Tales From The Bunker

There will always be a debate on who is the greatest golfer ever. But how do we define who is the greatest ever. Below is a list of possible criteria to evaluate PGA professionals to determine who the greatest golfer of all time is.

Most Major Wins – The most commonly used criteria is the number of major wins. Using this Jack Nicklaus is the greatest golfer of all-time, for now. No one knows what the future holds for Tiger Woods who is only 4 wins behind. But what if we add the element of length of career to the equation. Jack won his 18 majors in 25 years. Tiger has won his 14 in 16 years and counting. What about Bobby Jones who played part time for 8 years and won 7 majors before retiring.  The argument goes on and on…

Most Tournaments Won – Certainly an argument can be made that the player who won the most tournaments should be considered the greatest. Sam Snead leads the list with 82 wins (Including 7 majors).  One element of greatness is longevity and this is the best measure of quality of career or is it?

Best Scoring Average – Using this would take the entire human element out of the decision of who is the greatest. But it does not include the variables of improvement in equipment, quality of tournaments played or depth of players in the era. There is the long standing argument that Tiger has not had the quality of competition that Jack did (Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Lee Trevino, Johnny Miller, Tom Watson etc. all played against Jack).  The Vardon Trophy is given to the best golfer each year based on scores. Tiger has won it eight times.  Next is Billy Casper with five wins.  Billy Casper does not even belong in this conversation.

Most Prize Money – Golfers between periods cannot be compared, and recently earnings have skyrocketed. Earning are not a valid criteria.

We would love to hear from our readers on what they think is the most valid criteria to use to name the greatest player ever.

As always, keep ‘em in the fairway.

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Today I am going to go for crass commercialization on our blog and promote a specific video we offer at all of our sites. I rarely do this put this is such a useful tool that I thought it was time to promote it. No cute cleverly written blog today. I will save my “brilliant” writing skills for another day. (If I had any).

The Eight Step Swing has been a big seller for us which translates to mean people find it a useful tool to improve their golf technique.  Please sit back and watch the You Tube video by Jim Mclean briefly explaining the eight step swing and see what you think.

As always, keep ‘em in the fairway.

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While playing golf two weeks ago I noticed I had trouble extending through the ball. I did some stretching during the round and found that behind each shoulder there was an area that did not want to release.  Since we had been in Florida for several weeks I figured it was probably related to different beds, etc.

When it was unchanged this week I realized something was up. I went for my regular massage and the therapist asked what the heck I did to my shoulders.  After talking it through with her we realized my beloved cat was the problem.

I have been working a financial consulting job at home on my computer. The cat loves to sit on my lap when I am on the computer. But when she is with me she forces me to lean forward and stretch my shoulders to reach the keyboard.  If I do not let her sit on my lap she stands in front of the monitor and just stays there.  If I close the door she yowls to get in.

My choices are limited;

Let here sit in my lap and ruin the back of my shoulders
Let her yowl and have problems concentrating
Lock her in a closet and pay the consequences when she is let out
Give her away
Have her for dinner – I heard cats taste like chicken

I would love to hear from our readers on their solution to the problem. Someone else must have the same problem. (Yes she is sitting in my lap while I write this blog.)

As always keep ‘em in the fairway.

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We sometimes can take golf technique analyses to the point of becoming paralyzed. The elbow should be here, weight on the inside of your right foot, blah blah blah. We are not golf professionals and never will be. We need to simplify the game to make it easier to learn and more enjoyable for the common person.

Recently we discovered a video on YouTube that explains golf in its simplest terms. Take a look and see if it helps clear you mind.

LOL!

As always keep ‘em in the fairway

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