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A SNAPSHOT IN TIMEGary Player receiving the South African Sportsman of the Year Award in 1961. Cricketer Jack Cheetham present Player with the Eterna Trophy.Uploaded:May 31, 2017
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Credit to Bernhard Langer. His tear through the Senior Tour the last nine years gives life to the debate over whether the PGA Champions Tour in the USA will ultimately and officially recognize Gary Player’s three Senior Open victories as Majors. The key word in the matter is consistency. Every Major Championship on the Regular and Senior Tour is counted by the US PGA Tour as a Major from its inception. Their only exception is the Senior Open Championship, in which 16 championships (1987-2002) are not “officially” considered Majors. This is where they are inconsistent. Here they slight greats like Gary Player and Sir Bob Charles. Golf media and personalities around the world reacted positively to the Black Knight’s interview with Jaime Diaz of Golf Digest. The question of interest: Should the Senior Open Championship be counted as a Major retroactively from the beginning like all other Majors? Diaz sided […]
One of the greatest players of all time, Mr. Gary Player, offers his wisdom on how to hole more putts. Video courtesy of Golfing World.
News May 31, 2017
Is the Senior Major Count All Wrong?
There’s a good chance Bernhard Langer will win the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship on Sunday. If he does, he’ll officially pass Jack Nicklaus for most career majors on the PGA Tour Champions. It would also give Langer 32 career senior victories. At a very youthful 59, he has a chance to surpass Hale Irwin’s long-considered unsurpassable career win record of 45. But as to the major record, there will be a dissenting voice, one familiar for its clipped syllables and fervent conviction. It will belong to Langer’s golfing idol, Gary Player, who it’s safe to say scrutinizes the record book and his place in it more closely and critically than any all-time great. The 81-year-old South African strongly believes he won nine major championships in senior golf, because while official totals don’t count the three Senior Open Championships he won as majors, he does. It bothered Player when Langer’s victory […]
