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| 1934.1 | The Fuzzz! | PCBUOA::EHS | | Mon Aug 08 1994 16:05 | 17 |
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Gotta go with the FUZZZZ! He certainly is due and I believe he should
be considered a very serious contender.
Other possibilities:
1. Shark
2. "PAIN, So far this year" Stewart
3. Curtis "Keep your pants up" Srange
4. Nick "Could someone please show me a line" Faldo
5. Raymond "I'll win a stare-down every time" Floyd
6. Freddy "Oh my ach'in back" Couples
7. Corey "I think I can" Pavin
Just some of my thoughts FWIW.
ED
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| 1934.2 | Price and Watson will give it a go | PCBUOA::EHS | | Mon Aug 08 1994 16:15 | 9 |
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Nick Price definitely has to be looked at seriously (I feel he is the
best player in the world right now) as a Top contender in this week's
PGA Championship. I also failed to mention Tom "Not another 3-footer"
Watson as a potential front runner.
FWIW
ED
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| 1934.3 | get cooking | MASALA::MROY | | Mon Aug 08 1994 18:27 | 3 |
| cook's the man
40/1
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| 1934.4 | ZINGA | ASABET::KELLY_M | | Thu Aug 11 1994 11:26 | 2 |
| I"ll be cheering for Zinger. Has to be the sportsperson of the year.
Mike
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| 1934.5 | Els | TELSEL::MACPHEE | | Thu Aug 11 1994 17:51 | 4 |
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Ernie Els is the man...
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| 1934.6 | and get rid of the gum...... | AIMHI::CORRIGAN | | Thu Aug 11 1994 18:37 | 9 |
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>>> Ernie Els is the man...
....who doesn't know where he stands in a major and ALMOST blows it!!
Nick Price
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| 1934.7 | they even did the hat thing...!!!!! | AIMHI::CORRIGAN | | Mon Aug 15 1994 11:14 | 4 |
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did ya catch the commercial with Jesper Parnevik (sp?). talk about
parlaying a bonehead move into lotsa' $$$$$$$. great job!!!!
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| 1934.8 | | USPMLO::DESROCHERS | Mine's made outta unobtainium! | Mon Aug 15 1994 11:16 | 4 |
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Speaking of commercials, weren't there way too many??
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| 1934.9 | The ball is juiced | MILVAX::KELLY_M | | Tue Aug 16 1994 10:03 | 10 |
| Did anyone else catch the announcers talking about the hed to head
match between price and faldo-apparently faldo played great and lost by
12 strokes.
I would love to have seen how well price could have played if he had
been pushed on the final nine-he looked like he had a 62-63 in the bag
but let it get away.
Who said there will never be another niclaus?
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| 1934.10 | one of a kind | ASDG::TREMBLAY | | Wed Aug 17 1994 12:46 | 12 |
| re .9
EVERYONE says there will never be another Nicklaus and I agree.
Just because Price won a couple of majors in a row, don't go comparing
him with Jack until he's won all of them several times. I like Price
and probably the greatest golfer in the world...for now. Remember, he
went about ten years without winning anything on the PGA tour. Next
year it might be Couples, Norman or Mickelson but success is fleeting.
I don't believe we will ever see anyone match Jack's lifetime record.
He was a young star and proved himself continuously throughout his
career.
JT
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| 1934.11 | ...you sir, are no Jack Nicklaus...... | AIMHI::CORRIGAN | | Wed Aug 17 1994 12:55 | 6 |
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re .10
"yeah, what he said"!!!
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| 1934.12 | You bet! | PCBUOA::EHS | | Wed Aug 17 1994 13:30 | 5 |
| re.10
Could not agree more!
Ed
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| 1934.13 | | USPMLO::DESROCHERS | Mine's made outta unobtainium! | Wed Aug 17 1994 16:33 | 14 |
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Well... was Nicklaus REALLY that good? Or was everyone else
just less than Jack. I really wonder how the 70's Nicklaus
would have fared against today's players.
Heck, look at Nancy Lopez now. She's playing alot and probably
as well as ever. But, like the men's tour, the women are that
much better.
No one will approach Jack's record. But I'm not convinced he's
still the best...
Tom
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| 1934.14 | re .13 | ASDG::TREMBLAY | | Thu Aug 18 1994 08:57 | 16 |
| re .13
I never said he's still the best, just that there'll never be
another to match his record. I do believe that if he wasn't spending
so much time building courses and running his own club business, he'd
be the best in his class, which is the senior division. He has an out-
standing record on the senior tour considering the small number of
events in which he participates. If he were 'living' for the
competition like other top senior players, I'm sure he'd be at the top
of the money list. He really was that good and he beat a lot of great
players.
JT
P.S. Many of today's best players couldn't do nearly as well without
all the high tech equipment available these days. Nicklaus in
his prime could have competed against anyone today.
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| 1934.15 | The great One! | PCBUOA::EHS | | Thu Aug 18 1994 09:38 | 42 |
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Re. 12
Yes, (IMO)Nicklaus was that Good! The players back in the 60's, 70's, and
80's were and still are great, high caliber golfers. As mentioned in .13 the
equipment that was used in the 70's was not as high tech and forgiving
as equipment used in todays golf game, but considering the equip. used
back they still got the job done (in great fashion). The players back
in the 70's were just as good if not better than players today
(mentally and athletically).
Just to name a few:
1. Nicklaus
2. Trevino
3. David Graham
4. Miller Barber
5. JC Snead
6. Tony Jaeklin (sp?)
7. Gary PLayer
9. Raymond Floyd
10.Calvin Peete
11.Johnny Miller
12.Gene Littler
13.Hal Sutton
IMO - I believe Jack Nicklaus was the best ever, given his track
record and his attitude towards the great game of golf.
Nancy Lopez was great until certain distractions came into
play like, children, and a spouse, and the induction into the LPGA
Hall of Fame. I believe that many good women golfers have come out
of the woodwork lately, which is making the LPGA much more
competitive which is a very good thing!
Just my thoughts, FWIW
ED
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| 1934.16 | they were very young when thy started to dominate! | PCBUOA::SWANEY | Escape is never the safest path | Thu Aug 18 1994 17:51 | 12 |
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Well Im to young to remember the old days!
but what I see in the history books and from tv
the biggest difference is the how early in their
career Jack and Arnold started to dominate?
were'nt they still in their teens when they won there first
professional tourney?
BS
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| 1934.17 | IMO - it's HOGAN | TRLIAN::GORDON | | Fri Aug 19 1994 10:49 | 17 |
| re: .13 and others
have seen in print many times in last 10 years the players who
have seen the best of yesterday and today al agree on the following:
if Ben Hogan was to play todays courses with todays equipment
no-one would even come close to him...he was that good...
he still holds the record I think for the most strokes under par
in a tournament which has held up for 35+ years....
he played "boring golf" i.e. hit the fairway hit the green...
players today are all capable of this but NOT AS CONSISTANT
hogan once played in a four day tourney and only missed 2 greens
and 1 fairway for 72 holes...there isn't a player today that
can even come close to that kind of golf...
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| 1934.18 | | BUSY::JMINVILLE | | Mon Aug 22 1994 11:19 | 8 |
| I believe Jack Nicklaus was 22 when he won his first tournament
as a pro, The 1962 US Open at Oakmont in extra innings against
Arnold Palmer. He was among the money winners in his first 10
PGA events, but did not win until The Open.
He did have a great career as an amateur.
joe.
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