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[WhiteTailEER]

Spieth, McIlroy, Day, DJ ... Future of golf looks fantastic.

Spieth seems like he must be about the nicest guy on the tour. The exchange with Sergio during the British when Sergio was about to play out of turn. Just hearing some of the comments with Day yesterday, seeing the two of them chatting and smiling.

Day seems like a good guy as well, and so does Rory.

Incredible talents and really likable guys. It's too early to compare them to Nicklaus, Palmer and Player ... but that's what we could be on the cusp of witnessing.

(Having said all of that, I had a friend that used to volunteer at a PGA tournament every year, and some of the guys that I thought seemed like nice guys were total ******** according to him, and some of them that didn't were as nice as can be)

 

[Honkytonk Hero]

I agree. The "Thumbs Up" that Speith gave Day after a putt yesterday while in the heat of battle spoke volumes about his character and class. These young gentleman are a credit to the game.

 

[WVUBRU]

My $.02 as I watch a lot of golf and Golf Channel.

The players of 70's, 80's, 90's were incredibly talented but many were prima-donnas and at some point, jackasses. But there were good guys in that era as well along with some incredibly talented players.

Many of the young stars that have been coming onto the scene the last 4-5 years are unbelievably talented and many of them are well-rooted with incredible respect for the game and their fellow competitors as you stated. However, there are still jerks out there. Will always be that way but as you mentioned, many of the top players right now are very easy to root for because of how they act coupled with incredible talent.

 

[bornaneer]

Lets not rush to anoint these young guns as the next long term stars. Granted they look talented, but I'll wait until they achieve or even come close to the accomplishments of Tiger. Lets see if they have the same high level staying power that Tiger had.

 

[countryroads89_rivals]

Lets not rush to anoint these young guns as the next long term stars. Granted they look talented, but I'll wait until they achieve or even come close to the accomplishments of Tiger. Lets see if they have the same high level staying power that Tiger had.

Tiger who?

 

[bornaneer]

Tiger who?

The best golfer on the planet for most of the past 20 years.

 

[op2]

I wonder if Tiger will keep playing indefinitely or what. He talks like he thinks he can regain the magic but I wonder if he truly believes it.

He needs 4 majors to tie the record and 5 to beat it. I think it's safe to say now that there is zero chance that will happen and I'd give Tiger a 50-50 chance at best that he'll ever win even one more major. He turns 40 at the end of this year. He has more money than God. Will he just continue out there hacking at it with the hopes that now and then it will come together for a few days? Maybe so. Maybe he loves golf that much.

ETA: I just looked up Tiger's major finishes. He's competed in 75 major tournaments and he's missed the cut 8 times. In his first 70 majors he missed the cut 4 times. And in his last 5 majors he's missed the cut 4 times. The dream is over.

 

[RichardPeterJohnson]

Spieth, McIlroy, Day, DJ ... Future of golf looks fantastic.

Spieth seems like he must be about the nicest guy on the tour. The exchange with Sergio during the British when Sergio was about to play out of turn. Just hearing some of the comments with Day yesterday, seeing the two of them chatting and smiling.

Day seems like a good guy as well, and so does Rory.

Incredible talents and really likable guys. It's too early to compare them to Nicklaus, Palmer and Player ... but that's what we could be on the cusp of witnessing.

(Having said all of that, I had a friend that used to volunteer at a PGA tournament every year, and some of the guys that I thought seemed like nice guys were total ******** according to him, and some of them that didn't were as nice as can be)

I agree. These guys-Speith, Day, McIlroy, and Fowler-are the real deal. I think Fowler will join the Major club next year. Here's a stat that is pretty impressive. The best single-season in Majors to par over the last 30 years:

2015 Speith -54
2000 Tiger -53
2014 Fowler -32
2006 Tiger -28

That's pretty incredible. Another. In the 1970s in the Majors, Nicklaus was outside the top 10 in Majors only 5 times. In addition to his 18 wins in Majors, Nicklaus had 19 2nds. He was almost always a factor.

 

[WhiteTailEER]

I agree. These guys-Speith, Day, McIlroy, and Fowler-are the real deal. I think Fowler will join the Major club next year. Here's a stat that is pretty impressive. The best single-season in Majors to par over the last 30 years:

2015 Speith -54
2000 Tiger -53
2014 Fowler -32
2006 Tiger -28

That's pretty incredible. Another. In the 1970s in the Majors, Nicklaus was outside the top 10 in Majors only 5 times. In addition to his 18 wins in Majors, Nicklaus had 19 2nds. He was almost always a factor.

Fowler did have an incredible year in the majors last year, especially for not winning one. I was expecting him to be more of a factor this year. I'd definitely like to see him break through as well.

The most impressive thing about that stat is the distance between 2 and 3 ... 21 strokes!! It helps to put Spieth's and Tiger's 1 and 2 in perspective regarding how amazing it is.

 

[WVUBRU]

Fowler did have an incredible year in the majors last year, especially for not winning one. I was expecting him to be more of a factor this year. I'd definitely like to see him break through as well.

The most impressive thing about that stat is the distance between 2 and 3 ... 21 strokes!! It helps to put Spieth's and Tiger's 1 and 2 in perspective regarding how amazing it is.

No, it isn't that amazing if you dig into it a little deeper. The venues play a big part in that record. This year, the only venue with tough scoring conditions (outside of weather) was the US Open and that wasn't brutal by some standards. Same for 2000 and Tiger destroyed Pebble that year but it was tough for everyone else so that individual performance was amazing.

 

[WhiteTailEER]

No, it isn't that amazing if you dig into it a little deeper. The venues play a big part in that record. This year, the only venue with tough scoring conditions (outside of weather) was the US Open and that wasn't brutal by some standards. Same for 2000 and Tiger destroyed Pebble that year but it was tough for everyone else so that individual performance was amazing.

Considering that there have been 4 majors since 1934, I think it is pretty amazing. They couldn't have all been incredibly tough all of those other years. Definitely conditions played a factor this year. Tiger's 2000 year was as dominant as I've ever seen.

Also, if the conditions were so easy, you'd think there wouldn't be 21 shots between 2nd and 3rd. Regardless of conditions, the fact that nobody else is within 21 shots of those two records shows just how dominating those years were by those two players.

Day just won the PGA at -20, if he is -12 in the other 3 he's on this list, but he isn't. Even -9 in the other 3 and he beats Tiger's 2006 record

 

[WVUBRU]

Considering that there have been 4 majors since 1934, I think it is pretty amazing. They couldn't have all been incredibly tough all of those other years. Definitely conditions played a factor this year. Tiger's 2000 year was as dominant as I've ever seen.

Also, if the conditions were so easy, you'd think there wouldn't be 21 shots between 2nd and 3rd. Regardless of conditions, the fact that nobody else is within 21 shots of those two records shows just how dominating those years were by those two players.

Day just won the PGA at -20, if he is -12 in the other 3 he's on this list, but he isn't. Even -9 in the other 3 and he beats Tiger's 2006 record

Don't get me wrong, I find it very impressive. But in fairness to other years, just making a comment without fully stating the underlying facts is not what I do and reading your comments on many other topics, you don't either on most instances. Didn't mean to be insulting or anything but just pointing out something that was overlooked and for both 2000 and 2015, two of the courses were primed for incredibly low scores.

 

[WhiteTailEER]

Don't get me wrong, I find it very impressive. But in fairness to other years, just making a comment without fully stating the underlying facts is not what I do and reading your comments on many other topics, you don't either on most instances. Didn't mean to be insulting or anything but just pointing out something that was overlooked and for both 2000 and 2015, two of the courses were primed for incredibly low scores.

I get you. I'm totally with you. But the courses were the same for everybody and you only see two names up near the top. I'm not arguing with you as much as it may seem.