2014 Open Championship (British Open) at Royal Liverpool Discussion Thread

[Gunther]

I think you are absolutely correct.  The problem is that we have been spoiled and our perspective has been skewed by the incredible level of consistency we saw for 13 years between 1996 and 2008 from Tiger, particularly if you make allowances for 1998 and 2004, the two swing change years.  Rory may be streaky compared to that, but that doesn't make him streaky in any real sense.  Not being as consistent as the most consistent guy there ever was is not a good way of measuring streakiness, IMO.

Yes, this is exactly what I tried to convey but you did it more articulately. TW's made cut record will simply never be broken; everyone who has ever played professionally would be considered inconsistent or even streaky by that standard.