Who do you all think will be the second best golfer going forward for the next five years? Phil Mickelson is 2nd in the World Golf Rankings right now, but I think he can be supplanted.
Best bets in my opinion would be: Baddeley Choi Stricker
My guess is it will remain Phil...I'd put Adam Scott, Sergio Garcia and Jim Furyk above these other guys as they will all be in their primes (with Phil)...of these, only Baddeley has the game, and is still young enough to not be labelled a choker (like Scott and Garcia...and was once for Phil)...Stricker is already 40 yrs old and will get older...you don't make a move upward after 40 unless you're Vijah Singh, and even then its hard to hold onto...Choi is tough, and I like him, but he's not long enough to dominate on today's extra long courses...he'll win a major or two, though.
I think you should talk about guys like Paul Casey, Luke Donald, Brent Snedeckter over these guys.
The risk of kicking butt is you get some crap on your shoe
I don't think Phil's going to drop out of the no. 2 slot for quite a while. He's been trending upward for the last 4 years and with the Harmon/Callaway switch, he's only going to win more majors.
The guy who could replace him at #2 I think would be Geoff Ogilvy, he's got a heck of a game. Tiger and Phil are heads above the rest right now. I think it's their unbelievable short games that separate them from the next tier like the Furyks and Garcias of the world.
Two members at the Country Club I used to work at grew up playing at the course Ben's grandfather built. In 2003, when he won the British Open, we were having our Member-Guest Tournament at our Club that weekend. One of the fellas' guest was still a member at Mill Creek.
The whole weekend turned into a Ben Curtis "love fest" and when he won we had a big party celebrating his victory after our final member-guest round on Sunday afternoon. The three guys (all in their late 30's at the time) sat around telling stories about watching Ben grow up and him always wanting to play with the "older guys" (them) when he was a kid (they said he was probably 7-10 years old and they were college age).
I have to say, I have followed his career since that weekend and always pull for him when he's in contention.
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Two members at the Country Club I used to work at grew up playing at the course Ben's grandfather built. In 2003, when he won the British Open, we were having our Member-Guest Tournament at our Club that weekend. One of the fellas' guest was still a member at Mill Creek.
The whole weekend turned into a Ben Curtis "love fest" and when he won we had a big party celebrating his victory after our final member-guest round on Sunday afternoon. The three guys (all in their late 30's at the time) sat around telling stories about watching Ben grow up and him always wanting to play with the "older guys" (them) when he was a kid (they said he was probably 7-10 years old and they were college age).
I have to say, I have followed his career since that weekend and always pull for him when he's in contention.
I have also followed his career and pull for him.I would like to see him win another major sopmeday.Plus he's a Buckeye baby.GO BEN
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Two members at the Country Club I used to work at grew up playing at the course Ben's grandfather built. In 2003, when he won the British Open, we were having our Member-Guest Tournament at our Club that weekend. One of the fellas' guest was still a member at Mill Creek.
The whole weekend turned into a Ben Curtis "love fest" and when he won we had a big party celebrating his victory after our final member-guest round on Sunday afternoon. The three guys (all in their late 30's at the time) sat around telling stories about watching Ben grow up and him always wanting to play with the "older guys" (them) when he was a kid (they said he was probably 7-10 years old and they were college age).
I have to say, I have followed his career since that weekend and always pull for him when he's in contention.
I have also followed his career and pull for him.I would like to see him win another major sopmeday.Plus he's a Buckeye baby.GO BEN
Actually, he's a Golden Flash (Kent St.) but I understand what you are saying...
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