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[Christosterone]

Ben Crenshaw was/is a texas legend...

The hair is fan freaking tastic too

Your move Robert Rock!!

 

[iBanesto]

8 hours ago, Dr. Block said:

A post dedicated to our good friend iBanesto's profile picture. Niclas Fasth, an eleven time professional winner, Ryder Cup contestant, a participant in all four major championships, and ranked as high as 18th in the world in 2007.

 

 

Wow! Thanks.

 

Fasth was a grinder of a golfer with a less than smooth swing who was ironically a slow golfer.

 

 

[Dr. Block]

15 hours ago, iBanesto said:

 

Wow! Thanks.

 

Fasth was a grinder of a golfer with a less than smooth swing who was ironically a slow golfer.

 

 

You're quite welcome. I thought he was a perfect entry in the less known but deserving of mention theme we've been on lately. 

[Dr. Block]

On 12/22/2020 at 4:09 AM, iBanesto said:

 

Nick Price - one of my favourites.

 

Not many people can say they dominated golf for a period of time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I followed Nick for nine holes shortly after his run at number one in the world. I swear he did not miss the absolute center of the clubface on a single shot over those holes. Every lie, every situation, the golf ball left the club with the same flushed sizzle. I remember thinking that golf must be a lot of fun when you can do that. He was a legendary ball-striker.  

[Divot License]

16 minutes ago, Dr. Block said:

I followed Nick for nine holes shortly after his run at number one in the world. I swear he did not miss the absolute center of the clubface on a single shot over those holes. Every lie, every situation, the golf ball left the club with the same flushed sizzle. I remember thinking that golf must be a lot of fun when you can do that. He was a legendary ball-striker.  

And along with Faldo one of Leadbetters only true success stories. 

 

I'd love to get a copy of his book, but when ever I make an effort to look, I can't find it for a reasonable price

[bscinstnct]

18 hours ago, Christosterone said:

Ben Crenshaw was/is a texas legend...

The hair is fan freaking tastic too

Your move Robert Rock!!

 

 

No wonder he get the fine ladies. 
 

BC be like

 

 

[Christosterone]

9 minutes ago, bscinstnct said:

 

No wonder he get the fine ladies. 
 

BC be like

 

 

 

 

[bscinstnct]

13 minutes ago, Christosterone said:

 

 

 

😂, Thanks, C!

 

Havent seen that is a while, crackin up here. I don’t know how Meyer, Nealon and Jan could keep straight faces. 

[Soloman1]

Haha... Bernhard Langer back in the bell bottom days!

 

 

[Hankshank]

43 minutes ago, Soloman1 said:

Haha... Bernhard Langer back in the bell bottom days!

 

 

Horrible. Those Mandatory Germanic moustaches of the later decades of the last millenia. I tried myself, just as hopeless as for BL

[Christosterone]

13 minutes ago, Hankshank said:

Horrible. Those Mandatory Germanic moustaches of the later decades of the last millenia. I tried myself, just as hopeless as for BL

langer was so effing good...

he is often over looked because of his putting woes...

but he was straight up awesome

here He is rocking the stache in 78 At the hennessy cup with Manuel Pinero from Spain..

 

bernhard could’ve been hanging with tubbs and Crockett 24/7

 

 

Edited December 23, 2020 by Christosterone

[Hankshank]

23 minutes ago, Christosterone said:

langer was so effing good...

he is often over looked because of his putting woes...

but he was straight up awesome

here He is rocking the stache in 78 At the hennessy cup with Manuel Pinero from Spain..

 

bernhard could’ve been hanging with tubbs and Crockett 24/7

 

 

 

[Hankshank]

Didnt see Langer play televised until the late 80’s. Dont know about earlier but at that time it was a mixed experience to see him play. Razor sharp iron play and all that but then came the putting... guess none with double major wins have yipped more 4, 6, 8-feeters. Even more painful than Westwood through the years. When he found the broomstick... I sure understand his resistance at the rule change. But bottom line - yeah it was a pleasure to see him play. And that moustache  in the white shirt pic wasnt living long I suppose. But you saw them all over the place those days going down to the german speaking countries.

Edited December 23, 2020 by Hankshank

[Dr. Block]

38 minutes ago, Christosterone said:

langer was so effing good...

he is often over looked because of his putting woes...

but he was straight up awesome

here He is rocking the stache in 78 At the hennessy cup with Manuel Pinero from Spain..

 

bernhard could’ve been hanging with tubbs and Crockett 24/7

 

 

What amazes me about Langer even more than his golf game is the fact that he's gone 50 odd years without gaining more than a few pounds and without losing hardly a hair from his head. That is strong!

[jmck]

28 minutes ago, Dr. Block said:

What amazes me about Langer even more than his golf game is the fact that he's gone 50 odd years without gaining more than a few pounds and without losing hardly a hair from his head. That is strong!

lol, too true!

 

It was wild seeing him playing on the weekend in the Masters.  He wasn't just born before most of the rest of the field....he had won a Masters (or two) before most of the rest of the field was born. 

Edited December 23, 2020 by jmck

[Divot License]

Having played Fulford GC two years ago and seen this tree I still can't fathom how a ball came to rest where it did. 

 

My wife likes to brag she's better than a double major winner since she birdied this hole during our better ball comp. 

[iBanesto]

11 hours ago, jmck said:

lol, too true!

 

It was wild seeing him playing on the weekend in the Masters.  He wasn't just born before most of the rest of the field....he had won a Masters (or two) before most of the rest of the field was born. 

 

Langer beat a prime DeChambeau at the Masters.

 

Amazing achievement.

 

 

https://golf.com/news/how-beat-bryson-dechambeau-700-yards/

 

There are endless way to illustrate the stunning advantage DeChambeau held over Langer in terms of distance but perhaps none starker than presenting the raw, cold data. Here are their final-round driving distances on all of the par-4s and par-5s, including the differential:

 

 

There are a couple of caveats — for example, Langer intentionally laid way back on the short par-4 3rd while DeChambeau banged driver — but over the course of 12 driving holes, the stats still do paint a vivid picture. Cumulatively, DeChambeau outdrove Langer by 768 yards — yes, more than seven football fields. Imagine giving up that kind of distance in your weekend money game (64 yards per hole!) and still staying competitive.

[sevenfourate]

On 8/30/2020 at 12:50 PM, jmck said:

Curtis was a Zing 2 guy for his peak years.

 

Weren't we all; back in the day....

[Divot License]

Gene "The Machine" Littler 

Hall of Fame member and 1 time winner of the US Open, considered to have one of the best swings of his time.

 

[Divot License]

Gene Littler Swing Sequence

[Christosterone]

4 hours ago, Jedaigeki said:

Gene Littler Swing Sequence

Littler’s swing sequence is bananas....

Being on the cover of sports illustrated was an achievement in those days...and he did it

 

He was so good...Casper, an all time great, happened to outdo him [BARELY] at the US Open...

 

Look at the leaderboard...he played in a fantastic era

 

and Littlers swing was a very “modern” one...his move would look perfect on a practice tee in 2021 at any tour event..

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 24, 2020 by Christosterone

[mat562]

 

Impossible to look at this photo without hearing the chorus of Live is Life in my head.

 

'Na-naa na-nanaaa...'

[FakeClubPro]

43 minutes ago, Christosterone said:

Littler’s swing sequence is bananas....

Being on the cover of sports illustrated was an achievement in those days...and he did it

 

He was so good...Casper, an all time great, happened to outdo him [BARELY] at the US Open...

 

Look at the leaderboard...he played in a fantastic era

 

and Littlers swing was a very “modern” one...his move would look perfect on a practice tee in 2021 at any tour event..

 

 

 

 

 

 

One of the few videos or TV coverages of Pine Valley - one of the hardest courses in the world.  Around 50 minutes at the end - Gene Sarazan shows us how Littler does his swing.

 

Need to be able to hit punch shots in Canada.  Also Canadians wear coats and ties, smoke pipes and do not yell "get in the hole!"

 

 

[Christosterone]

7 minutes ago, FakeClubPro said:

 

One of the few videos or TV coverages of Pine Valley - one of the hardest courses in the world.  Around 50 minutes at the end - Gene Sarazan shows us how Littler does his swing.

 

Need to be able to hit punch shots in Canada.  Also Canadians wear coats and ties, smoke pipes and do not yell "get in the hole!"

 

 

don January, gene littler and billy Casper practice round at the 65 ryder cup in birkdale....

 

 

[jmck]

5 hours ago, sevenfourate said:

 

Weren't we all; back in the day....

Not me!  I was an Anser man through and through.  Though if I needed a break I'd rotate through an Anser 3, B60, B61, and a MyDay--all in BeCu or MgBr of course.  The MyDay was the Zing head shape, but with the Anser hosel, Brad Faxon of course being the greatest acolyte of that model.  The short neck models (Zing 2, Anser 4, etc.) didn't do it for me for some reason.

[jmck]

23 minutes ago, FakeClubPro said:

 

One of the few videos or TV coverages of Pine Valley - one of the hardest courses in the world.  Around 50 minutes at the end - Gene Sarazan shows us how Littler does his swing.

 

Need to be able to hit punch shots in Canada.  Also Canadians wear coats and ties, smoke pipes and do not yell "get in the hole!"

 

 

Great stuff.  You can see how soft Littler keeps his arms going back--heck, you can even see it in that still swing sequence a few posts above the video.  That's one of those moves that can't be taught.  Just either born with it or--much more commonly!--you're not.

[iBanesto]

Jesper Parnevik.

 

I believe a lot of people have forgotten how good he was during his prime rather than just a fashion statement.

 

• 5 PGA Tour wins
• 4 European Tour wins
• 4 top 5 finishes in majors
• 2 2nd place finishes at the Open Championship (he was close to winning either championships)
• Highest world ranking of No. 7
• Finished in the world top 50 for 8 straight years (1994 to 2001)
• 3 Ryder Cup

 

 

 

 

 

[Christosterone]

Johnny crashing into a drive in 77

he wouldve pulverized a Prov1 with a 440/460cc head

 

 

[ColinKelvin]

Much as it's hard to dislike Nick Price - man, I wish Jesper Parnevik had won the '94 Open at Turnberry.  That 18th hole has a lot to answer for (see 2009 too).

 

Jesper's career deserved at least one major. 

[iBanesto]

38 minutes ago, ColinKelvin said:

Much as it's hard to dislike Nick Price - man, I wish Jesper Parnevik had won the '94 Open at Turnberry.  That 18th hole has a lot to answer for (see 2009 too).

 

Jesper's career deserved at least one major. 

 

That 2nd shot into 18.

 

Not sure if Parnevik pulled it or went for the pin.