A Chosen special - 5 who will win a major and 5 that won`t.

i think it was pars birthday

back in the summer lots were tipping up danny lee. The guy has fallen of a cliff since. Just shows how fast things can change.

WILL

Poulter
Casey
McIlroy
Garcia
Kim

WONT

Rickie Fowler
Ross Fisher
Bo Van Pelt
Soren Hansen
Doren Kjeldsen

and Soren Kjeldsen B-)

fowler and fisher far more likely than garcia and kim. Garcia seems to have lost the plot completely.

I see I managed to find Danny Lee as a "will win one" ,what was I thinking.Hard to see him getting to play in one never mind win one.I remember Cink blowing a couple of good judges out at the first hurdle.

TTT for Super Hans (this thread?)

Will

1) D johnson
2) A Kim
3)C Villegas
4)Kaymer
5)McIlroy (Hans' choices)

Bloomin' 'eck Hans, no wonder you wanted it bumped

and I honestly didn't remember my list

Lol. Unfortunately didn`t back any of them.

Chris Rogers list is pretty spectacular on both sides in fairness.

Long way to go with Ishi of course, but a very solid list

Predictably no shouts for Oosty.

Plenty for Sergio who would now go on most not to win lists.

Actually a little surprised that Oosty isn't on any "won't" lists.

Montaff Joined: 26 May 09
Replies: 5 06 Jul 09 15:05 
Will -

Mcilroy
Ohair
Villegas
Kim
Kaymer

Won't -

Stadler
Laird
Atwal
Kapur
Adamonis

Still amused by Montaff`s won`ts. Not really in the spirit of the thread.

Actually a little surprised that Oosty isn't on any "won't" lists.

Because, at the time, it would have seemed like predicting that Arnold Palmer has won his last Masters. Looks like the real deal now, though.

Forgot I had McDowell in the won`t list.I remember Cink did a few early on.

Well, I've got Kaymer right.

No idea why I put Kenny Perry in the Will list though!

incaseof     20 Jul 09 14:21 
I would back Garcia to win at least one at 1.10.


my personal favoutite

Patting yourselves on the back a bit here lads FFS

But while we're at it....

chris_rogers30 Joined: 06 Jul 05
Replies: 4662 20 Jul 09 13:11   


Will Win

Lee Westwood
Danny Lee - WTF!
Rory Mcilroy
Hunter Mahan
Martin Kaymer

I'm glad I meant Alex Cjeka as the stermin german. that would have been close

Will

1) D johnson
2) A Baddeley
3) Garcia (2/3 years)
4) Kaymer
5) McIlroy

Won`t

1) Els
2) Furyk
3) S Stricker
4) V J Singh
5) Poulter

Interesting thread.

Will
J Rose
R McIlroy
C Villegas
P Mickelson
A Kim

Wont
T Woods
R Goosen
S Stricker
H Stenson
R Fowler

Stenson. Big Call

Woods. Mug call

Will;
McIlroy (multiple)
Dustin Johnson
Kaymer (again)
Westwood (hoping)
Woods

Won't;
Singh
Rose
Poulter
Watney
Michelson (masters his only chance , so a maybe)

I would add Mcdowell to my won't list, think he has had his moment in the sun.

(List includes only those who haven't won one yet.)

Will:

James Morrison
Seung-Yul Noh
Rory McIlroy
Charl Schwartzel
Anthony Kim


Will Not:

Ian Poulter
Ian Poulter
Ian Poulter
Ian Poulter
Ian Poulter

easy question
will- mcilroy, d.johnson, kim, villegas, westwood
won't- stricker, poulter, clarke, garcia, bubba

Mighty Whites 2008 Joined: 27 May 06 Replies: 4089 16 Aug 10 14:38
incaseof     20 Jul 09 14:21
I would back Garcia to win at least one at 1.10.

my personal favoutite

I will ttt that next year for you

frames Joined: 11 Jan 02
Replies: 5011 06 Jul 09 16:51   


Feherty summed it up well a few years back ,if Tiger turns up with his B game he wins ,his A game he wins by 10.They al need their A game and his C game to have a chance

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A year is an awful long time in golf isn't it?

Whatever happened to his A , B & C games??

temporarily unavailable

have betfair been upgrading his swing

It's that bumping time of year again.

Anybody English which includes Rose, Poulter, Westwood, Casey, Fisher,Dougherty,Donald

Still going strong

Lori Joined: 20 Apr 04
Replies: 33095 28 Mar 10 23:20   


Will:

Casey
Fowler
Kaymer
Quiros
Schwartzel

Wont:

Stenson
Garcia
McIlroy
Kim
Westwood


Two down.

Good call Lori.

Gone fav for the 5/5.

ronsk 06 Jul 09 16:33
The six boys that have it :-

Garcia - I'll stick by him, but things are looking dodgy!
Casey - May have got this one wrong, but he is an enigma, so he may just manage it.
Romero - What was I thinking?
McIlroy - Plenty of time.
Lee - As above.
Manassero - Nailed-on!

The six boys that simply don't :-

Kim - This was always a risky call, but I stand by it.
Villegas - He'll never do it, simples!
Cink - Ooooooooops!!
Quiros - Showed his fragility under Major conditions once again last week.
Poulter - SHANK!!! Says it all really.
Donald - Reckon I might have this one wrong [:(]


I went for some rather brave shouts and knew it at the time. However, that's what these things are about, isn't it??

I'm not just a fair weather bumper.

It's that time again.

Some big changes to the standings on that one.

As honorary member of the thread title committee*, we'll ignore the fact that I had Di's husband on my list (ahem, moving swiftly on...).

One small typo from Frames in his 'five that won't' list: "Stenson (nap)" should read "Stenson (snap)"

*The Committee is no way responsible for the consequences pursuant to the content of this thread.

2 down, 3 to go here

and none of the bismarks have won yet

Very good Chosen.
Good of Rory to get me to 1-1 and Chosen has cheered me up a bit about Danny Lee with his Dougherty pick.

The committee resolutely opposes the embarrassing of members through explicit or implicit reference to the presence of 'Di's husband' on any list composed by members of the said committee. It is hereby proposed that all such erroneous references should be redacted in accordance with the standing committees' official denial procedures. All those who say "aye"...

danny lee will win an open , one day

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Bit like the wife, really.


(Acknowledgement to Dickens in Addendum 1)

Missing the word 'public' after 'providing the' [smiley:crazy]

It's that time again.

Anybody English which includes Rose, Poulter, Westwood, Casey, Fisher,Dougherty,Donald

Still going strong

Will

Fowler
Day
Manassero
Palmer
Stricker

Won't

Westwood
Donald
Garcia
Watney
Casey

It's that time again.

Dufner

It's that time again.

ttt

glanced through the 1st two pages and already lost count of the posters who wrote off Rose

scott did for me at the masters .....

Joined: 26 Jan 03 | Topic/replies: 107 | Blogger: cammy's blog
Will and soon....

O Hair
Ross Fisher
Stenson
Mahan
Sergio

Won't

All Englishmen in the current top 100, except Ross Fisher
Adam Scott
Villlegas
All players at moment that are obsessed with length: Watson, Holmes, Quiros etc as none of them have a decent enough short game like a Daly or Lyle did.
Perry


Cammy looks to be struggling so far.

what has happened to Villegas and Anthony Kim?  not seen them for a while

Bump

Motaff probably worried at one point!!!

Will

Hunter Mahan
Dustin Johnson
Brandt Snedeker
Ian Poulter
Matt Kuchar

Wont

Lee Westwood
Colin Montgomerie
Sergio Garcia though i hope i'm wrong
Luke Donald
Jason Dufner

Monty a brave shout there, fella!

He'll be lucky to ever play a major again.shame

Bump!

Emmanuel Eboue     Joined: 08 Nov 08
Replies: 1359 06 Jul 09 16:38 
If Camillo Villegas goes his whole career without winning a major I will join the Navy.


ronsk     06 Jul 09 16:40 
See ya sailor boy!

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I love this thread! However, I'd love it even more if it wasn't for Stewart bleedin Cink!!!!!

lanson 06 Jul 09 19:22 Joined: 19 Sep 01 | Topic/replies: 308 | Blogger: lanson's blog
Will:
Mickelson...many more provided Amy gets well
McIlroy
Adam Scott...surprise to many but way too good not to
Sergio
O'Hair

Won't:
Kenny Perry...may have missed his chance
Donald
Cink
Els....i know but will never win another
Rose

Fair play to Lanson ,he has 3 will and 3 wont's in so far.

It's that time again!

Garcia

Got a runner in the Will and Won't categories here....

It's that time again.

still time to have a go

Emmanuel Eboue    06 Jul 09 14:58 
Will -

1) Stenson NAP
2) Garcia
3) Villegas
4) O'Hair
5) Watney

Crikey I couldn't have done much worse!

Stenson and Garcia have had a few close finishes. The other three havn't had a sniff. Two of them have fallen way down the rankings!

That's not even your worst prediction Sailor

Will

Reed
Grace
Koepka
D Johnson
Blixt

Won't
Kuchar
Donald
Day
Ulihen
Fowler

blixt will day wont

I need the belt buckle man back.

Will he ever play again????

Will

Dusty
Reed
Fowler
Matsuyama
Henley


Won't

Kuchar
Westwood
Donald
Walker
Haas

Will

Snedeker
WESTWOOD
Spieth
Fowler
Day

Won't

Sergilol
Poulter
Kuchar
Walker
Mahan

that was some shot from sergio

WON'T


Tiger
Westwood
Garcia
Poulter
MacDowell

3 down.2 to go.
Anyone know when the buckle man's getting back out there

Will

1) D johnson
2) A Kim
3)C Villegas
4)Kaymer
5)McIlroy

Won`t

1)R Allenby
2)B Gay
3)S Stricker
4)T Clark
5)K Perry

is 3 the best we have managed ?

well done all the same

5 who will:

De Chambeau
Tony Finau
Brooks Koepka
Ollie Schneiderjans
Hideki Matsuyama

5 who won't:
Westwood
Garcia
Lahiri
Mahan
Tringale

Wow those 7 years have gone quickly since the thread started.Not many of the early posters still about.Lanson managed 3 wills as well as 3 wont's a fair while back.

7 years!!! Thought I would have got a life by now

Shows how hard it is to win a major. Commentators always give it "He'll win a major." every time someone breaks through.
It's odds on no one will get all 5.

Will ....

Patrick Reed (Top 5 in the world)
JP McManus
Bill Murray
Kim Jong Un
Steve Williams


Won't ...

Stephen Hawking
Sooty
Doberman (from Bilko)
Warwick Davis
Lee John Westwood II

^

cheeky--who found this

Stenson (nap).



Hope that's spot on.

hornetsman  • February 22, 2015 10:08 PM GMT 
Super Hans  • June 20, 2016 1:03 AM BST

Good man Hans

ttt

fowler
reed
matsuyama
thomas
pieters
rahm

ok that'six but reckon the above are highly likely to win a major at some point. got a 20 year timeframe.

players that wont:

kuchar
westwood
rafa carbero bello

maybe; garcia. could be in the latter group but such a good player that wouldn't write him off from winning one, though needs to happen soon.

seems completely bizarre to me that so many picked rory to NOT win a major.

why would you choose a guy that's at the start of his career, and is one of the most naturally gifted to ever pick up a golf club? just because he presumably had a meltdown in one of his earliest grand slams, and completely misunderstands the value of experience.

you joined in 02 !

you could have made that point a little sooner !

a few of us thought kim and villegas as likely sorts , ....not so clever now

Wasn't really posting on the forum back then.

I'm sure it's the same people who say Spieth won't win on the US tour this year, the same people who wouldn't recognise talent if it came up and punched them in the face.

to be fair if you just pick out the people like westwood who are past it as your picks to never win a major it's a bit boring.

and if you'd have said sergio would never win a major when he had that great run at the beginning of his career and nearly won the pga I'll have called you crackers. and not looks like it's more likely that he'll never win a major than win one.

well I went away to think about this on 06/07/2009 !!

& after some consideration
wills
matsuyama
fitzpatrick
jenheng wang
b koepka
j thomas res t pieters

wont
b grace
a scott
poulter
d willet
rafa c bello res p casey

but adam scott and willett have won a major, so presumably they've removed some doubt over whether they're up to winning one in the first place

whereas a lot of these golfers haven't got the bottle to win one in the first place

ttt

Emmanuel Eboue    06 Jul 09 14:58 
Will -

1) Stenson NAP
2) Garcia
3) Villegas
4) O'Hair
5) Watney


Not holding out much hope for the other three

Mr E,
MUST BE Sean O'Hair's turn - in good recent form too with 52nd, a 2nd & 5th in his last three starts on Tour.

Stevie Palmer has tipped up O'Hair...nough said