But the 1977 British Open was really all about Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus, who finished 10 strokes ahead of everyone else. Their final two rounds, paired together, are what "Duel in the Sun" refers to - the epic battle between two giants the took place over the final two rounds at Turnberry.

How epic? Nicklaus played the third and fourth rounds in 65-66. But Watson played them in 65-65 to beat Jack by a stroke. The two matched each other stroke for stroke until the very last hole of the tournament. Nicklaus was ahead by two after the 12th hole, but Watson reeled him in with the help of a 60-foot birdie putt from off the green on the 15th hole. Watson took a one-stroke lead with a birdie to Nicklaus' par on the 17th.

On the final hole, Nicklaus sprayed his drive to the left, where it came to rest under the gorse. Watson played an iron off the tee right down the middle, then played a short iron to three feet from the cup.

From the gorse, Nicklaus pulled off a miraculous approach, reaching the edge of the green but 40 feet away. "I think we've got him now," Watson's caddie said to Watson. "No, I have a feeling he's going to make this," Watson replied. And Nicklaus' snaking, undulating 40-footer for birdie dropped into the cup.

In his later years on the PGA Tour, Watson was plagued constantly by the yips. But in 1977, he was a fearless putter, and there was no doubt the 3-footer he had left was going to be made. Make it he did. The "Duel in the Sun" was over, and Tom Watson was the 1977 British Open winner.