Is Bubba a HOF golfer currently?

[3jacker]

6 minutes ago, RussUK said:

If Bubba does get in i hope they change the guys who does the little "brass bust" pictures of the players for the website. Nick Faldo looks like he's been in an argument with a 9 iron and lost!!

Good lord.

That's bad.

[RussUK]

Just now, 3jacker said:

Good lord.

That's bad.

Yep, check the website. there are some hillarious ones.

[3jacker]

LOL... Fred Couples looks pretty rough too!

 

Many of them are off by a lot. Seve doesn't quite look right. 

Some of them look like cartoons... Frank Chirkinian and David Graham, smh. 

I went to the site and scrolled through.  I got called out on a conference call just now for snickering, folks wanted to know why...

Edited March 26, 2018 by 3jacker

[ScouseJohnny]

11 hours ago, skydog said:

Freddie arguably/partially got in based on popularity.

I agree with that. But I also feel if "popularity" (always a nebulous quality) is a factor, then the everyman golfer himself, John Daly, has a pretty good case viz-a-viz fewer tour wins but one more major than Freddie.

I don't know if there is a direct correlation between the two (at least from the H of F's perspective), but it seems to me that one of the core attributes of the H of F is the exemption it provides to the Champions' Tour. I guess you could argue the big names of yesteryear, if not otherwise eligible, would still pick up sponsors' exemptions, but it would seem nice for a great golfer of the 1990s, with a couple of majors to his name, and always popular, like Daly, to have his ticket to always playing Champions Tour events if he chooses.

Otherwise, apart from the faux-ceremony and the status it accords older or retired players, what is the H o F actually for? I think it unlikely that Bubba is going to end up with a list of majors to his name like Tom or Phil. But he's undoubtedly a great golfer of his generation, and one that people might like to see playing senior events 20 odd years from now. So, on that basis, I hope he's eventually included in it.

 

Edited March 26, 2018 by ScouseJohnny

[ncates00]

12 hours ago, iacas said:

11/2 and no, he shouldn’t be yet.

What is the criteria for being a HoF'er?  Is it like 15 wins and 2 majors?  I don't know.  Seems like he is close in my opinion.

[Groucho Valentine]

By the criterion that has been used in the past, i suppose he is. He's been a unique figure in the game. Though he doesn't have that man crush factor going for him so that may hurt him some. 

[saevel25]

Not a HOF. I think there is too much emphasis on major wins. 

[ScouseJohnny]

24 minutes ago, 3jacker said:

Good lord.

That's bad.

Sir Nick got off lightly. They made Jack look like the village idiot.

Where do they commission these things?!

[3jacker]

That's what I thought.  They need to vet these "artists" a bit.

I think I could do similar work myself, and I have no idea how it's done.

[GrandStranded]

1 hour ago, iacas said:

That type of comment shows how little you understand the other discussion.

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I refuse to use Freddie as the bar. Freddie shouldn’t be in at all. Monty, probably not either.

I agree 100% about Freddie not deserving to be in. But do WE get to set the bar? When they put him and some others in, (seemingly just to have an induction some years) they set their standard for what now passes for a Hall of Famer in the sport.

[onthehunt526]

Not yet. Talk to me when he has 5 more wins or so.

[Groucho Valentine]

37 minutes ago, saevel25 said:

Not a HOF. I think there is too much emphasis on major wins. 

One Masters = 20 regular tour wins. Two Masters = Demigod among men. Get with the program or the Masters committee will blackout your TV in April. 

[Patch]

Well, I read some where that Garcia was going to be a HOFer, and with my opinion that HOFs are getting watered down with undeserving members, I say sure let him in. He's probably more deserving than some already in there. 

He's won enough, and is a gallery favorite. With him even being mentioned as a possible HOFer, that's good enough for me. 

[davidg]

2 hours ago, Bluefin646 said:

Bubba Watson is definitely in the Hall of Fame.......lefty, self taught, two majors, 11 PGA tour victories, shapes his shots around the course......has many unique golf qualities besides only wins....and from here on it, he will be more fan friendly, more game friendly, and become an ambassador of the Sport, a few things he was not earlier in his career..........

not to mention the biggest crybaby

[turtleback]

1 hour ago, GrandStranded said:

I agree 100% about Freddie not deserving to be in. But do WE get to set the bar? When they put him and some others in, (seemingly just to have an induction some years) they set their standard for what now passes for a Hall of Famer in the sport.

See, another thing we agree on.  HOFs that go by voting are inherently self-defining.  And constantly changing.

[GrandStranded]

3 minutes ago, turtleback said:

See, another thing we agree on.  HOFs that go by voting are inherently self-defining.  And constantly changing.

When you think about it, we only disagree on one thing. We both give Tiger the edge as the "GOAT". However, I think it's a subject that is open to debate. You make a very strong case for it being Tiger by a wide margin, and feel your arguments make not worthy of debate (hope that doesn't comes off the wrong way, it's not meant to). I admire your passion, respect your arguments, but just feel it's not a question that can be truly answered.  

[MuniGrit]

If Couples and Monty are in, Bubba should be in especially with today's fields being so much better.

[iacas]

4 hours ago, Bluefin646 said:

self taught

Why does that matter? Plus he’s had coaching. The “no lessons” story he loves to tell has a big asterisk.