More Pressure: Majors or Ryder Cup

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According to

PGA.com (well, PA Sport anyway):

Nick Faldo believes that major pressure is more intense, while Ian Woosnam says there is no more intensity than the Ryder Cup.

My answer? Both have more pressure. How so? If you're near the lead in a major, I think that's more pressure-packed than playing the Ryder Cup. However, if you're not near the lead in a major, the Ryder Cup is more pressure-packed. After all, you can T24 in a major and not give too much of a whit, but every point counts in a Ryder Cup.

Colin Montgomerie has many, many Ryder Cup highlights. I wonder how many he'd trade to have won one major?

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According to

I vote majors. Yes, it's very difficult to earn points in the Ryder Cup, but it's also not up to one person to earn every single point, or play every single shot for that matter. Majors you're responsible for every shot of your own, and it only takes one bad decision to lose the tournament.

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This is the kind of discussion I want to get involved in for sure. This is a very nice topic for me to start off with.

I disagree with the first two opinions.

I voted for the Ryder Cup having the most pressure. Sure, being in the lead in a major has a whole load of pressure, but here is why I think the Ryder Cup pressure is even more overwhelming.

When a guy is leading a major, he is the one who can lose the tourney for himself. He has to rely on himself and only himself to get the job done and finish the job.

When a guy is leading in a Ryder Cup match or his duo is leading in a Ryder Cup match, the pressure is on not only him but his partner too.

There is no great pressure than peer pressure IMO. I know I would be much more nervous playing in a Ryder Cup than a major. Because if I did bad in a major, I would have to live with myself only. If I choked in a Ryder Cup, there would be MANY MORE people mad at me. Now that is pressure for sure.

But that is definitely not saying each don't have its own tough pressure because they both do for sure.

I just think the Ryder Cup pressure is the extreme as far as golf goes.