How Good Would Seve Have Been??

[HomerJSimpson]

To be honest he was using the best technology available in his day so I don't think that he would have been any less of a player with todays gear. In fact give him a driver with less sidespin so he could keep it in the same postcode and with his short game at its peak he might have been even better.

If he was coming through now he'd be looked upon in the sam way as McIlroy, Hutsby etc as a real prospect and would still have taken the world by storm. Quite simply a subliminal talent that only comes around once in a long time

 

[Dodger]

5 elements eh?? Give me the other 4 please..

Social, Personal, Cognitive and Creative

Would have thought possible 'Coach of the Year' would have known them. Its how we help our pupils perform to their best.

Which mind guru made that bollocks up?When you say best how good is best?

Aye I had heard a whisper my nomination had got under your skin a little Dave...all those evenings team bonding and handing out pointers being recognised is nice,Ivan asking on bunker play,Glove on long irons,Lewis on course management,Pottsy on drinking heavily...the list is endless but it's just a shame I cannot put it all together myself

 

[freddielong]

I think you all now where I am going to go on this - I think Technology is leveling the field so Seve would still be an amazing player and near the top but he would not have stood out the same way he did.

 

[AlchemyGolf]

To be honest he was using the best technology available in his day so I don't think that he would have been any less of a player with todays gear. In fact give him a driver with less sidespin so he could keep it in the same postcode and with his short game at its peak he might have been even better.

Quite a few diverse opinions on this but for once I completely 100% agree with homer's comment.

The only thing that let Seve down was his waywardness off the Tee.Todays equipment would have helped him greatly with this.
People very rightly remember his recovery skills and short game but it is often overlooked what an amazing putter he was.
He personified the saying "drive for show,putt for dough"

 

[Snelly]

I think he would have been brilliant.

As said earlier, the cream rises. I am assuming that those who don't agree with this viewpoint didn't see him in his prime. He was fantastic. Simple as that.

 

[AlchemyGolf]

I am assuming that those who don't agree with this viewpoint didn't see him in his prime. He was fantastic. Simple as that.

Amen to that!!!!!!!!!!

 

[viscount17]

Seve had an above average skill with the equipment of the day. If todays equipment has levelled the field, then that advantage should, in theory, be reduced.

how then do we account for those, like Mickleson, who clearly stand out from the crowd in elements of the game.

 

[freddielong]

Seve had an above average skill with the equipment of the day. If todays equipment has levelled the field, then that advantage should, in theory, be reduced.

how then do we account for those, like Mickleson, who clearly stand out from the crowd in elements of the game.

You still have ability being a factor just not as big a factor

Think of everyone who plays golf being somewhere in a diamond shape with the very best (Tiger) at the very top of the diamond, in the widest bit of the diamond the average golfer and the very worst at the bottom. What I beleive technology does, is Squeeze the distance between the Very best and the very worst making the middle wider. So you still have peaks at the top and bottom of the skill feilds only they are slightly less pronounced.

 

[HogansAlley]

I seem to recall Tom Watson hitting a magnificent drive in the BBC pro celebrity golf programme some time in the eighties at Turnberry I think. Peter Alliss was astonished as were the spectators.

I remember this. If memory serves it was at the 18th at Gleneagles (the later Trevino series was at Turnberry) and he hit it nearly 400yards (it was summer and there is a bit of a downslope) with a persimmon head driver. I believe, just after he hit it, he confidently said,'that's the best I can do right there'

Persimmon heads were so tough to hit dead centre but when you did (about three times a year) it went for miles.

Also, I totally agree with your last point Freddie.