SatchFan
Q-School Graduate
Always liked Tom Weiskopf's swing.
Favourite golfer of all time
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Tiger.
Started watching just as he came on the scene, and whilst he may not be the people’s champ, imo he’s broken more boundaries than any before him. I went to school that would chant awful things on the terraces, who suddenly changed their tunes when he came along....
From a golfing POV, there are lots of stars from the same era who are renowned for one thing, short game, putting etc, but he was simply better at almost all aspects when I first watched the game. So gravitated To him.
Mickelson is always fun to watch. Of the current crop I really like JT and Rahm.
Started watching just as he came on the scene, and whilst he may not be the people’s champ, imo he’s broken more boundaries than any before him. I went to school that would chant awful things on the terraces, who suddenly changed their tunes when he came along....
From a golfing POV, there are lots of stars from the same era who are renowned for one thing, short game, putting etc, but he was simply better at almost all aspects when I first watched the game. So gravitated To him.
Mickelson is always fun to watch. Of the current crop I really like JT and Rahm.
Captainron
Big Hitting, South African Sweary Person
Ernie. Great swing. Great guy. Never won as much as he should have but the injury when he was at his best was a real killer.
Pathetic Shark
Tour Rookie
Sir Nick Faldo. Six major titles - and a single-minded devotedness to being the best he could possibly be.
Then everyone else tied for second ….. then Tiger.
Then everyone else tied for second ….. then Tiger.
clubchamp98
Journeyman Pro
Sandy Lyle for me.
Hawks tone park early one morning just him and me on the range ,awesome.
Hawks tone park early one morning just him and me on the range ,awesome.
Robster59
Tour Rookie
Nick Faldo for me as he was the great player of his era. Before that I would say Jack Nicklaus and Lee Trevino. Always played the game in the right manner and attitude.
Lee Westwood for his longevity and Ian Poulter for the Ryder Cup.
Lee Westwood for his longevity and Ian Poulter for the Ryder Cup.
mikejohnchapman
Challenge Tour Pro
Luke Donald for me - a complete golfer and a really nice man.
arnieboy
Challenge Tour Pro
Faldo and Westwood
popeye
Hacker
For modern day entertainment don't think anyone can top Miguel Angel Jimenez
need_my_wedge
Has Now Found His Wedgie
Has always been Seve for me. He's the player that peeked my interest in golf, and the one I followed most when I first started. It was more his gung ho/ swashbuckling style of wildness, and his very charismatic persona. Very happy to have had the chance to follow him round a couple of different Open's back in the late 80's, early 90's.
I never used to like them much, but have warmed towards Tom Watson over recent years, as I have Tiger.
In the current crop, I make no secret of being a Rory fanboy, but I also like Henrik, Miguel Angel, Poults and EddiePep, they seem a little more human in general, and like to have a laugh..
I never used to like them much, but have warmed towards Tom Watson over recent years, as I have Tiger.
In the current crop, I make no secret of being a Rory fanboy, but I also like Henrik, Miguel Angel, Poults and EddiePep, they seem a little more human in general, and like to have a laugh..
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Used to be Monty, Laura Davis, carberra and Daly.
Now Bubba & Anne Van Dam/Lexi are the ones.
Now Bubba & Anne Van Dam/Lexi are the ones.
Britishshooting
Club Champion
Phil Mickelson, just an all around fun guy and shares a few common interests. I imagine meeting some golf heroes could be boring in real life and dissapointing.
Springveldt
Well-known member
Like many others, Seve. Can remember many a long afternoons in my Gran's back garden trying to pull off some of the shots he played like being on my knees in the hedges trying to chip out to a hole I had just dug with my 7 iron and a branch for a flag stick.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
Seems like everyone's favourite Seve stories involved him hacking out of trees, was he just pants off the tee or what?
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
I do recall fondly Seve and Trevino doing Pro Celebrity golf - as that was my only real way of seeing pros play - yes there was the Open but that was just once a year.
Defintely towards the end of his career. I didn't follow golf when he was in his prime so I can't comment about then. It is funny that you mention that though, they do seem to be people's favourite memories of him.
To be fair, Tiger has also been pants off the tee for many years but US courses don't penalise that so he can largely get away with it. Seve played most of his career on the European Tour which has a few more trees and bushes on the courses.
Tbf Woods has 41 European tour wins.
i don’t really buy that the Europeans play courses that much more difficult either. The scoring averages are pretty similar I believe. which Would mean more Europeans should clean up when they head to the easy (wide open) courses in America.
The Woods comment is a very fair one but then he is a bit more than your average Joe. He, like Seve, has always been a great scrambler. He was also much more accurate in his early career, when I am guessing he won most of his European Tour wins.
The US courses are not easier, just different. They tend to be longer than European courses so the skills needed are different. US courses tend to favour bigger hitters rather than players who are accurate. Not always of course and the very best do both. I am not pouring scorn on American players, that would be daft.
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Springveldt
Well-known member
Look at the Ryder Cup in Paris. The Americans couldn't handle it. I think the European Tour courses are generally a little tighter and with a touch more wind. You watch the PGA Tour and you hear them say "oh, the winds getting up a bit now" and the graphic pops up and tells you it blowing at 9mph.
Wide open courses favour the Americans since they are typically longer off the tee, so they are used to bomb and gouge. Their whole game revolves around it. I fully expect them to win the Ryder Cup this year as the course will let their team swing out their shoes and not get in much trouble.
Springveldt
Well-known member
He wasn't the most accurate but his scrambling and imagination around the green was something else. It seemed like he could get up and down from anywhere.
