![]() When you talk about guys who should have won more often in the majors, Tom Kite is one of the first guys who comes up in the conversation. He is also a member of the Golf Hall of Fame. He was Player of the Year on Tour in 1981 and won the Vardon Trophy twice (which goes to the leader in scoring average on Tour). ![]() He was a fixture in the Ryder Cup, playing seven times. He is regarded as the first player to put more than two wedges in his bag, and one of the first to use a sports psychologist.ĭuring a PGA Tour career that lasted more than 30-years, Kite picked up 19 wins and an incredible 27 top-10 finishes in majors. Check out any pictures of Kite during that time and you will see his trademark, Coke-bottle glasses. It could be argued that no one got more out of their game than Tom Kite. On a wind-swepted weekend in June, 1992, Tom Kite went from the best player never to win a major to number six on the list of best players to have won only one, when he took the U.S. Open.įuryk is a great putter of the ball and his swing, while awkward looking, is repeatable and produces a consistent ball flight. The real mystery is how he has only won a single major, the 2003 U.S. The real mystery isn't how he can hit the ball like that. He has 16 wins, 18 top-10s in majors, and 13 Ryder and President's Cup appearances to prove how good he is. He has been earning money on Tour since day one. Make no mistake, though, Furyk is a player. You get the impression that he is just.doing it wrong. That is what it is like to watch Jim Furyk swing the golf club. Open.Īs he shanks "chili peppers up Lee Jansen's ass," (as his caddy so eloquent puts it), McAvoy proclaims, "My swing feels like an unfolded lawn chair!" In the movie "Tin Cup," Kevin Costner's character, a down and out driving range pro from west Texas by the name Roy McAvoy, finds himself on the driving range practicing the day before he plays the first round in the U.S. I figure they could still win another major) (Note: I tried to stay away from most current players. Let's count down the top 10 of those men over the last 50 years who had all the game in the world, but just couldn't figure out a way to win more than one major championship. Some of those had to be pretty good players who simply did not live up to their potential or couldn't find a way to break through for that second major win. So, we have 59 majors won by men who only won one. 38.5 percent of the majors in last 50 years won by nine men! Those men are Jack Nicklaus with 18, Tiger Woods (14), Gary Player (nine), Tom Watson (eight), Nick Faldo (six), Lee Trevino (six) Arnold Palmer (six of his seven), Seve Ballesteros (five), Peter Thompson (five). (77 of those 200 have been won by nine men. 141 of those were won by men who would eventually win more than one major. Since 1960, there have been four majors played every year. In fact, no sport has the level of competition golf can claim every week on Tour. (The field of the Masters is typically much smaller than that, only about 80 players). Most of the time, about 150 players enter and only one will win. Winning one of golf's major championships is a daunting task, to say the least. Continuing the run-up to the Masters (now only 24 days away), here is the second article in a series of five leading up to my pick to win the first major of the year. ![]()
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