Iconic Tour Players

[Dr. Strangeclub]

Before practically everybody here's time -- Jimmy Demaret!  Pink, yellow, powder blue, matching shoes and tie, when all the other golfers looked like farmers.  Debonair!

Tony Lema -- Dom Perignon for the press when he won.  And nobody had better shoes than Doug Sanders, either.

[Elvisliveson]

Originally Posted by Dr. Strangeclub

Before practically everybody here's time -- Jimmy Demaret!  Pink, yellow, powder blue, matching shoes and tie, when all the other golfers looked like farmers.  Debonair!

I don't know about that. He had three garish green jackets.

[ettsn]

Chi Chi

[luu5]

Originally Posted by jamesonbourne

Personally, I've always found Fred Couples and Ernie Els iconic for their swing tempos.  Whenever I find myself struggling, I try to emulate the swings of these two players.

I have never understood why would you want to emulate Fred Couples' swing? Maybe tempo yes, but other than that it looks strange, too upright or something. Results are fine, but the execution is not.

ps. I like the shoes tho'

[lumpuckeroo]

Jack Nicklaus, his voice didn't seem to fit his body or his demeanor on the course.

[jamesonbourne]

Fred Couples and Ernie Els iconic for their swing tempos

Yeah...just the tempos.  If I could have anyone's swing I would go with a young Tiger Woods or present day Rory...so mechanically sound.

[LfSideStrngSide]

He actually executes what he does absolutely beautifully. Sets up open to the target and makes a huge shoulder turn and generates a ton of power.

Originally Posted by luu5

I have never understood why would you want to emulate Fred Couples' swing? Maybe tempo yes, but other than that it looks strange, too upright or something. Results are fine, but the execution is not.

ps. I like the shoes tho'

[ghalfaire]

Doug Sanders and Ricky Fowler because of the way they dress.

[makaveli]

Jimenez for the Euro Your for sure!

[BallStriker]

I'll add a couple to the list.......

Duffy Waldorf with both those crazy shirts and his golf balls with his kids' scribbles all over them

Briny Baird and his "right foot back" putting style....is there a bigger symbol that this game can so easily lead to  to the edge of desperation?

Ian Poulter and his shoes

Ken Green....for all the troubles he has had and now with the courage to tee it up with an artificial leg...kudos Ken!!

[jamesonbourne]

One more name to add, though it pains me to do so...

Jesper Parnevik for his humorous headwear.

[Joe Mcc 69]

There is an old saying in golf,"It's not how,it's how many."It doesn't matter how you get to impact,as long as the club face is square and going down the target line!!!! In reference to Freddy Coulples swing.

[stealthduffer]

No one has said Lee Trevino?  Great character on the course, terrific record even with that unorthodox swing.  And Craig Stadler with the, ummmm, unathletic build and the walrus moustache.

[Grndslmhttr3]

John Daly for his swing and awesome wardrobe.

[dbuck]

Originally Posted by Shorty

Another one of the game's biggest phonies. A complete and utter jerk.

This of Sabbatini at his worst and multiply it by 10. One of the most unpleasant players on tour, but predictably, elevated to a saint after his very tragic death.

Predicatably, like so many of the tour's most unpleasant players, he  "found Jesus" and behaved as if he was the most important person in the game.

If you read between the lines of this article by David Feherty, you might get the picture. Would he have written it had he not died before his time? I think not. Would David Feherty speak ill of the dead? Certainly not, but in this article he sort of had to, to a degree.

http://www.freegolfinfo.com/forums/printable.aspx?m=518119

That's not what I get from that article.  Knowing that Feherty is not one to mince words, I think he had a true appreciation for Payne including his prickly side.

And to the point of the thread,

I do think Payne was iconic.

I think Palmer was THE icon of the 60's, Nicklaus of the 70's. Watson of the 80's, Norman of the 90's, and of course Tiger of the 2000's  When I was a little kid and had no concept or interest of golf, I knew Arnold Palmer was a golfer. People think of Tiger that way. Of course there were many other great personalities such as Payne, Trevino, Player, Ballesteros, Chi Chi, and many others, many more colorful than the ones I picked, but if you asked someone from those decades to name a golfer, I think those would be the ones that popped out first.

[sean_miller]

Originally Posted by dbuck

That's not what I get from that article.  Knowing that Feherty is not one to mince words, I think he had a true appreciation for Payne including his prickly side.

And to the point of the thread,

I do think Payne was iconic.

I think Palmer was THE icon of the 60's, Nicklaus of the 70's. Watson of the 80's, Norman of the 90's, and of course Tiger of the 2000's  When I was a little kid and had no concept or interest of golf, I knew Arnold Palmer was a golfer. People think of Tiger that way. Of course there were many other great personalities such as Payne, Trevino, Player, Ballesteros, Chi Chi, and many others, many more colorful than the ones I picked, but if you asked someone from those decades to name a golfer, I think those would be the ones that popped out first.

Watson's best years spanned 1/2 of the 70s and 80s, so it's hard to say he was the icon of the 80s, especially since the second half of the decade was Norman's. Either way, I'd say the "icon" of that era was Seve.

[Ben]

hello....

[mirv]

and in the opposing corner from ben's post...

slammin' sam snead.  one of the most beautiful swings in golf ever, and with 7 majors and 82 pga wins to go with it.