talented golfers with few wins

[itsamomentintime]

I was recently looking at PGA tour pros with little or no wins and wondered why some other golfers win repeatedly

for instance:

Brett Quigley - 407 PGA starts - 0 wins

Kevin Chappell - 180 PGA starts - 1 win

Ian Poulter - 230 PGA starts - 2 wins

then there's this:

Phil Mickelson - 567 PGA starts - 42 wins

I appreciate that there are hundreds of variables to consider for any 4 day golf event, but what does it take to be good enough to win and stay good enough?

 

[Dasit]

Bloody hard to win

Got to beat 100+ of the worlds best players


Lot of players don't take the risks as they grinding just to keep card.

Like you could risk a top 10 going for the win or just take it easy and come in with a nice pay but no W

Also if you ever been playing well in the monthly medal and left bag of nerves on the 17th imagine what it is like on the PGA tour

 

[Orikoru]

I guess it's mental and keeping focus at the business end. A lot of these guys can put three great rounds together out of four but the other one will let them down.

 

[clubchamp98]

I think at this level it's all mental.
They all hit the ball as good as each other it's the mentally strong ones who win.

 

[r0wly86]

The fields are usually quite big and it only takes one player to be in the zone for 4 rounds and they will win.

The better indication of a player would be order of merit, whether they consistently finish high up the table even if they don't get many wins

 

[HomerJSimpson]

160 or so each week and many capable of winning plus the lower ranked player having a career week and it's so hard every week to win even if you're on top of your own game