July 21, 20188 yr The Derby? Really? Well, different strokes for different folks I guess, but horse racing would have never crossed my mind. Like said above, seems to me that's all about the horse. Anywho, I'm thinking the US Open golf championship...with the option of changing my answer. But year for year, it's generally the hardest golf tournament to win and the most prestigious in many peoples eyes. The Open is an older tournament of course, but the US open is usually much tougher. World wide, winning the Tour de France would probably be more prestigious and bring more fame and money, and though I'm no bike racing fan I might make that my top pick as it's just so hard to win and such a world event. I’ve never considered any golf event more prestigious than The Masters. I didn’t know people considered The US Open more prestigious.
July 21, 20188 yr It would be cool to tell people in that community of people, that I was a past champion. Exactly.
July 21, 20188 yr The Derby? Really? Well, different strokes for different folks I guess, but horse racing would have never crossed my mind. Like said above, seems to me that's all about the horse. Anywho, I'm thinking the US Open golf championship...with the option of changing my answer. But year for year, it's generally the hardest golf tournament to win and the most prestigious in many peoples eyes. The Open is an older tournament of course, but the US open is usually much tougher. World wide, winning the Tour de France would probably be more prestigious and bring more fame and money, and though I'm no bike racing fan I might make that my top pick as it's just so hard to win and such a world event. Yeah, the Derby. Really. I am a Kentuckian so it is a very special event to me. Jockies, trainers and owners that have won the Derby are pretty dang proud of it. To me, golf is about as boring as it gets and I don't enjoy watching bicycle races. My second choice would be the Daytona 500.
July 21, 20188 yr With all due respect to the folks who choose the Derby.....I think I’d rather be the horse that wins the Derby than the jockey. The horse wins the Derby and then goes to stud the rest of life. When your kids and grandkids race in the Derby they’ll mention your name. I’d want to be the horse.
July 22, 20188 yr I’ve never considered any golf event more prestigious than The Masters. I didn’t know people considered The US Open more prestigious. The Masters is generally the weakest field of all the majors. The US Open is generally considered the toughest test of golf year end and year out and just super hard both playing wise and mentally. Now, it's all relative, someone from England would probably say the British Open is what they would chose if could win only one, and wouldn't be close, and is the oldest of the majors.
July 22, 20188 yr The Masters is generally the weakest field of all the majors. The US Open is generally considered the toughest test of golf year end and year out and just super hard both playing wise and mentally. Now, it's all relative, someone from England would probably say the British Open is what they would chose if could win only one, and wouldn't be close, and is the oldest of the majors. Gotcha. That makes sense.
July 22, 20188 yr ”The Masters is generally the weakest field of all the majors. The US Open is generally considered the toughest test of golf year end and year out....” I would rank the 4 golf majors in this order: 1. US Open: the courses are set up so difficult with narrow fairways, deep rough, and greens as hard and fast as is legal (and sometimes unfair as they were at Chamber’s Bay and this year at Shinnacock) 2. Masters: The only one played on the same course every year, but what a course it is. The Green Jacket is probably as famous as an award as the trophies giving in the other majors. 3. The Open: Played on 10 different courses throughout the UK. All links courses and old. Birthplace of golf. The courses are definitely different from what most golfers are accustomed to playing. Deep pot bunkers, fast greens, fairways brown and puttable, winding creeks which they call burns. I’m sure anyone in Europe would put this tournament number 1 on their list but most Americans wouldn’t. 4. PGA: Played on various US courses and usually the setup is not as demanding as the other 3 tournaments. The last major of the year and to me it just doesn’t seem to have the buildup or status of the others. There are some other big tournaments throughout the year that have high status and payout but are not in the Major rotation. The biggie on the list is The Players at Sawgrass. It’s nickname is the 5th major. But I don’t think they’ll add anymore to the list. The 4 is it. Tradition is very powerful in the golf world and change is slow.
July 22, 20188 yr ”The Masters is generally the weakest field of all the majors. The US Open is generally considered the toughest test of golf year end and year out....” I would rank the 4 golf majors in this order: 1. US Open: the courses are set up so difficult with narrow fairways, deep rough, and greens as hard and fast as is legal (and sometimes unfair as they were at Chamber’s Bay and this year at Shinnacock) 2. Masters: The only one played on the same course every year, but what a course it is. The Green Jacket is probably as famous as an award as the trophies giving in the other majors. 3. The Open: Played on 10 different courses throughout the UK. All links courses and old. Birthplace of golf. The courses are definitely different from what most golfers are accustomed to playing. Deep pot bunkers, fast greens, fairways brown and puttable, winding creeks which they call burns. I’m sure anyone in Europe would put this tournament number 1 on their list but most Americans wouldn’t. 4. PGA: Played on various US courses and usually the setup is not as demanding as the other 3 tournaments. The last major of the year and to me it just doesn’t seem to have the buildup or status of the others. There are some other big tournaments throughout the year that have high status and payout but are not in the Major rotation. The biggie on the list is The Players at Sawgrass. It’s nickname is the 5th major. But I don’t think they’ll add anymore to the list. The 4 is it. Tradition is very powerful in the golf world and change is slow. The PGA is moving to May starting next year. I would agree it’s the major with the least fanfare. It will be interesting to see if that changes with the change in schedule.
July 22, 20188 yr ”The Masters is generally the weakest field of all the majors. The US Open is generally considered the toughest test of golf year end and year out....” I would rank the 4 golf majors in this order: 1. US Open: the courses are set up so difficult with narrow fairways, deep rough, and greens as hard and fast as is legal (and sometimes unfair as they were at Chamber’s Bay and this year at Shinnacock) 2. Masters: The only one played on the same course every year, but what a course it is. The Green Jacket is probably as famous as an award as the trophies giving in the other majors. 3. The Open: Played on 10 different courses throughout the UK. All links courses and old. Birthplace of golf. The courses are definitely different from what most golfers are accustomed to playing. Deep pot bunkers, fast greens, fairways brown and puttable, winding creeks which they call burns. I’m sure anyone in Europe would put this tournament number 1 on their list but most Americans wouldn’t. 4. PGA: Played on various US courses and usually the setup is not as demanding as the other 3 tournaments. The last major of the year and to me it just doesn’t seem to have the buildup or status of the others. There are some other big tournaments throughout the year that have high status and payout but are not in the Major rotation. The biggie on the list is The Players at Sawgrass. It’s nickname is the 5th major. But I don’t think they’ll add anymore to the list. The 4 is it. Tradition is very powerful in the golf world and change is slow. Ironically enough, the PGA Championship generally has the strongest field of the four majors, but the least "panache".
July 22, 20188 yr Ironically enough, the PGA Championship generally has the strongest field of the four majors, but the least "panache". Moving it to a May date could change that a little.
July 23, 20188 yr With all due respect to the folks who choose the Derby.....I think I’d rather be the horse that wins the Derby than the jockey. The horse wins the Derby and then goes to stud the rest of life. When your kids and grandkids race in the Derby they’ll mention your name. I’d want to be the horse. The retirement "career" has its perks, to be sure.
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