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Ju-Lu [Visitor] in response to: The Players Championship should not be Golf's Fifth Major

Ju-Lu [Visitor] — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 22:58:53 +0000

Shanks,
(By the way....a total misnomer this
year!).

Too bad "our boy" didn't do a bit
better, eh? Hope he rounds out by
giddy-up time at Masters.

Shanks [Member] in response to: The Players Championship should not be Golf's Fifth Major

Shanks [Member] — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 15:41:00 +0000

Alex, I love Brad Faxon and wish that all pros on the PGA Tour had his attitude. But that doesn't mean he should be in the Masters field this year.

And the term "my boy" or "your boy" is not derisive in any way. It just means that you favor the guy.

Alex [Visitor] in response to: The Players Championship should not be Golf's Fifth Major

Alex [Visitor] — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 01:41:27 +0000

Shanks, Brad Faxon is not my "boy" nor does he belong to anyone else. I've had the pleasure of being introduced to the man. He's many years my junior but he has my respect as an all-around nice guy and quite a generous person. I doubt he has an enemy in this world. Nobody was a factor in the TPC except Ames after the third round.

Shanks [Member] in response to: The Players Championship should not be Golf's Fifth Major

Shanks [Member] — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 23:05:41 +0000

Anytime a line is drawn for qualification, somebody is left out who could possibly win. Look at John Daly in the 1990 PGA at Crooked Stick. He was something like the 6th alternate. The point is that you've got to draw the line somewhere. Each Major tournament invites the very best players in the world, whether it is the top 60, 70, 100 or whatever. After that there are some invitees who qualify by other pre-determined means. So what if they have little or no chance of winning. That doesn't affect the outcome and still leaves the best of the field to fight it out over a Major championship course and conditions. If players don't earn their way in over the year-long period to do so, they have nothing to gripe about. They can play better the next year and get in. Ames doesn't have to worry about. He earned his way in.

P.S. Although your boy Faxon had a great week (for him) to jump from 115th on the money list to 79th with his 16th place finish, he was never a factor at TPC. Anyway, he doesn't deserve to be in the Masters field based on one week's results.

Alex [Visitor] in response to: The Players Championship should not be Golf's Fifth Major

Alex [Visitor] — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 22:05:26 +0000

Shanks, It's a good thing that you didn't include the name of Stephen Ames with those of Barlow and Ridings when you pooh-poohed their games. When Ames smoked a classy field by six shots only then did he receive an invitation to Augusta. And Faxon also had an excellent TPC, out scoring most of the world's top players. Those results would seem to prove my point, that ANY of the golfers in a really strong field like that in the TPC have a decent chance to win, whereas at least one-third of the so-so field at the Masters' are either over-the-hill or hopelessly outclassed.

Ju-Lu [Visitor] in response to: The Players Championship should not be Golf's Fifth Major

Ju-Lu [Visitor] — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 20:11:13 +0000

Ann,

I/we don't just enjoy your country,
we love going there. I have been
many times, starting in 1976 with my
first wife (maiden name Keir). Our
group of eight will hopefully return
in June of '07 for another golfing
vacation.
Yes...we are full of fun, enjoy life,
and I'm on my third marriage! Wonder
if that has ANYTHING to do with my
"trips" with the BOYZ!!??

Ann [Visitor] in response to: The Players Championship should not be Golf's Fifth Major

Ann [Visitor] — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 17:37:00 +0000

Alex, I am a great fan of tradition and nostalgia, I for one, don't want to see any changes to the Open, or Master's, when you start changing, traditions are spoiled, I love to see the old timers tee off, they reserved the right to do that, don't abase the amatuers, they also deserve their place in these tournaments, they were good enough, and came through the ranks.
Tell me who is your favourite player?.
Ju-Lu, glad you enjoy my Country, shame you don't want to swap, cannot understand why ha!, you say you and your friends are starting to resemble Daly, does that mean you are full of fun, enjoy life, and have been married many times.

Shanks [Member] in response to: The Players Championship should not be Golf's Fifth Major

Shanks [Member] — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 16:45:33 +0000

Alex, it doesn't matter to me if the cut off for the best players in the world is the top 60-70 or 100 .... so long as the very best are there. You seem to be hung up on lower ranked players getting in. Even your favorite tournament (TPC) has only 82 of the top 100.

And I do not worry about the players in the tourney who can't win like amateurs, past champions etc. They have earned their place in the field by pre-determined criteria. Each Major is a little different, and that's a good thing. Expanding the field to include players such as Craig Barlow & Tag Ridings in the name of "deepest field" doesn't really enhance the event in my eyes.