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mike_malone

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Greatest major since?
« on: July 21, 2013, 12:14:59 PM »
I think all of the contenders are top 50 and the lead changed several times with one guy finally separating.
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John Kavanaugh

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Re: Greatest major since?
« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2013, 12:16:11 PM »
Torrey Pines.
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Sam Morrow

Re: Greatest major since?
« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2013, 12:20:14 PM »
98 Masters
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John McCarthy

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Re: Greatest major since?
« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2013, 12:24:57 PM »
...and I missed 85% of the last round. 


Damn.
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mike_malone

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Re: Greatest major since?
« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2013, 12:41:21 PM »
Was Poulter going to come from behind? Would Zach par his way in? Could Adam get 2 majors? Stintson sneak in? Tiger find his game? Mahan get launced by the eagle? Westwood. Hang in there? Mickelson Wow!
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Tim_Cronin

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Re: Greatest major since?
« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2013, 12:42:46 PM »
Merion.
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Carl Rogers

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Re: Greatest major since?
« Reply #6 on: July 22, 2013, 06:01:27 PM »
I did not think it was all that great ... PM was great,  (so was Poulter) everybody else pretty lack luster
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Matthew Petersen

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Re: Greatest major since?
« Reply #7 on: July 22, 2013, 08:04:32 PM »
Augusta earlier this year maybe? That one really only got great at the end, while this year's Open sustained interest all week ... or until the last few groups got to about 15, anyway.

We've been on a remarkable run of really compelling majors.
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Phil McDade

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Re: Greatest major since?
« Reply #8 on: July 22, 2013, 08:51:48 PM »
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Joel_Stewart

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Re: Greatest major since?
« Reply #9 on: July 23, 2013, 03:02:46 PM »
Quote from: Tim_Cronin on July 21, 2013, 12:42:46 PM
Merion.

I agree.  I thought the US Open at Merion was as good if not better than Muirfield.
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John Sabino

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Re: Greatest major since?
« Reply #10 on: July 23, 2013, 05:19:38 PM »
Since Van de Velde's meltdown at Carnoustie (1999) and the Constantino Rocca putt from the Valley of Sin at St. Andrews (1995)
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Jim Nugent

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Re: Greatest major since?
« Reply #11 on: July 24, 2013, 02:41:41 AM »
Quote from: D Cronan on July 23, 2013, 05:26:43 PM
1988 Open. And it pales in comparison.

Nick Price, leading by 2 strokes entering the final day, fires a 69 and loses by 2 shots.


1993 Open Championship might outdo 1988.  World #1 Nick Faldo is tied for the lead after 54.  He shoots 67 the final round.  Yet he loses by two, to Norman's 64 (which included a missed 18" putt on the 71st hole).

One great player after another was near the top of the leaderboard, throughout the tournament, until Greg shot one of the great closing rounds in majors history.   
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Charlie_Bell

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Re: Greatest major since?
« Reply #12 on: July 25, 2013, 12:57:03 AM »
I  thought it was special for two reasons:  1) the dynamic nature of the high-quality leaderboard; and 2) each contender was battling his own distinctive demons and history more baldly than usual. 

As for #1, I'd love to see the graph of the leaders' positions at 10-minute intervals throughout the day.  Momentum shifted constantly.
As for #2, for each of the top players, the challenge of his round seemed to match the major challenge(s) of his career.

Could Tiger overcome his losing streak in majors AND finally win a major from behind?
Could Westwood finally putt well when it counted?
Could Phil show the discipline that he's lacked most of his career?  (With par or 1-under likely good enough to win, careless bogies would be fatal.)
Could Adam Scott navigate the back nine of the Open without choking?
Could Stenson find finesse to match his power and consistency?
Could Mahan win on a course that's not PGA-soft?
Could Cabrera slash and pound his way into the Hall of Fame?

All this sounds Nantzy, but for once the reality exceeded the hype.
 
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