What's your favourite golf Major?

[JohnnyH]

And that makes it a better major?

To be fair, the question is "What's YOUR favourite Major". So he's perfectly entitled, and his reason is fair enough.

[lifetime fan]

The Ryder Cup is the best spectacle in sport. But if I was a pro and you asked me whether I wanted to win the Ryder Cup or The Open then I wouldn't even have to think for a second. The Open every single time. The Masters also.

 

But as a golf fan, I look forward to the Ryder Cup the most.

Win the open at St. Andrews and nothing could even come close.

 

Sink the winning out in the Ryder Cup? I'd take that over a Masters or an open anywhere else other than St Andrews.

[RobbieOR]

And that makes it a better major?

 

The question was what is your favourite major wasnt it?

[JohnnyH]

Win the open at St. Andrews and nothing could even come close.

Sink the winning out in the Ryder Cup? I'd take that over a Masters or an open anywhere else other than St Andrews.

Really? For me winning a Major pisses all over winning the Ryder Cup.

[Nunavut Patrick]

The Open.

 

Yank coverage is bound to have, if its in Scotland, old Socttish men drinking ale or single malt. If its in England they have old men drinking pints of bitter.

 

I prefer The Open because of the weather. The Masters I like because it's the same course. Albeit with a few modifications through the years.

 

 

 

I always watch the US Open as well as its falls on Fathers Day so I get a full day of golf to watch on the couch uninterrupted.

[RobbieOR]

Win the open at St. Andrews and nothing could even come close.

 

Sink the winning out in the Ryder Cup? I'd take that over a Masters or an open anywhere else other than St Andrews.

 

Not a chance. The Ryder Cup is great to watch but it doesnt come close to the prestige of winning a major. Ask Phil Mickelson would he trade any of his his majors to change the eight times he's been part of a losing team. The answer would be no.

[TheHowieLama]

Really? For me winning a Major pisses all over winning the Ryder Cup.

 

I think he is talking about how it would feel as the player making the putt. 

[lifetime fan]

Really? For me winning a Major pisses all over winning the Ryder Cup.

Ryder Cup for me.

 

Not that either are to be sniffed at mind.

 

Breaking 80 would be fucking lovely.

[lifetime fan]

The question was what is your favourite major wasnt it?

It was mate, but my favourite is the best.

 

Just was confused by your choice.

[JohnnyH]

I think he is talking about how it would feel as the player making the putt.

 

Compared to how it would feel as the player holing the winning put for a Major? Major every time for me. But I understand the Ryder Cup shout.

[lifetime fan]

I think he is talking about how it would feel as the player making the putt.

It's both.

 

However I can see his point as golfers by their very nature are selfish, insulated and loners.

 

It would make sense why individual success would mean more to them.

 

I've always loved team sports and the atmosphere of sinking the winning putt in the Ryder Cup would top any major.

[TheHowieLama]

The tension and release at the Ryder Cup is collective, thus seems greater. 

Winning the major is important but the moment may be bigger in the team event

[lifetime fan]

The tension and release at the Ryder Cup is collective, thus seems greater.

Winning the major is important but the moment may be bigger in the team event

Yep.

 

The fan involvement makes it a greater experience for me too.

[Stickman]

The masters for me loved it since Nicklaus won in 86 and it just looks totally incredible.

I'm sure for players link's courses are great and an incredible challenge for them but as a viewer half the time they look like they're playing on the surface of the moon., and can you fuck see where the ball is going when they drive....oh and what's all those double greens all about.?

[RobbieOR]

It was mate, but my favourite is the best.

 

Just was confused by your choice.

 

Fair enough. I prefer watching the American ones. 

 

The Open or the US Open are probably the hardest for the players to win though because the courses aren't generally as forgiving. 

[bouncebrigade]

In my opinion, the Ryder Cup is a load of contrived bollocks that the very top players care little about.

 

Monty cares, but that's only because he shat himself every time he was in contention in a major.

 

When Tiger, McIlroy or Mickelson, for example, retire, their Ryder Cup record will be one of the least important things they remember.

 

Anyway, that rant was in response to an earlier post about the Ryder Cup.

 

Masters for me.

[Hand Shandy]

The Masters is a great spectacle, but massively overhyped.

 

I'd have to say The Open.

[AL66GOLF]

It's that time of the year again as the golf Majors start with the Masters first up.

The Masters is my favourite to watch as its in the evenings, but The Open is the best in my opinion.

What's yours?

same as that

[Karma Pollis]

The masters for me. Great spectacle. On at a decent time for the UK and is the first major of the year which gives it and extra edge. Can't wait.

[lifetime fan]

In my opinion, the Ryder Cup is a load of contrived bollocks that the very top players care little about.

 

Monty cares, but that's only because he shat himself every time he was in contention in a major.

 

When Tiger, McIlroy or Mickelson, for example, retire, their Ryder Cup record will be one of the least important things they remember.

 

Anyway, that rant was in response to an earlier post about the Ryder Cup.

 

Masters for me.

Wrong.

[bouncebrigade]

Pathetic neg. I'm right, you know. Just look at their records.

[VladimirIlyich]

Not the Masters as its played on the same course every year and limits the amount of entrants.

Has to be the US Open as they try to make it as difficult as possible as should befit a major.

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

Mk2

[Rico1304]

Golf is fucking shit.

[JohnnyH]

Pathetic neg. I'm right, you know. Just look at their records.

Nah, you're wrong mate. You just have to look at Mickelsons press conference after the last Ryder Cup when he hung Watson out to dry to see how much it means to them. I'd agree that their Majors mean more (they would to me too), but it's entirely wrong (in my opinion of course) to say they don't care. It's representing the "U S of A" for starters and we all know what the yanks are like about that.

 

You'll see in their trophy rooms that the Ryder Cup is huge to them. It won't be as huge to Woods or Mickelson as their majors when they retire because they keep getting beat, but don't for one second think they won't have wanted to have won it more times, and that it won't be a regret.

 

I also know that having initially not really known what it was all about, McIlroy is 100% all in on the Ryder Cup. Lots of talk also that he's started working on getting it back to Ireland in the future (in the North no doubt), in the same way he's organised this years Irish Open.