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re: The 2012 Open Championship - Official Thread
Posted on 7/22/12 at 4:10 pm to Tiger Ugly
Posted on 7/22/12 at 4:10 pm to Tiger Ugly
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Ernie's 4 majors ties him with Phil. I think something like only 18 players in history have won as many.
nice for Phil, Ernie, and almost there for Vijay
I was curious so I went back and looked up how many majors the older stars (esp from 60s-80s) had won
Jack Nicklaus - 18
Gary Player - 9
Tom Watson - 8
Arnold Palmer - 7
Lee Trevino - 6
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Posted on 7/22/12 at 4:23 pm to molsusports
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I was curious so I went back and looked up how many majors the older stars (esp from 60s-80s) had won
Jack Nicklaus - 18
Gary Player - 9
Tom Watson - 8
Arnold Palmer - 7
Lee Trevino - 6
The thing that always stood out to me in this comparison was that the best players of Nicklaus's era..ie.e the ones you listed played some of their best golf in majors to beat Nicklaus. There's a reason Jack has 19 second place finishes in majors and it wasn't him not playing good golf in all of those.
The better players of Tiger's era seemed to cower if they were right there with Tiger in the majors. That's why I've always equated Phil, Ernie, Vijay, Goosen, Duval et. al more with Miller, Hubert Green and Weiskoff than those mentioned above.
Though Ernie and Phil aren't at that level they have exceeded the Weiskoff/Miller/Green level and that's pretty darn good.
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