Every time I've gone to a PGA event I've always followed Fred Couples for awhile. He has the smoothest most free flowing swing that I've ever seen. I've also followed Mickelson around quite a bit over the years. One thing I can say for him is he is fearless. Especially off the tee. I've seen him pull out a 3 wood out on the tee and line up on the very left side along the tree line, and hit the ball no more than 10 feet off the treeline all the way down the fairway, and then draw the ball in at the last second. It is a beautiful thing to watch. And there isn't but a handful of golfers that have the balls or the game to pull off a shot like that. I also followed Nick Price around for the full Sunday back when he won the PGA at Southern Hills back in the mid 90's. He was like a robot that looked incapable of making a bad shot that day. When these golfers are really "on" it's like they come from another planet. Everything they hit is on a rope. I guess that's the reason why they get paid the big bucks. There's only a couple hundred players in the world that can do it.
Spot on about Freddie. I followed him this year at The Masters and his fluid sweet swing never changes. I wish I could swing like that. Also right about Phil, he takes more risks than any other golfer Im know. Also at Augusta this past spring I saw Phil hit a ball on #10 into that green that looks like someone burried a Volkswagon in the middle of. It was sloping off all sides, TV does not do these greens justice. The wind was swirling in those tall pines as Phil approached his ball, he stepped back and chose a different club, the wind died down and he hit a holdy cut into that beast of a green and stuck it tight for birdie. He is fearless.
Not a bad list ! I pretty much would pick the same. Since I 'm such a fan of Trevino, I would have to find a place for him somewhere in my top 10. Even though I know that Walter Hagen won 10 or 11 Majors, He won them so many years before I was even born that I will simply replace him with Trevino. BTW I enjoyed saying even before I was born !
a feat that will never be topped, but keep in mind that the war played a huge factor in the depth of the field. Snead and Hogan played only parts of the year.
Todays field is sooooo much deeper than past decades. You see Monday qualifiers in contention quite often these days! So unless we go to WWIII soon, drafting players ranked #2 thru #346 with it, it will be a record untouched.
Oh, and Nelson went 0-4 in the majors.....in Tiger language, thats a down year regardless of other tour wins!
Bobby Jones is the best on this list because he dominated at many things, including golf.
1) Grand Slam in 1930 (won 4 majors in one calendar year)
2) Co-Founder of the Master's Tournament, started and help design Augusta Golf Club
3) an Officer in World War II ranked Lieutenant Colonel, he even allowed the U.S. Army to graze cattle on the grounds of Augusta National
4) Mechanical Engineering Degree from Georgia Tech, English Literature Degree from Harvard (impressive on the range he had here from math to Arts IMO from an elite engineering school and an elite college)
5) Law School Emory University (passed the bar after only one year of Law School)
6) From Wikipedia
Sportsmanship
Jones was not only a consummately skilled golfer but exemplified the principles of sportsmanship and fair play. Early in his amateur career, he was in the final playoff of the 1925 U.S. Open at the Worcester Country Club. During the match, his ball ended up in the rough just off the fairway, and as he was setting up to play his shot, his iron caused a slight movement of the ball. He immediately got angry with himself, turned to the marshals, and called a penalty on himself. The marshals discussed among themselves and questioned some of the gallery whether they had seen Jones's ball move. Their decision was that neither they nor anyone else had witnessed any incident, so the decision was left to Jones. Bobby Jones called the two-stroke penalty on himself, not knowing that he would lose the tournament by one stroke. When he was praised for his gesture, Jones replied, "You may as well praise a man for not robbing a bank." The USGA's sportsmanship award is named the Bob Jones Award in his honor.
7) Was 13 for 20 in Majors
8) Won the U.S. Open at age 21
9) First player to win both the U.S. Open and British in the same year
............and he's from Atlanta like me LOL
1) Grand Slam in 1930 (won 4 majors in one calendar year)
2) Co-Founder of the Master's Tournament, started and help design Augusta Golf Club
3) an Officer in World War II ranked Lieutenant Colonel, he even allowed the U.S. Army to graze cattle on the grounds of Augusta National
4) Mechanical Engineering Degree from Georgia Tech, English Literature Degree from Harvard (impressive on the range he had here from math to Arts IMO from an elite engineering school and an elite college)
5) Law School Emory University (passed the bar after only one year of Law School)
6) From Wikipedia
Sportsmanship
Jones was not only a consummately skilled golfer but exemplified the principles of sportsmanship and fair play. Early in his amateur career, he was in the final playoff of the 1925 U.S. Open at the Worcester Country Club. During the match, his ball ended up in the rough just off the fairway, and as he was setting up to play his shot, his iron caused a slight movement of the ball. He immediately got angry with himself, turned to the marshals, and called a penalty on himself. The marshals discussed among themselves and questioned some of the gallery whether they had seen Jones's ball move. Their decision was that neither they nor anyone else had witnessed any incident, so the decision was left to Jones. Bobby Jones called the two-stroke penalty on himself, not knowing that he would lose the tournament by one stroke. When he was praised for his gesture, Jones replied, "You may as well praise a man for not robbing a bank." The USGA's sportsmanship award is named the Bob Jones Award in his honor.
7) Was 13 for 20 in Majors
8) Won the U.S. Open at age 21
9) First player to win both the U.S. Open and British in the same year
............and he's from Atlanta like me LOL
Many will laugh becouse they are nothing but sheep.....
And, I love OMT........
But..... Tiger is rated too high on that list. Notice who is on the list that Tiger had to beat while they were in their prime?????? NOBODY
Tiger was a cocky, womanizing, shitheel who was fortunate. All in their prime...... all the other nine on that list would have hammered Tiger more times than not.
As it turns out...... Tiger (in his prime) would more than have had his hands full with the guys who have risen to the top of the heap now.
Notice I use the work "WAS" most times referring to Tiger. Cause that's where he is..... LONG GONE!
And, I love OMT........
But..... Tiger is rated too high on that list. Notice who is on the list that Tiger had to beat while they were in their prime?????? NOBODY
Tiger was a cocky, womanizing, shitheel who was fortunate. All in their prime...... all the other nine on that list would have hammered Tiger more times than not.
As it turns out...... Tiger (in his prime) would more than have had his hands full with the guys who have risen to the top of the heap now.
Notice I use the work "WAS" most times referring to Tiger. Cause that's where he is..... LONG GONE!
Brooks on that list? lol, he better get busy winning tournaments. He has 8 pga tour titles at 31
Phil has to be on that list, 55 career titles , 45 were on the PGA tour
this is simply unreal. The course was just under 8000 yds!!!!! The resilient one , always keeps it postive. Lost weight, knew damn well if he's going to compete with the young he'd need length off the tee. Speed training, was obsessed with hitting bombs.
fuckni' kudos!!! at a loss here, this is simply fantastic. great scene at the end and the special touch --brother on the bag (<)<
thought the tee shot at 12 was huge-- played a draw yesterday but snap hooked into the water---- pulled out a fairway wood today and a baby cut bisecting the fairway
Phil has to be on that list, 55 career titles , 45 were on the PGA tour
this is simply unreal. The course was just under 8000 yds!!!!! The resilient one , always keeps it postive. Lost weight, knew damn well if he's going to compete with the young he'd need length off the tee. Speed training, was obsessed with hitting bombs.
fuckni' kudos!!! at a loss here, this is simply fantastic. great scene at the end and the special touch --brother on the bag (<)<
thought the tee shot at 12 was huge-- played a draw yesterday but snap hooked into the water---- pulled out a fairway wood today and a baby cut bisecting the fairway
Tiger Woods
Truly inspirational to see @PhilMickelson
do it again at 50 years of age. Congrats!!!!!!!
Truly inspirational to see @PhilMickelson
do it again at 50 years of age. Congrats!!!!!!!
Phil Mickelson
@PhilMickelson
May 11
I’ve failed many times in my life and career and because of this I’ve learned a lot. Instead of feeling defeated countless times, I’ve used it as fuel to drive me to work harder. So today, join me in accepting our failures. Let’s use them to motivate us to work even harder.
@PhilMickelson
May 11
I’ve failed many times in my life and career and because of this I’ve learned a lot. Instead of feeling defeated countless times, I’ve used it as fuel to drive me to work harder. So today, join me in accepting our failures. Let’s use them to motivate us to work even harder.
