what major do you think is the best? a lot of people like the masters but i like the us and british opens. i like how the us open plays because it really presents a tough test to those pros. plus, i like how it is really the "peoples tournament" because anybody can qualify for it through regionals. then there's the british open because of the courses they play it on and the condions the players go through. i guess i like watching the tour pros look human.
You've posed two questions. #1 The poll asks what is your favorite major, and #2, You asked "What major do think is the best?" I answered the Masters to my favorite major because of Augusta National and the fact it's played on the same course every year. The back nine drama on Sunday has always made this my favorite. What's the best major? My vote would go to the US Open because the course conditions are usually considerably harder than the other majors and the field is rated in the top 2 or 3 for the year. IMHO, Europeans will say it's their "Open Champioship" that's the best, but I believe, given the choice, most professional golfers would opt to win the US Open over the other three.
I enjoy the Masters for the same reason. It's played on the same golf course each year. It's also the first major of the year and the only one that has been played in 2004 so far so maybe that helps. After the US Open this month, I might have a new "favorite major." :D
Big fan of the British Open, myself, especially when played on a seaside course in Scotland. OK, due to wind and course characteristics, luck can play a bigger part that it does at a PGA Championship, say, but I like it that golf makes an annual trip back to its roots. Probably I'll have more to say about "the Open" next month.
I've come to like the British Open. Its fun watching the pro's struggling to get out of pot bunkers, knee-high grass and all the local flora the courses offer. Also you see them play shots they don't play in the US - putting from 30 yards off the green, bump and runs, etc... I think that the courses stay basically the same whether the Open is scheduled, or its just another day for public golf.
US Open? They trick up the US Open courses so much they don't resemble anything that the average golfer would ever (or ever want to) play - 5" rough, rock hard greens, narrow fairways, etc... I think the US Open has become a course for the player who best controls their tee shots - not necessarily the best golfer.
The Masters, though fun to watch, is so full of itself that I'm losing interest fast. The only good thing is 5 minutes of commercials every hour. Hootie really believes that life twists and turns according to how the Masters is run.
The PGA? Probably the fairest test, but is the "orphan" of the majors unfortunately.
The Masters has to rank as my favorite. Just something about it and knowing I will never ever get to play there. Second would be the British, followed by the US, and then the red-headed step child (sorry to any red headed step children here) the PGA.
I'm curious as to how you thinking "the Masters is so full of itself" and how Hootie and the Augusta National members run THEIR tournament, affected your interest in one of the greatest finishes in major tournament history at this year's Masters. Care to elaborate?
I think that the Master's has something that none fo the others has: the same great course to play on every year. The familiarity of the course and its challenges engages the interest of many fans in a way that the ever-changing venues of the other tournaments don't. When the British is played on the Old Course at St. Andrew's, there is a similar interest generated that you don't see at the other locations. I love them all, but the Master's is my favorite because of Amen Corner, and No. 15, 16, and 18.
I voted for the Masters as my favorite major but I'd go with the British Open as second best. I love watching the courses they're played on and the conditions they have to deal with. Sometimes, it gets really windy here and the only way to make it a good day is to say, "at least we can get a taste of playing in the British Open."
I think that you may be right about the British being the best overall test of golf skills and one's ability to deal with the vagaries of fate, but it's still my second favorite major.
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Dont get me wrong, I love watching Augusta but I'm not a big fan f the US Open and the USPGA (I feel their like a normal tour event), they need to have some flavour.
I'm curious as to how you thinking "the Masters is so full of itself" and how Hootie and the Augusta National members run THEIR tournament, affected your interest in one of the greatest finishes in major tournament history at this year's Masters. Care to elaborate?
Leaguegolf - when the Masters committee is so concerned with its "image" that they add blue color to the water in the ponds, put ice on the azaleas so they don't bloom prematurely before the telecast, etc..., I think its over the top. They can ban Gary McCord from ever doing the Masters again for his "bikini wax" comment. The announcers describe the course in reverence and awe. Come on, its only a golf course!
Hootie and his crew can do whatever they want - its their tournament, and there have been some fantastic finishes - I watch it. But, its not my favorite major. Just my opinion.
GenErr,
The good old boys at Augusta National take their tournament very, very seriously. Yes, "it's only a golf course" but what a course it is! Every course on the PGA Tour schedule does things to enhance the player's and viewer's opinions. CBS went as far as adding chirping bird noises to their telecasts and got busted when a viewer recognized the chirping of a bird not found in that part of the country! As for Goofball McCord, he knew the broadcasting "rules" set by the Augusta National Committee. He purposely crossed the line, and got what he deserved. The Masters is not, and never will be, just another tournament, on just another golf course. All the little things is what makes it so special to players and viewers alike. When all is said and done...it's the course and the competition that makes the Masters what it is. Not the stuff outside the ropes.
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