One-shot wonders

[clubchamp]

Campbell and Micheel, I also agree with everyone who went further back in history.

[bplewis24]

Fast-forward a couple years and add Louis Oosthuizen and Robert Rock to this list.

The "biggest moment" doesn't have to be a major, does it?

Brandon

[clubchamp]

Originally Posted by bplewis24

Fast-forward a couple years and add Louis Oosthuizen and Robert Rock to this list.

The "biggest moment" doesn't have to be a major, does it?

Brandon

I was going to put them and Oosthuizen is definitely very close to one hit wonder status. Robert Rock I will give a break for now since he did play well in the U.S. last year and the British open in 2010 plus I factor in the hair.

[MEfree]

Originally Posted by bplewis24

Fast-forward a couple years and add Louis Oosthuizen and Robert Rock to this list.

The "biggest moment" doesn't have to be a major, does it?

Brandon

Are you serious about Ousthuizen and Rock?

Ousthuizen

Sure he has underperformede at times, but he is ranked 38th in the world and currently 2nd in Houston with 8 International victories (including one this year and one last year)?  The African Open might not be the same as the British, but still?  There are at least 100 guys capable of winning a major and he has had something like 6 chances to do it since his Open victory, so the odds would be against him even if he had played reasonably well.

2010  British Open Championship.

INTERNATIONAL VICTORIES
(8): 2004 Vodacom Origins of Golf at Arabella [SAf]. 2007 Platinum Classic [SAf], Dimension Data Pro-Am [SAf], Telekom PGA Championship [SAf], 2008 Telkom PGA Championship [SAf]. 2010 Open de Golf de Andalucia [Eur]. 2011 Africa Open [Eur]. 2012 Africa Open [Eur].

Rock- he won on the Euro Tour in 2011 and again in January of this year...even if he does nothing going forward, that would make him a two hit wonder.

	Pos		Player name		Nat		Hole		Par
	1		ROCK, Robert		ENG		18		-13
	2		MCILROY, Rory		NIR		18		-12
	T3		MCDOWELL, Graeme		NIR		18		-11
	T3		BJÖRN, Thomas		DEN		18		-11
	T3		WOODS, Tiger		USA		18		-11
	T6		MANASSERO, Matteo		ITA		18		-10

[sean_miller]

Originally Posted by MEfree

Quote:

Originally Posted by bplewis24

Fast-forward a couple years and add Louis Oosthuizen and Robert Rock to this list.

The "biggest moment" doesn't have to be a major, does it?

Brandon

Are you serious about Ousthuizen and Rock?

Ousthuizen

Sure he has underperformede at times, but he is ranked 38th in the world and currently 2nd in Houston with 8 International victories (including one this year and one last year)?  The African Open might not be the same as the British, but still?  There are at least 100 guys capable of winning a major and he has had something like 6 chances to do it since his Open victory, so the odds would be against him even if he had played reasonably well.

2010  British Open Championship.

INTERNATIONAL VICTORIES

(8): 2004 Vodacom Origins of Golf at Arabella [SAf]. 2007 Platinum Classic [SAf], Dimension Data Pro-Am [SAf], Telekom PGA Championship [SAf], 2008 Telkom PGA Championship [SAf]. 2010 Open de Golf de Andalucia [Eur]. 2011 Africa Open [Eur]. 2012 Africa Open [Eur].

Rock- he won on the Euro Tour in 2011 and again in January of this year...even if he does nothing going forward, that would make him a two hit wonder.

Pos

Player name

Nat

Hole

Par

1

ROCK, Robert

ENG

18

-13

2

MCILROY, Rory

NIR

18

-12

T3

MCDOWELL, Graeme

NIR

18

-11

T3

BJÖRN, Thomas

DEN

18

-11

T3

WOODS, Tiger

USA

18

-11

T6

MANASSERO, Matteo

ITA

18

-10

Zero majors thus far makes Rock a zero hit wonder.

[Wansteadimp]

Originally Posted by zipazoid

Google'd that didn't ya.

An outrageous slur, I used Bing!

[bplewis24]

Originally Posted by MEfree

Are you serious about Ousthuizen and Rock?

Yes.  And you realize mine is a prediction, right?

If you can convince me that your definition of "one-hit wonder" and "biggest moment" are different and superior to mine, I'll happily amend my prediction .

Brandon

[MEfree]

Originally Posted by bplewis24

Yes.  And you realize mine is a prediction, right?

If you can convince me that your definition of "one-hit wonder" and "biggest moment" are different and superior to mine, I'll happily amend my prediction .

Brandon

Yes, I realized it was a prediction (from the fast forward)

Originally Posted by BruceMGF

OK, who's the golfer who had the one biggest moment in golf and then ... never did it again.

I`ll admit that the original post can be interpreted many different ways...you could even say that "the one biggest moment in golf" was the Tiger slam and that if he never does it again, he is a one hit wonder- a far too strict interpretation of the original post IMO.

For Robert Rock, I am not even sure what his biggest moment in golf was?  His largest check (500 K Euro in 2009 when he got first place money losing to an am in a playoff)?  His first Euro tour win in 2011?  or His second Euro tour win this year over a strong field?  You can make an argument that he will never do anything big going forward, but with two Euro wins, I wouldn`t call him a one hit wonder.

For me, a one hit wonder is someone who comes out of nowhere, wins and then isn`t heard from (in a good way) again.  Combined with the OP specifying "the one biggest moment in golf" and it seems like the win has to be something big or noteworthy and then never does it again.

I went with Nathaniel Crosby as he was not highly regarded prior to his US Am win (which was a big deal because of his family name), then never really seemed to do anything else (although with the help of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Crosby I see that he won the Porter Cup the year after the US Am and was also low am at the US open.

With a NW and Asia win prior to the 2003 PGA and nothing since, I am inclined to agree with those who went with Shaun Micheel on the pro side of things although there are lots of other candidates as well.

[MEfree]

Originally Posted by sean_miller

Zero majors thus far makes Rock a zero hit wonder.

Yes, when you use the "biggest moment in golf" criteria.

[zipazoid]

Well, if you want to be literal, the title of the thread is one- shot wonders.

So I'll go with Robert Gamez -

[The Recreational Golfer]

Sam Parks, Jr.

The 1935 U.S. Open was his only professional victory.

[brocks]

Sam Parks, Jr. The 1935 U.S. Open was his only professional victory.

Ernie Els is reading this and saying, "WTF?" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Parks,_Jr.#Results_timeline The guy was invited to the Masters for almost 30 years after his US Open win, even though he MC'd year after year.

[rossvanwyk]

Fast forward and add people to the list....that doesn't even make any sense.

Louis will win again, I am certain. The guy has got an unbelievably good golf swing. He won the British Open 2 years ago. By a comfortable margin, cruising it on the Sunday when everyone said he would falter. He knows how to win. He's won a lot in South Africa, back to back Africa Opens. But yeah, I look forward to the next few years. Same goes for Charl. Win something else Chuck? Firstly, that was an epic final Sunday Masters if I've ever seen one. Charl is a frequent winner on the European tour and a helluva good player.

Id put Campbell in this category maybe. But hell, I'd take a one-hit wonder any day.

Some guys play their whole careers without a win. I don't sneeze at guys who win something that isn't a major. The fields are generally strong with potent golfers and over 4 days you come up trumps. That's good going.

[bplewis24]

Originally Posted by rossvanwyk

Fast forward and add people to the list....that doesn't even make any sense.

Louis will win again, I am certain.

How incredibly ironic.  And only one sentence later.

[rossvanwyk]

Not really though.. I'm saying it's ridiculous to add Louis to a list of one-shot wonders. He's won plenty, has a mjor and it was recently and I'm pretty certain he'll win again.

You were  commenting as if he were some average has-been who got lucky. Our two comments aren't even remotely the same that my comment can be taken as ironic.

But anyhoo. Surely you have to have some evidence to back up saying this dude got lucky, won something a couple years back out the blue and has never been heard from again. That sounds like a one-shot wonder to me.

[MEfree]

Originally Posted by bplewis24

Fast-forward a couple years and add Louis Oosthuizen and Robert Rock to this list.

The "biggest moment" doesn't have to be a major, does it?

Brandon

The "biggest moment" for a golfer could be considered a double eagle, but it would have seemed bigger had Oosthuizen actually gone on to win the tourny.  If he stays healthy, my guess is that we will see him pick up his first US win before too long- he played awfully well the last two weeks.

[rossvanwyk]

Agreed. Brandon, I have absolutely nothing against you, but I'd loved for you to have been eating those words so bad :)

Louis has one of the best golf swings around. I don't think that can be argued. And prob the best temperament on the golf course i've ever seen. He showed it at the Open, leading at the start on Sunday and cruising no sweat to victory. And he played unreal golf yesterday. Never fazed by Bubba's massive drives and holed about 5 clutch putts. He definitely could have won his first green jacket and will without doubt win plenty in his career. He's just too good a player not to.

[bplewis24]

Originally Posted by rossvanwyk

Agreed. Brandon, I have absolutely nothing against you, but I'd loved for you to have been eating those words so bad :)

He came very close to serving me my plate of crow

Brandon