Tom Weiskopf, the winner of 16 PGA Tour titles, including the 1973 British Open, has died. He was born on November 9, 1942 and died on August 21, 2022 at age 79. He was three months away from celebrating his 80th birthday.
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What was Tom Weiskopf cause of death? Weiskopf had been battling pancreatic cancer since late 2020. Pancreatic cancer begins in the tissues of your pancreas — an organ in the abdomen which lies behind the lower part of your stomach.
Tom played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour during his stellar career.
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However, the peak of his career was between 1968 and 1982, when he won the PGA Tour 16 times.
As a result of his stellar performances, he joined the Senior PGA Tour in 1993.
He won several of those tournaments, with his win in one senior major and the 1995 US Senior Open being the highlights of his time on the Senior PGA Tour.
Weiskopf also worked as a golf analyst for CBS Sports, covering the 1981 and 1985 to 1995 Masters and from 2008, he contributed to ABC Sports and ESPN’s coverage of The Open Championship.
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