Clive
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Re: PGA CHAMP SUNDAY [SPOILERS]
« Reply #75 on: August 12, 2008, 08:53:17 AM » |
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Jones's feat could not be replicated today. Back then, professional golfers were outcasts, and amateurs ruled the roost. Those days are long gone. Today, professional golf is a career, there are Tours the world over, and the depth of competition is several-fold greater than nearly a century ago. Amateurs today are sorely pressed just to make the cuts at the US Open and Open Championship, let alone contend, let alone close the deal.
I have immense respect for Hogan and his accomplishments, but I don't think he could have won the PGA. Multiple days of back-to-back matches, and match-play at that. After his accident, he never played the PGA again until it switched to medal-play. (He also never played the Open again, so the schedule conflict isn't an excuse.)
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