Worst Player to Win a Major

[sean_miller]

I think out of all the European players, Martin Kaymer pretty much has

He has a girlfriend? Oh, because I just assumed he was . . . oh nevermind.

[max power]

He has a girlfriend? Oh, because I just assumed he was . . . oh nevermind.

You were clearly hoping...

[sean_miller]

You were clearly hoping...

Hoping for what? To get a big fruity hug the next time he wins a major?

[James_Black]

Totally agree.

He went 2 up at one point didn't he?

Anybody would've been slaughtered by tiger, birdie, birdie, eagle, birdie. Tiger was just on fire. -9 after 15 holes

[Tiger Spuds]

He went 2 up at one point didn't he?

Tiger was playing F Molinari. Kaymer had his 'ass handed to him' by DJ.

[pipster11]

What a stupid and uninformed comment. Nobody is gifted 3 majors, and Paddy certainly wasn't. I can only assume you did not even see his major wins.

I saw sergio's arse fall out at carnoustie and in the PGA. Some irish dude with crazy eyes lucked in on Garcia's misfortune.

As for the ryder cup your dreaming...Donalds back was so sore from carrying Padraig that Monty switched him to Fisher and you could see him running straight to the physio after his match due to back pain...padraigs not a small lad! Harrington is the only pro golfer i can think of that when they hit a drive the crowd runs into the middle of the fairway for safety!

[mjtoal]

I saw sergio's arse fall out at carnoustie and in the PGA. Some irish dude with crazy eyes lucked in on Garcia's misfortune.

What a load of nonsense.

And you forgot to explain why his Birkdale win was also a gift.

[max power]

I saw sergio's arse fall out at carnoustie and in the PGA. Some irish dude with crazy eyes lucked in on Garcia's misfortune.

"Garcia's misfortune?" He folded. A large part of winning any tournament, but especially a major, is

not folding. Which is what Harrington did at the British and the PGA.

[michaeljames92]

"Garcia's misfortune?" He folded. A large part of winning any tournament, but especially a major, is

1. Sergio lost the British open. come one everybody knows sergio really should've won.

2. Greg norman basically choked in the final round like he always has. 3. in the final holes I remember sergio almost dunked his second on a par 4, and got miserably unlucky and went miles from the flag. had that gone in or stayed somewhere near the flag it could've changed the whole tournament. Plus sergio missed a birdie on the Par 3 from like 5 feet.

[max power]

1. Sergio lost the British open. come one everybody knows sergio really should've won.

"Should've won" is a complete fiction. You either win or you don't.

[Acropo]

1. Sergio lost the British open. come one everybody knows sergio really should've won.

You don't watch much golf, do you michael? And, 'twould appear, you understand even less.

[michaeljames92]

You don't watch much golf, do you michael? And, 'twould appear, you understand even less.

No I never, ever watch golf on TV. I saw all of those tournaments.

And don't say that I don't understand, because I probably understand golf more than you do mate.

[iacas]

No I never, ever watch golf on TV. I saw all of those tournaments.

You saw all of those tournaments live and in person? Despite living in Australia and being only 18 years old right

now ?

And don't say that I don't understand, because I probably understand golf more than you do mate.

That's really not apparent by the comments you're making here.

[michaeljames92]

You saw all of those tournaments live and in person? Despite living in Australia and being only 18 years old right

Little bit of sarcasm there iacas. I saw them on tv. I watch PGA Tour and European Tour every week. And seriously how are my comments flawed? Greg Norman shot +7 in final round of British Open in 2008. Even par would have him win by a shot, Harrington shot -1 on the final day.

Sergio missed a five footer to win in 2007. He made numerous mistakes down the stretch to lose. Ok I was reaching a bit at the 2008 PGA but the first 2 were clearly Harrington being fortunate with others misfortune

[iacas]

Greg Norman shot +7 in final round of British Open in 2008. Even par would have him win by a shot, Harrington shot -1 on the final day.

So in your mind, the fields only consist of two players - Padraig and another guy - and Padraig only won because other player in each of those three majors made mistakes.

Never mind that -1 was a great score, that he was in the final group or groups in each of those majors, and that he played some pretty great golf shots in winning, huh? For example, 2008... I see exactly one guy lower than Padraig's score in the final round: http://www.pga.com/openchampionship/2008/scoring/

[sean_miller]

So in your mind, the fields only consist of two players - Padraig and another guy - and Padraig only won because other player in each of those three majors made mistakes.

At +3, Harrington won the 2008 Open by 4 shots, but the final leaderboard is missing one name. I've read comments by golf fans (e.g. hardcore Tiger fanboys) that suggest Harrington won a tournament Tiger would have run away with. No matter how solid Padraig was playing at the time and how many other tournaments he won in that timeframe, he has 3 majors while guys like Sergio have zero. If being a decent player who gets really hot for a couple years in majors was the key to being "the worst", then my vote goes to Curtis Strange.