kind of man he is. s who a major champion in 2009. we're back after a word from yourbc staon.ti ♪ (announcer) worst-case scenario. so i'm thinking we need a better way to save money. better than subleasing office space? ideally. (announcer) best case solution. switch to verizon high speed internet and phone for business-- with a dedicated high-speed connection from our office to yours, so you won't be slowed down because your neighbors are online. as low as $79.99 a month for 12 months with a 3 year agreement. plus, get over $180 back in available online rebates. call 1-888-845-8854. you'll also get unlimited nationwide calling,

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being a part of history. >> being kaled an open champion means everything, it changed my life forever, and nobody can take that away from me. >> when you go up to collect the gold medal and kiss that trophy for the first time, it's tricky. i know i was tearing up and probably had watery eyes because it means so much in me. >> it resonates so much in you because all the great champions have had that happen to them. >> it's pretty simple, pretty neat ceremony that stewart cink is about to be a part of. the committee. mateo mteo manassero will be ou there also. a championship moment when stewart cink pulled the birdie putt to win this pland win by s

strokes. >> and already working on that flagstick. take that pin flag forever. and lisa and the boys and connor and reagan. it's a popular win in the locker room, or around the pga tour, as stewart cink's name was engraved by mr. harvey. it's in the claret jug when it's sitting right in front of us at st. andrews. americans have won 11 of the last 15 open championships. daly, lehman, duval, hamilton. nick pryce won here in '94,

tentatively, the prior 11 champions were not from the u.s., and that has really flipped around since then. as we said now, 11 in the last 15. as we're set now for the ceremony and presentation of claret jug and the medals as well. >> now, i will announce peter dawson to announce the winners and the captain of turnberry golf club, peter wiseman, to present them. >> the leading amateur and winner of the silver medal from verona, italy, matteo manassero.

>> and the runner-up and winner of the silver is tom watson.

>> we will hear from tom watson after the presentation. >> announcer: and ladies and gentlemen, with the score of 278, the winner of the gold medal and the champion golfer of the year is stewart cink.

>> thank you so much. i stand here a little intimidated by this piece of hardware i have in my hands. a lot of emotions running through my mind right now and my heart. and i'm just proud as i can be to be here with this. my congratulations to tom. my hat's off again. i don't even know what to say. turn back the clock, just did a great job and it was fun watching you all week, tom. it really was. i'm sure i speak for all the rest of the field when i say that, too.

i'd like to thank all of the fans that came out this week. i know this may not be the easiest place to get to, but you did a great job. you supported me all the way, and i really appreciate it. i love playing links golf over here. i love turnberry. i love playing golf in scotland. i really appreciate all the support. it's great. thank you. this is -- i've waited quite a while for this. i think this is my 12th open i've played in. i haven't had the best record here. all that's gone now, for that, i have to thank several people. i'd like to thank my coach, butch harmon. my trainer chris moss. i middle coach, mo picks and preston waddington. thank my caddie frank. over there, frank. good work.

my parents, my parents, rob and anne back in the states, who got me started at such a young age. i'd like to thank my wife and my kids who are standing off to the side here, too. guys thank you for being with us the whole way. lisa, thank you for introducing me to my faith. i'd like to lift this up to god to give me the ability to do withstand all the pressure and all the obstacles that present itself out there on the links. i'd also like to thank the committee for hosting the tournament here. thank turnberry, it's been a wonderful experience. as always, i enjoy coming back over. and i look forward to so many more, now that i've got this claret jug. thank you. >> well, stewart cink knows it

will be the third week in july for the next 24 years of his life. and there's the youngest and oldest in the field. matteo manassero from italy who finished four off the lead. tom watson. one aged 16, one 59. another tradition on those familiar scoreboards. well played. insert the winner's first name. see you at st. andrews in 2010. the 150th anniversary of the first open played at prestwick, just up the road here, about 20 miles back in 1860. it will be the 139th open championship. in between, some years where it was not played. we'll hang with you here for a minute so we can hear from tom

watson. stewart cink, 33rd in the world rankings, joins angel cabrera who was 69th when he won the masters. lucas glover three guys off the world rankings won majors, cabrera, glover and cink. the roster major champions who in all likely will be paired together in that traditional pairing when the world's best reconvene to prepare for haz hazeltine in a few weeks. for all of the moments that he talked about that last forever. the moments you never forget for players. >> well, i agree with you, mike. and, you know, this is a life-changing experience for stewart cink. his life has changed forever. he's a major champion. the way that the press perceives him, the way that his peers

perceive him will different. he'll be recognized at gas stations. he'll be recognized next week in montana, when he and his family go on a two-week vacation. it wouldn't have changed watson's life, i'll say it again. it would have been maybe the greatest feat in the history of sports for tom watson to have won here. but it's altered stewart's life, and it couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. >> started the week, 150 to 1, the odds on stewart cink coming in. i mentioned he wasn't on good form. and was 14 to 1 when this day started, the champion. watson was 1,000 to 1, by the way. tom watson went straight into the press room. why don't we listen in there, live for a second. >> sir? okay. >> just waiting there for a second for some of the other world media to come in.

they took time right from the ceremony on into that area. adjacent to the 18th, that's where all week, the media congregate and listen to the players after their rounds and their press conferences. in the meantime, stewart cink gets those pictures that you'll see forever. and that claret jug, gets to get it back home and read all the names on there. back up to the mouth of that jug and see tom and young tom morris in the 1860s. back through watson's name on there five times. >> there's names up understand the lip of that, right by his chin. and a lot of names on there, the trophy has to get taller to put more names on it. >> there are a couple different claret jugs, too. there's the original. the very first one that was ever made is at the museum at st. andrews. and there are a couple used for promote oceanal opportunities. there's the one that the winner

gets from year to year. that's the one that padraig harrington had the last two years and now stewart will have for the next weeks to sit and marvel at. >> i hope they take care of it than i did the ryder cup. i had it three minutes and dropped the lid. they had to send it away to fix it. great. i'm sure it's had dents in it and been repair in the past. >> i know it has, too, as a matter of facts. lucas glover, by the way, the world ranking of the best players. cabrera, 69th. cink, 33rd. >> it just shows you how deep the game really is. >> this ain'tcy funeral, you know. >> good for tom. all right. i think they're set to get going. we'll listen in. and watch as watson addresses the world media, assembled, live over there in the press room.