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Duel in the sun.....

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Chef2, Jun 28, 2017.

  1. Chef2

    Chef2 Well-Known Member

    This year marks the 40th anniversary of what many (me included) think is the best Open ever.

    i never knew that the final round of this Open was held on Saturday, and this was Turnberry's first Open.

    It was also Arnold Palmer's last Top 10 in a Major.

    FWIW: If Watson wins here in 09, it's the greatest feat in sport. Period.
     
    Last edited: Jun 28, 2017
  2. JC

    JC Well-Known Member

    Some serious hyperbole here.
     
  3. poindexter

    poindexter Well-Known Member

    Someone has mentioned that before on this board, and it was probably Chef2. He's got a boner for Watson and that tournament. Its not in the top 100 of greatest feats of sport.

    Think about every athletic event that has ever taken place. THAT is the greatest.

    Okay.
     
  4. dixiehack

    dixiehack Well-Known Member

    Oh noes! Somebody has a contradictory sports opinion on the internet!
     
  5. CD Boogie

    CD Boogie Well-Known Member

    Definitely the greatest feat by an old white dude who's probably not sweating.
     
  6. TyWebb

    TyWebb Well-Known Member

    Chef's drunk again.
     
  7. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    If he had just used the word golf instead of sports, Chef would have a case worthy of debate, although I'd disagree.
     
  8. Chef2

    Chef2 Well-Known Member

    aw: i'm being ridiculed, and for good reason.
    i was posting from my i phone.....i honestly thought i typed in "the sport"
     
  9. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    There's nothing worse than when the words in your head are not the words in your fingers. I've been there many times. Seriously, however, even had Watson won, I'd still pick Tiger at Pebble in the 2000 Open for one tournament accomplishment. To win by 15 strokes, to be 12-under when no one else could break par? I was there, and it was hard to believe even as I watched it happen and after it happened.
     
  10. Vombatus

    Vombatus Well-Known Member

    Better count your toes.
     
  11. Chef2

    Chef2 Well-Known Member

    touché
     
  12. Hermes

    Hermes Well-Known Member

    Hot Take: Almost a decade later, it's almost as if Watson won at Turnberry in 2009. No one remember anything about it other than Tom Watson almost won a major at age 59. And because his legacy was so cemented, the bogey on 18 doesn't even make the first five paragraphs of his obit. I guess the lesson is if you're going to lose a major that way, be a decade into your senior tour career and already have eight majors in the bag.
     
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