who is the worst major winner?

[FG_HOOR]

agree with richart it has to be rich beem

 

[Doh]

Calcavecchia

Just throwing it in there oh and what about David Duval.

 

[USER1999]

This would be the former world number one David Duval?

 

[colint]

Duval was world number 1 so don't think he can be tagged as the worst winner.

Paul Lawrie for me, crap before he won, crap since.

 

[Imurg]

I love this. A bunch of stir-crazy average handicap golfers calling Major winning professionals choppers.
To win any pro comp you need luck. Lots of it. A bad bounce here and there and its gone. To win a Major you need even more.
Talk about the luckiest Major winner by all means but the worst ?
Perleese. You can't play bad golf and win a Major.

 

[colint]

Nobody is saying you can play bad golf and win, the question is who's the least talented to win a major, fair question imho

 

[BROOKIE]

ZZRe: who is the worst major winner?

LARRY MIZE

 

[clubchamp07]

ZZRe: who is the worst major winner?

Who cares, they don't..........

 

[thecraw]

ZZRe: who is the worst major winner?

These anti Paul Lawrie guys need to give themselves a shake.

Wins

1996 Catalonia Open

1999 Qatar Masters

1999 Open Championship (play off)

2001 Dunhill Links Championship

2002 Celtic Manor Resort Wales Open

Top 10 finishes



2010
6th Spanish Open

6th BMW PGA Championship

2009
7th Estoril Open De Portugal

3rd JWC Championship

2008
9th Barclays Scottish Open

2nd Portugal Masters

2007
9th Mercedes-Benz Championship

4th Dunhill Links Championship

2006
10th Volvo China Open

8th BMW Asian Open

2005
2nd Estoril Open

2nd Madrid Open

2003
2nd Dunhill Championship

3rd B&H International Open

8th Deutsche Bank TPC of Europe

6th Madrid Open

2002
2nd Smurfit European Open

2nd Omega European Master

6th Madrid Open

2nd Italian Open

2001
4th JWC

10th French Open

2nd Celtic Manor Wales Open

2000
5th WGC Matchplay

4th Dubai Desert Classic

8th Smurfit European Open

5th British Masters

1999
7th Spanish Open

10th Volvo Masters

1998
10th Deutsche Bank TPC of Europe

7th German Open

10th European Open

1997
7th Irish Open

8th Lancome Trophy

1996
6th B&H International Open

2nd Volvo PGA Championship

1995
10th Portuguese Open

9th European Open

1994
4th Turespana Open de Baleares

5th Honda Open

1993
6th Open Championship

6th European Open

1992
9th Firenze Open

6th Irish Open

Other Achievements

2001 EUROPEAN TOUR SHOT OF THE YEAR
2000 AWARDED MBE IN NEW YEARS HONOURS LIST
1999 GIVEN HONORARY MEMBERSHIP OF THE EUROPEAN TOUR


Pretty crap career record NOT! Not even mentioning joint top points winner 1999 Ryder Cup, from a crap player??? Get a grip!

 

[brendy]

ZZRe: who is the worst major winner?

Craw, who said he was crap though?
I said he was disappointing since his major, I'm sure he would agree that his career didn't hit the launchpad in the same way others did or perhaps he just isnt destined for greatness in the same way Woods, Nicklaus, Palmer etc, even Duval who was world no 1, fell to ruins but is building it back up. Lawrie just seems to be plodding along. As I said earlier, it's an opinion, one player that sticks out in my mind as a guy that never rode his success enough to get more wins, you mentioned plenty of 6th,7th and 8th places, that'll keep him in jet tickets for a while but who will remember him outside Scotland in 20 years?
I also said there are probably other deserving guys out there who never fully realised their potential.

 

[bernix]

ZZRe: who is the worst major winner?

Walter Burkemo
Did he win ANYTHING but the Wannamaker in 1953? (because Ben Hogan was at The Open)

 

[brendy]

ZZRe: who is the worst major winner?

Showing your age there Bernix!

 

[Grumps]

ben curtis aint done much before or after his win

 

[TobyRich1928]

Micheal Cambell, is 300 odd in the world rankings and hasn't made a cut all year

 

[birdieman]

Some odd answers there, Duval was a fantastic player in his prime and won dozens of titles.

For me Larry Mize is a good shout, as is Rich Beem and Shaun Micheel.

Understand the Lawrie thing, he's a hard working solid pro but not major-winning quality, yet he did win one - strange!

 

[brendy]

Larry Mize had illness to contend with from memory and took years to get back into golf and was a shadow of his former self.

 

[colint]

Re: ZZRe: who is the worst major winner?

These anti Paul Lawrie guys need to give themselves a shake.



Pretty crap career record NOT! Not even mentioning joint top points winner 1999 Ryder Cup, from a crap player??? Get a grip!

Lawrie was ranked 159th in the world when he won The Open, the win pushed him up to a career high 30th, and then he slid back down to the hundreds. In the grand scheme of things, he's a chopper

 

[thecraw]

Re: ZZRe: who is the worst major winner?

These anti Paul Lawrie guys need to give themselves a shake.



Pretty crap career record NOT! Not even mentioning joint top points winner 1999 Ryder Cup, from a crap player??? Get a grip!

Lawrie was ranked 159th in the world when he won The Open, the win pushed him up to a career high 30th, and then he slid back down to the hundreds. In the grand scheme of things, he's a chopper

That's it! You've got yourself the booby prize at Machrihanish................




























your playing with Fabian!

 

[SammmeBee]

Louis Oosthuizen?

 

[colint]

Re: ZZRe: who is the worst major winner?

These anti Paul Lawrie guys need to give themselves a shake.



Pretty crap career record NOT! Not even mentioning joint top points winner 1999 Ryder Cup, from a crap player??? Get a grip!

Lawrie was ranked 159th in the world when he won The Open, the win pushed him up to a career high 30th, and then he slid back down to the hundreds. In the grand scheme of things, he's a chopper

That's it! You've got yourself the booby prize at Machrihanish................



your playing with Fabian!

Oh THAT Paul Lawrie ! I was thinking of someone else. Paul Lawrie - the most under rated and deserving major winner of the last 50 years.