Tom Weiskopf, British Open Winner and Golf Course Designer, Dies at 79

Tom Weiskopf in 1973 after winning the British Open at the Royal Troon Golf Club in Scotland. It was his only victory in a major tournament.Credit...Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesTom Weiskopf, who won 16 PGA Tour events, most notably the British Open, and became a prominent golf course architect and broadcaster, died on Saturday at his home in Big Sky, Mont. Weiskopf, who was found to have pancreatic cancer in 2020, was 79.

His death was announced by the PGA Tour.

Hailed for what was considered a perfect and powerful swing, Weiskopf won five times on the PGA Tour in 1973, his shining moment coming at the British Open, played at the Royal Troon Golf Club in Scotland. He led wire…