It's 17 majors, for crying out loud

[Twoback]

Tiger Woods won 3 U.S. Amateurs.
If it counts as a major for Bobby Jones, it should count as one for Tiger (and for Jack).
So the number Tiger is shooting for should be 20, not 18.
Just had to get that off the chest.

 

[hondo]

Re: It's 17 freaking majors

Tiger Woods won 3 U.S. Amateurs.
If it counts as a major for Bobby Jones, it should count as one for Tiger (and for Jack).
So the number Tiger is shooting for should be 20, not 18.
Just had to get that off the chest.

But in this day and age, no one counts Jack's amateur titles, and no one counts Tiger's. I notice the media carefully refer to Jack's record as 18 "professional" majors. However, the U.S. and British Amateurs were perceived in the 1920s and 1930s, they're not perceived the same way now.

 

[spinning27]

The U.S. Amateur is not a major, sorry.

 

[Football_Bat]

The U.S. Amateur is not a major, sorry.

What Twoback's saying is, if they were counted as majors for Bobby Jones, they should be counted for Tiger as well. Of course, that won't happen.

 

[Tommy_Dreamer]

The U.S. Amateur is not a major, sorry.

And neither is The Players Championship, no matter what the PGA wants you to think.

 

[dooley_womack1]

Too bad for Tiger that the Buick Open doesn't count as a major.

 

[spinning27]

Too bad for Tiger that the Buick Open doesn't count as a major.

Boo Weekley is trying to get major status for Hilton Head, I heard.

 

[spnited]

But Bobby Jones never won a Masters or PGA because theMasters did not exist in the 20s and the PGA Championship was not considered a major (Plus, Jones was an amateur and didn't play the PGA)

Jones' Grand Slam was US Am, US Open, British Am, British Open.

By twoback's logic (?) I guess we'll take away Tiger's PGA and Masters wins to balance off Jones Brit Ams and US Ams.

 

[hondo]

The U.S. Amateur is not a major, sorry.

And neither is The Players Championship, no matter what the PGA wants you to think.

That's the PGA Tour lad. The PGA is based in West Palm Beach and is the governing body for club professionals.
Please be accurate.

 

[Tommy_Dreamer]

The U.S. Amateur is not a major, sorry.

And neither is The Players Championship, no matter what the PGA wants you to think.

That's the PGA Tour lad. The PGA is based in West Palm Beach and is the governing body for club professionals.
Please be accurate.

Well excuse me, sir righteous. No need to nitpick when you knew what I was talking about. Tim Finchem be damned, it's still not a major.

 

[93Devil]

Twoback has a point.

The U.S. Amateur is not a chicken **** trophy.

I'm guessing it's a hell of list when you compile all the people who never won it.

 

[playthrough]

It's not a chicken **** trophy, but the U.S. Am isn't what it was in the 1920s when being a "professional" golfer was almost dirty.

 

[AgatePage]

Tiger Woods won 3 U.S. Amateurs.
If it counts as a major for Bobby Jones, it should count as one for Tiger (and for Jack).
So the number Tiger is shooting for should be 20, not 18.
Just had to get that off the chest.

But in this day and age, no one counts Jack's amateur titles, and no one counts Tiger's. I notice the media carefully refer to Jack's record as 18 "professional" majors. However, the U.S. and British Amateurs were perceived in the 1920s and 1930s, they're not perceived the same way now.

This is the correct answer, and I believe it's the first time i've agreed with hondo, even though I don't record my disagreement with him on political threads.

 

[TwoGloves]

The U.S. Amateur counts as a major once you've won a professional major.

 

[spnited]

The U.S. Amateur counts as a major once you've won a professional major.

WTF does that mean?

 

[Write-brained]

The U.S. Amateur counts as a major once you've won a professional major.

WTF does that mean?

You're a professional amateurish major winner?

 

[Mizzougrad96]

The U.S. Amateur is not a major, sorry.

And neither is The Players Championship, no matter what the PGA wants you to think.

IT'S THE FIFTH MAJOR!!! :D

 

[bydesign77]

Tiger Woods won 3 U.S. Amateurs.
If it counts as a major for Bobby Jones, it should count as one for Tiger (and for Jack).
So the number Tiger is shooting for should be 20, not 18.
Just had to get that off the chest.

But in this day and age, no one counts Jack's amateur titles, and no one counts Tiger's. I notice the media carefully refer to Jack's record as 18 "professional" majors. However, the U.S. and British Amateurs were perceived in the 1920s and 1930s, they're not perceived the same way now.

This is the correct answer, and I believe it's the first time i've agreed with hondo, even though I don't record my disagreement with him on political threads.

Not only is it correct, it's the only answer.

 

[Claws for Concern]

One note during Monday's U.S. Open playoff coverage -- after Tiger had won -- was that the last four majors won by Nicklaus comprised a grand slam as he won each of the four once, ending with his Masters win in 1986.

 

[bigpern23]

One note during Monday's U.S. Open playoff coverage -- after Tiger had won -- was that the last four majors won by Nicklaus comprised a grand slam as he won each of the four once, ending with his Masters win in 1986.

Of course, by winning the Open, Tiger tied Jack by completing the career Grand Slam three times.