Golf Playoff.....5th Major One Day??

[BonoVox]

Wondering if this catches on if one day it could be considered a major achievement? If the points system is tuned up and the coverage keeps going up a notch. Seems like it is picking up steam since there are other players in the mix than just Tiger. (ok VJ too) But point being there is a lot more talent out there than the typical Tiger sweep for another 10 mil in the bank.

Thoughts?

[JWL1957]

The TPC or the Memorial would be at the head of the line in comparison.

Just my opinion though.

[Cussin hacker]

The Players championship should be a major. Ahead of the PGA in my opinion. Playoffs still haven't caught on well enough to be a Major. Maybe never will.

[sean_miller]

If the points system is tuned up and the coverage keeps going up a notch. Seems like it is picking up steam . . .

Yeah, the coverage has been top notch this weekend. Oops wrong thread - thought this was about US Open Tennis. Is there golf on TV somewhere this weekend?

[plugged]

I don't think they will ever move another tournament up to the status of a "major". Think of what that would do to the record books.

I mean, heck, even the PGA Championship is barely considered a major.

[Acropo]

Wondering if this catches on if one day it could be considered a major achievement?

As it's the culmination of only a single championship - the PGA Tour - I doubt it. It don't argue that it's exciting but would you make the same argument for the Race to Dubai/Dubai World Challenge?

All the Majors are open to players from all over the world and non-Tour members (PGA, European or any other) they can go through qualifying to get in. The FedEx Playoffs aren't - Lee Westwood, the Molinaris and Migeul Angel Jimenez, to name but four, aren't eligible, for example.

[stianvm]

Not a Major, but a golf marathon. The cup should be replaced with golden golf-shoe-sneakers.

[Chilli Dipper]

Yeah, the coverage has been top notch this weekend. Oops wrong thread - thought this was about US Open Tennis. Is there golf on TV somewhere this weekend?

Heck, I'm not going to go that far with tennis coverage this weekend, since the exclusive rights to the evening sessions are held by a channel no one gets.

[sean_miller]

Heck, I'm not going to go that far with tennis coverage this weekend, since the exclusive rights to the evening sessions are held by a channel no one gets.

True - at least we're only being shut out of the golf coverage during daylight hours.

[pipster11]

Just what we need, another major in america.

Im all for golf going the same way as tennis. Its a global game and over the next ten years with the olympics in 2016 we will be seeing a lot of chinese, indian, pakistani, south korean etc golfers coming through and becoming big starts.

There should be the Open(british) the U.S open and then can the masters and the pga in favour of a French open and say an Australian. I mean who cares about the pga anyway? its the major that everyone would put as last place of the four (except maybe tom watson). The masters? great tournament, fantastic course but because its invitation only it excludes players that should be there in favour of past winners. Dont get me wrong its nice to see the old boys out playing but very few can put a score together on the course and very few ever make the cut.

just my opinion.

[The Recreational Golfer]

The masters? great tournament, fantastic course but because its invitation only it excludes players that should be there in favour of past winners. Dont get me wrong its nice to see the old boys out playing but very few can put a score together on the course and very few ever make the cut.

Not an opinion there, but fact. Why the Masters is a major is beyond me, but the last time I said that, the forum almost imploded, so I won't pursue the point.

[James_Black]

People don't like the masters?
The masters and the Open are my favourite tournaments to watch (St.Andrews this year was a bit of a let down but the years before were great).

[Zeph]

I don't think the playoff needs a major. They already got all the best players gathered, battling for the seasonlong FedEx Cup (though the pre-playoffs points don't mean a whole lot in the end). As for The Players, no, it should not be a major. I think it's fine the way it is with 4 majors. Get too many of them and they will lose some of the excitement.

[Tiger Spuds]

I don't think the playoff needs a major. They already got all the best players gathered, battling for the seasonlong FedEx Cup (though the pre-playoffs points don't mean a whole lot in the end). As for The Players, no, it should not be a major. I think it's fine the way it is with 4 majors. Get too many of them and they will lose some of the excitement.

Yes, the prospect of winning 10 million dollars is enough incentive to draw the best players to the playoffs every year. There's no need for another Major there. As you said, 4 Majors is the right amount to keep them as a 'special' event. Even one more, like the Champions Tour wouldn't seem right to me.

[BonoVox]

I hear ya all. Pretty much agree. Tradition will win out.

However MAYBE the playoffs MIGHT one day be bigger spectacle than one of the majors? I do agree with one of the comments about it being basically an American event. That would be part of the tweaking of the points to include a more global field or maybe global venues. (or not) Heck if NASCAR can pull it off. Maybe there is something in the golf playoffs that will one day resonate?

[newtogolf]

Heck if NASCAR can pull it off. Maybe there is something in the golf playoffs that will one day resonate?

From what I have been reading, NASCAR isn't pulling it off too well, at least not according to race attendance and television ratings. There's alot more NASCAR could do with the playoffs to make it more exciting. As for golf, I'm happy with four majors, though I do like the idea of havin at least two being hosted in other countries, UK and maybe a rotation of countries for the 2nd.

[sean_miller]

Not an opinion there, but fact. Why the Masters is a major is beyond me, but the last time I said that, the forum almost imploded, so I won't pursue the point.

Of the 4, the Masters does seem to be the least likely to determine the overall best golfer in the world at that moment in time. "The best player at Augusta National" though, is more than enough though to edge out "The Players' Championship" (don't get me started on island greens).