Golf Hero

[Bazep]

Reading the Seve movie thread got my wondering does everyone have similar "heroes" in the game. Mine is Jack Nicklaus. He exemplified everything I love about the game - the drive, the quiet competition, the honesty and after reading more about him his moral compass seems very similar to my own (apart from him not eating much meat). My old mans hero is Seve and I can understand that too. Are there any others out there on the "hero" pedestal ?

 

[lobthewedge]

Ben Hogan

 

[Tarkus1212]

Faldo, Norman and Seve for me

 

[ArnoldArmChewer]

Reading the Seve movie thread got my wondering does everyone have similar "heroes" in the game. Mine is Jack Nicklaus. He exemplified everything I love about the game - the drive, the quiet competition, the honesty and after reading more about him his moral compass seems very similar to my own (apart from him not eating much meat). My old mans hero is Seve and I can understand that too. Are there any others out there on the "hero" pedestal ?

Not sure about 'hero' but I am with your dad, Seve was one of the few people I would have crossed the road to chat too.

 

[Craigg]

Yes, not sure about the hero bit, but golfers I admired are Seve and Monty

 

[macca64]

Faldo, Norman and Seve for me

Yep, same order .

 

[Bazz]

Tiger for me, always loved him

 

[AWM]

Seve and Sandy Lyle.

 

[MashieNiblick]

Seve
Tom
Jack

 

[ScienceBoy]

bobmac, Richart, My 1st teaching pro...

 

[pbrown7582]

Faldo and tiger for me.

 

[Bazep]

So I know Hero is a strong word and one which I've always reserved for my true heroes. I have only 2 sporting heroes - Nicklaus and Michael Jordan. Two sportsmen who, IMO, transcended the sport they played and showed character personality and drive to succeed. For me Tiger came close to being hero worthy but screwed it all up for me with his complete character self destruction in his personal life.

sorry - edited to say - IMv, being a hero is much more than succeeding at the sport.

 

[Hacker Khan]

Any pro that looks like they are having fun. Which unfortunately is not really many. Suppose Bubba is the closest.

 

[virtuocity]

Chrisd

 

[chrisd]

Chrisd

That's my boy!

 

[huds1475]

Nicklaus for moral compass & getting the job done.

Seve for natural skill, entertainment.

 

[Old Skier]

A chap at our club. He had polio as a kid and can hardly walk. He's only just started using a buggy and he's at the wrong end of 60.

 

[mcbroon]

Seve, Tom Watson and my dad. My old man was scratch all his life until he got to his 60s and I learned everything I know about golf from him.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Seve.

 

[Bazep]

A chap at our club. He had polio as a kid and can hardly walk. He's only just started using a buggy and he's at the wrong end of 60.

that is inspirational