26 Best Golfers to Win Only One Major Since World War II

By bsd987, Section Other Sports
Posted on Tue Jul 15 2008 at 6:56 PM EST
More on: Golf, Men's Golf, PGA Tour, Majors, Masters, U.S. Open, Open Championship, PGA Championship (all tags)

I am going with the same criteria as I did for the 25 worst golfers to win a major championship, with one change: I am making it a top-26.

Why 26? It's simple. Steve Elkington is not in the same class as these other golfers, but his accomplishments make him appear to be. While everyone else arguably underachieved winning only one major, Elkington overachieved. But unlike every other overachiever in golf, Elkington time and time again stepped his game up in prestigious events. That deserves a mention, and thus he makes this list.

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25 Worst Major Champions Since World War II

By bsd987, Section Other Sports
Posted on Mon Jul 14 2008 at 6:34 PM EST
More on: golf, PGA Tour, majors (all tags)

Okay. I've looked at every golfer to win one of golf's four male major professional tournaments and picked out the 25 worst to win a title. There have been some very obscure champions, three of which even won multiple titles. But these were the worst.

Now, there were some that were less accomplished. Ian Baker-Finch didn't achieve that much in his career, but before his mental collapse he was a top-ten golfer and many thought he would win multiple titles. He was not one of the 25 worst.

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How Tiger Woods Has Produced Hundreds of Millionaires on the PGA Tour

By mfitz, Section College
Posted on Sat May 17 2008 at 1:23 PM EST
More on: Golf, Tiger Woods, Other, PGA Tour, Professional Golf (all tags)

An examination of how Tiger Woods has produced hundreds of millionaires on the PGA Tour since arriving twelve years ago.

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