Senior PGA Championship

[Tongo]

Well done Monty on a third senior major in a year. Whilst they arent anywhere near the same league as winning one of the big four its still a decent achievement to win 3 in 12 months. Looking forward to seeing Monty play at the Senior Open at Sunningdale in July.

 

[colint]

Won it easy in the end, still playing some great golf, really good to see

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Won it easy in the end, still playing some great golf, really good to see

Well done Monty but I bet he'd trade all of them for one of the majors when he was playing on the main tour. Still good to see him doing so well

 

[delc]

Well done Monty but I bet he'd trade all of them for one of the majors when he was playing on the main tour. Still good to see him doing so well

If he had had a better temperament in his younger days, maybe he would have won lots of majors? He was very often in contention. Seems to have mellowed over the years, which is probably why he is doing so well on the Seniors Tours.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

If he had had a better temperament in his younger days, maybe he would have won lots of majors? He was very often in contention. Seems to have mellowed over the years, which is probably why he is doing so well on the Seniors Tours.

Not sure I agree. He could have won the US Open but hit a rank bad shot at the wrong time. It happens.

 

[Ethan]

There is an element of good fortune to winning a major, or even two, in the case of Andy North. Monty could have won a number of majors but ran into various elements of bad fortune. At Pebble Beach in 1992, he was in the clubhouse and finished in bad weather and Jack Nicklaus congratulated him on his first major. But Tom Kite had other ideas. He could have won a US Open a couple of years later but lost in the playoff to Els. He lost again to Els a few years later, lost to Tiger at St Andrews in 2005 and then the famous 18th at Winged Foot when he lost to Geoff Ogilvy. He certainly hit a bad shot at the 18th, but people don't remember the massive birdie putt on the 17th. Overall, he has a good majors record without ever having won one. You need some breaks. Monty didn't get them.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

There is an element of good fortune to winning a major, or even two, in the case of Andy North. Monty could have won a number of majors but ran into various elements of bad fortune. At Pebble Beach in 1992, he was in the clubhouse and finished in bad weather and Jack Nicklaus congratulated him on his first major. But Tom Kite had other ideas. He could have won a US Open a couple of years later but lost in the playoff to Els. He lost again to Els a few years later, lost to Tiger at St Andrews in 2005 and then the famous 18th at Oakmont when he lost to Geoff Ogilvy. Overall, he has a good majors record without ever having won one. You need some breaks. Monty didn't get them.

Totally agree. Not sure his temperament necessarily cost him any of these

 

[Tongo]

There is an element of good fortune to winning a major, or even two, in the case of Andy North. Monty could have won a number of majors but ran into various elements of bad fortune. At Pebble Beach in 1992, he was in the clubhouse and finished in bad weather and Jack Nicklaus congratulated him on his first major. But Tom Kite had other ideas. He could have won a US Open a couple of years later but lost in the playoff to Els. He lost again to Els a few years later, lost to Tiger at St Andrews in 2005 and then the famous 18th at Oakmont when he lost to Geoff Ogilvy. Overall, he has a good majors record without ever having won one. You need some breaks. Monty didn't get them.

Yes. Aside from Winged Foot in 2006 i would say that it was a case of other players plying good / great golf rather than Monty throwing it away. Look at the 95 USPGA: Elkington was superb!

 

[Ethan]

Ooops, it was Winged Foot in 2006.