Tom Watson was about an unfortunate yard away from becoming the oldest major champion in history at Turnberry in this year's Open Championship.  Ultimately, he lost in a playoff to Stewart Cink, but dazzled golf fans with his play and the class he showed in defeat.

This weekend in Baltimore, Watson had an opportunity to become the oldest major champion again.  He had the chance to do so at Baltimore County Club - Five Farms in the Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship. 

Entering the final round with a four stroke advantage, Watson was poised to win a senior major at sixty years of age.  With a win, he would have eclipsed Allen Doyle's mark of nearly 58 years of age in winning the '06 US Senior Open.  Holding the largest 54 hole lead on the Champ Tour circuit this season, it almost seemed like Watson was a lock to gain some measure of redemption for Turnberry.

That turned out not to be.  Jay Haas fired a 64 in the final round at the East Course to surge past Watson to win the title.  With birdies on the final two holes, Haas forced Watson to make three at the last to force a playoff.  Watson could not match Haas, who won his third senior major.  It was also a second win in a row for Haas, who had won in North Carolina in his last start.

Watson's final round of even par was just not enough on a day when scoring was decent.  He knew that lack of aggression cost him.

"I didn't play with the type of aggressiveness that I needed to play today. I played tentative golf."

In the end, Watson left feeling like he did at Turnberry.

"When I have a chance to win a tournament, it doesn't matter whether it's the British Open or this championship," Watson quipped.  "It's the same thing. I'm trying my darnedest to perform no matter what the circumstances are."