ワイスコフ氏が死去　７３年全英ゴルフ覇者、７９歳

【ワシントンＡＦＰ＝時事】１９７３年の全英オープン覇者で、コース設計家やテレビ解説者としても名をはせた元男子ゴルフのトム・ワイスコフ氏が２０日、膵臓（すいぞう）がんとの闘いの末に米モンタナ州の自宅で死去した。７９歳だった。（写真は１９９５年の全米シニアオープンに出場した際のトム・ワイスコフ氏）
　ワイスコフ氏は１９６８年から１９８２年にかけて米ツアーで１６勝を挙げ、マスターズ・トーナメントで４回、全米オープン選手権では１９７６年に２位を経験した。
　メジャー８勝を挙げているトム・ワトソン氏は、ツイッターで「君と君の物語が恋しくなる。安らかに、友よ。また膵臓がんに奪われた」と悼んだ。
　米国ツアーのジェイ・モナハンコミッショナーは「ツアー全体がトム・ワイスコフの逝去を悲しんでいる。ゴルフというスポーツの巨人で、現役時代だけでなく、放送席とコース設計業でも実績を残した」とたたえた。
　「ゴルフの世界に長く続く遺産を残している。ツアー１６勝を挙げた期間に見せた美しいスイングは、今もまねをされ、また彼がつくったゴルフコースは、このスポーツへの愛情の証明であり続けている」【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2022/08/23-13:43）

Tom Weiskopf, the 1973 British Open champion who became a noted course designer and golf commentator, died Saturday at his Montana home after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 79.
The American won 16 US PGA Tour events between 1968 and 1982 and was a four-time Masters runner-up as well as finishing second at the 1976 US Open.
His first triumph came at the 1968 San Diego Open and his last was 40 years ago at the Western Open.
Will miss you and your stories, tweeted eight-time major champion Tom Watson. RIP my friend. PC has struck again.
Weiskopf won two duels with legend Jack Nicklaus, taking the 1972 Inverrary Classic by one stroke over the 18-time major winner and defeating Nicklaus as well in a playoff at the 1975 Canadian Open.
But his greatest triumph came in wire-to-wire fashion at Royal Troon when he took the 1973 Open to claim the Claret Jug and his only major triumph.
Weiskopf's course architect work includes a renovation at Torrey Pines and design work at Scotland's Loch Lomond.
The PGA Tour is saddened at the passing of Tom Weiskopf, a towering figure in the game of golf not only during his playing career but through his accomplished work in the broadcast booth and golf course design business, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan said.
Tom is leaving behind a lasting legacy in golf. The beautiful swing he showcased during his 16 career PGA Tour victories is still being emulated today, while his golf courses remain as testaments to his love for the game.
Weiskopf, who won the 1995 US Senior Open, served as a television commentator for CBS in the 1980s and 1990s and later for ABC.