Favorite Tour Picture

[Christosterone]

SIDENOTE: jack was so revered and copied that Johnny Miller went so far as to ask Jack how he stretched for a round...

which he immediately copied lol

It was a jack grout routine where jack would stretch with a one iron between his arms, behind his back and twist around on the range before hitting a ball...then again on the first tee…

 

It’s so interesting to see Miller also using what he called “high hands” on the backswing which was actually a flying elbow by today’s standards…

 

Coupled with Johnny’s early hand set, it made for a really cool looking swing and the coolest reverse C…

 

There was so much Jack DNA in Miller’s game...

 

Edited March 29, 2021 by Christosterone

[Hawkeye77]

11 hours ago, Christosterone said:

SIDENOTE: jack was so revered and copied that Johnny Miller went so far as to ask Jack how he stretched for a round...

which he immediately copied lol

It was a jack grout routine where jack would stretch with a one iron between his arms, behind his back and twist around on the range before hitting a ball...then again on the first tee…

 

It’s so interesting to see Miller also using what he called “high hands” on the backswing which was actually a flying elbow by today’s standards…

 

Coupled with Johnny’s early hand set, it made for a really cool looking swing and the coolest reverse C to ever grace this planet…

 

There was so much Jack DNA in Miller’s game...

I loved it especially during the years when Miller copied Jacks putting style where he was bent over almost 90° with his eyes behind the ball…

 

Everybody tried to copy Jacks high hands/flying elbow but Miller was my favorite version...

 

nothing compares to miller’s violent reverse c...and I love it....millers move was a young, very flexible, explosive interpretation of Jack...the man who changed it all

 

Of note: Miller would always preach/teach the early hand set/take away and [jack-style] high hands...

 

 

Come for the awesome golf swings, stay for the pants!!!!!!

 

The "slacks" I wore back in 7th - 10th grade - yikes! 10th grade I was starting to shoot up at a rapid rate - those wide bottoms didn't look good when they were a couple inches above my stacked heel shoes, lol.

 

One of those kids rocking the jeans - off with his upper inseam!

[Hawkeye77]

Always been a Jack guy, but Johnny Miller is also a national treasure of golf in his own distinctive way.  Used to enjoy watching him in his heyday and still remember watching that last win at Pebble and you can tell a lot about the guy just by watching the Feherty show he was on, he's got a lot of character.

[iBanesto]

Underrated player: Jeff Maggert.

 

• 3 PGA Tour wins including 1 WGC
• 1 European Tour win
• 1 Australian PGA Tour win
• 6 Champions Tour wins
• 13 top 10 major finishes including 8 top 5 finish which itself includes 4 3rd place finishes
• 7 top 10 finishes in the US Open out of 17 starts
• 3 Ryder Cup teams
• 1 Presidents Cup team
• Highest world ranking of 14

I don't know if there is an American golfer who has played in at least 3 Ryder Cups with fewer PGA Tour wins especially during a decade of many great American golfers.

 

Maggert has the epitome of a US Open type game. Straight driver, good short game and solid putter. Grind it out.

 

 

 

 

Edited March 28, 2021 by iBanesto

[ColinKelvin]

2 hours ago, iBanesto said:

Underrated player: Jeff Maggert.

 

• 3 PGA Tour wins including 1 WGC
• 1 European Tour win
• 1 Australian PGA Tour win
• 6 Champions Tour wins
• 13 top 10 major finishes including 8 top 5 finish which itself includes 4 3rd place finishes
• 7 top 10 finishes in the US Open out of 17 starts
• 3 Ryder Cup teams
• 1 Presidents Cup team
• Highest world ranking of 14

I don't know if there is an American golfer who has played in at least 3 Ryder Cups with fewer PGA Tour wins especially during a decade of many great American golfers.

 

Maggert has the epitome of a US Open type game. Straight driver, good short game and solid putter. Grind it out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boy, was that a costly bunker shot.  From memory, he was leading the Masters at the time in the final round, and it hit the lip, hit him, and cost him a triple.

[Christosterone]

The flying elbow was really a revelation...

 

-chris

 

Edited March 29, 2021 by Christosterone

[Poor Posture]

[Christosterone]

8 minutes ago, Poor Posture said:

my favorite line he ever had was “we had a special on alien wedges with custom grinds”

Legend

 

-chris

[Go Cougs]

14 minutes ago, Poor Posture said:

I see this dapper gentleman show up from time to time.  I'm not familiar with him, but find him mesmerizing.  Must do more research...

[Poor Posture]

2 minutes ago, Go Cougs said:

I see this dapper gentleman show up from time to time.  I'm not familiar with him, but find him mesmerizing.  Must do more research...

He's a legend, once made 8 pars in a row.

[Go Cougs]

7 minutes ago, Poor Posture said:

He's a legend, once made 8 pars in a row.

Impressive indeed.  My admiration and intrigue grows with each new revelation about the man.  I eagerly anticipate this journey of discovery.

[iBanesto]

Ondreij Lieser's golf bag.

 

2020 Challenge Tour Rankings winner.

 

 

 

[Christosterone]

1964 Open Championship

tony lema held off a surging Nicklaus...

 

love his swing

most pics are from the ‘64 Open or ‘65 Ryder Cup

 

 

 

 

[iBanesto]

On 4/6/2021 at 1:26 PM, Christosterone said:

1964 Open Championship

tony lema held off a surging Nicklaus...

 

love his swing

most pics are from the ‘64 Open or ‘65 Ryder Cup

 

 

 

 

 

Lema had style and class with his golfing attire.

 

This pic from the above post is amazing.

 

Edited April 7, 2021 by iBanesto

[Forged4ever]

Though Sam absolutely hated this pic, it would become the eternal image of his not being able to overcome his kryptonite, the US Open. Taken shortly after he had put his drive on the 72nd hole in the 1939 Open(Philadelphia CC) into a bunker, he seemed to know what was to come(7 more friggin shots). While approaching the tee, he was told by someone in the gallery, as they didn't have on course running score boards back then, that he needed a birdie 4 to win, when in fact he needed a par 5 on a hole that he had birdied two of the previous three days, and a bogie 6 would've gotten him into a play-off.

 

His drive, which went into a fairway bunker, was actually one of his better shots on the hole as he would finish with a trip 8.

 

Believe it or not, peeps would actually send this pic to Sam to sign, and when he'd bring his mail to Pgh in a few bags in the trunk of his car for Pete(and I) to help him sort through, though I never came across this particular pic, Pete did a few times, and he just tossed it, along with the letter, into the garbage. And yea, Sam signed his own pics, if ya sent em to him at his VA address, however if they went to the published address that his mgt company provided, unless it was for a special auction or charity event, it was stamped.
 

Oh, and most of those "signed" Staff drivers that any of ya might be lookin at on the net, and I don't give a sh*t if it has a certificate of provenance with it, cuz it's still bullsh*t(actually IF it was genuinely "Sam signed," it would not have this as he would have signed it in front of the guy), well, one, while he Played Staff irons/wedges, Sam NEVER Played Staff Drivers and secondly, unless you stood there in front of him and watched him personally sign it, which is entirely possible as Sam always carried a bunch of Staff drivers in his trunk, which he'd open in club parking lots, Pete's and any driving range and restaurant parking lots or anywhere that fans might have been and for a Benjamin, he'd give ya a signed stick along with some bullsh*t story about some great drive that he had hit with that particular stick, it was not his signature, so save yourself money and NEVER buy one off of the net, lolol. You're welcome😉

 

Anyhoo, I too hated this pic cuz Sam was one of the most confident positive "let's go get some" Individuals that I'd EVER met, regardless of the sport or profession, and the man sitting on that bench in that pic was a badly beaten man, and the poor b*stard still had seven shots to go🥴

 

Stay Well My Friends👊
RP

Edited April 6, 2021 by Forged4ever

[Forged4ever]

On 3/27/2021 at 10:39 AM, Hawkeye77 said:

Hahaha, sorry @Hawkeye77, you know what an IT *sshole that I am🥴😜🤪 I can't even quote ya correctly, lol. Well, obviously it was your Johnny post👊
 

Yeppers, Johnny OWNED Oakmont in a waythat no one ever had, or has since, and to the members who STILL chirp about it being "soft" from the 24hr straight rain, paleeeeeeeze, STFU, cuz he was a human torch that day🔥☄️💥
 

Though Eldrick Tont introduced "Tiger Proofing" into the modern golf lexicon, loooooong before Tiger was even born, the board members ran around Oakmont chirping about "Johnny Proofing" the track even for USGA Am events😂😂🤙

 

They considered/consider anything 65 and under an affront to their Club, their track and their masculinity and excluding doin something crazy like running out onto the course and rolling over the potential offending Player's ball with a cart at every opportunity, anything was fair game, even turning a deaf ear to the USGA Director's spoken orders Friday afternoon to cut the rough down and back on both Friday AND Saturday evening of a US Am after said Player had fired a 66(not to worry, he followed with up with a 73, lolol😂😂).

 

Stay Well My Friend👊
RP

Edited April 7, 2021 by Forged4ever

[jmck]

That Pebble Beach win in '94 was special.  IIRC, he used a pretty unusual putter.  I can't find a picture of him with it in '94, but pretty sure it was this guy right here:

 

[Superbrit]

2 hours ago, iBanesto said:

 

Lema had style and class in his golfing attire.

 

This pic from the above post is amazing.

 

Not to mention the crowd as well, no cargo shorts wearing, beer guzzling, get in the hole shouting morons here

[Hawkeye77]

5 hours ago, Forged4ever said:

Hahaha, sorry @Hawkeye77, you know what an IT *sshole that I am🥴😜🤪 I can't even quote ya correctly, lol. Well, obviously it was your Johnny post👊
 

Yeppers, Johnny OWNED Oakmont in a way, that no one ever had, and to the members who STILL chirp about it being "soft" from the 24hr straight rain, paleeeeeeeze, STFU, cuz he was a human torch that day🔥☄️💥
 

Though Eldrick Tont introduced "Tiger Proofing" into the modern golf lexicon, loooooong before Tiger was even born, the board members ran around Oakmont chirping about "Johnny Proofing" the track even for USGA Am events😂😂🤙

 

They considered ANYTHING 65 and under an affront to their Club, their track and their masculinity and aside from running out onto the course and rolling over the potential offending Player's ball with a cart at every opportunity, anything was fair game, even turning a deaf ear to the USGA Director's spoken orders to cut the rough down and back on both Friday AND Saturday evening of a US Am after said Player had fired a 66(not to worry, he followed with a 73, lolol😂😂).

 

Stay Well My Friend👊
RP

Love these anecdotes - speaking of national golf treasures, Richard, you are among them!

[Christosterone]

6 minutes ago, Hawkeye77 said:

Love these anecdotes - speaking of national golf treasures, Richard, you are among them!

couldnt agree more

 

-chris

[Jwin323]

On 1/14/2018 at 4:14 PM, Darth Putter said:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/golf/2016/07/18/3447487_19770-Jack-Nicklaus-Tom-Watson-SPORT_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqJ-R4HcdxphMVZS7j4sG1f0vXKJ18YoEyb3kvuEmT_p4.jpg?imwidth=480

 

LOVE THIS!! "The Duel in the Sun' is what got me hooked on golf. Still one of the greatest displays of talent, competitive spirit and sportsmanship I've ever witnessed.

[iBanesto]

 

 

 

 

Edited April 12, 2021 by iBanesto

[Ferguson]

Played behind the XXIO Gang yesterday. 

 

I actually stopped playing and just watched them having an enormous amount of proper, yet seriously stylistic fun. 

 

 

 

 

 

[RedWings1]

 

Great respect, This world we live in right now is messed up and this is really cool to see!
Congrats to Hideki!

 

[Hawkeye77]

I'm guessing with the Texas connection that Bruce Crampton is in this thread and I've somehow missed him. So my apologies if this pic is here already, but for some reason I was just thinking about him.  Maybe it's because watching Nicklaus when I was in junior high, often meant Crampton was getting air time (four seconds to Jack in majors in that period), so he was a very familiar player, no idea, but I'm watching college golf and for no apparent reason his name just popped into my mind.  So I immediately go looking for some good images of him and to my dismay there really don't seem to be a lot of them, so I picked a "winning" pic and even if it's been up already, this thread should be bumped often. 😉

 

 

[Christosterone]

4 hours ago, Hawkeye77 said:

I'm guessing with the Texas connection that Bruce Crampton is in this thread and I've somehow missed him. So my apologies if this pic is here already, but for some reason I was just thinking about him.  Maybe it's because watching Nicklaus when I was in junior high, often meant Crampton was getting air time (four seconds to Jack in majors in that period), so he was a very familiar player, no idea, but I'm watching college golf and for no apparent reason his name just popped into my mind.  So I immediately go looking for some good images of him and to my dismay there really don't seem to be a lot of them, so I picked a "winning" pic and even if it's been up already, this thread should be bumped often. 😉

 

 

ask and ye shall receive...

 

[Ferguson]

Can't quite put my finger on it, but this looks very familiar for some reason? 

 

 

 

 

 

[iBanesto]

Billy Mayfair - only person to beat Tiger in a playoff and known for "other things".

 

 

Edited April 15, 2021 by iBanesto

[Christosterone]

45 minutes ago, iBanesto said:

Billy Mayfair - only person to beat Tiger in a playoff and known for "other things".

 

 

Paddy beat Tiger in a playoff....it was at the 2006 Dunlop Phoenix in Miyazaki ....during tigers best ball striking period imho

not a pga win but still awesome...tiger was going for a 3peat

 

this was tiger circa 05 at St Andrew’s and Hoylake the same year...

 

dunlop, especially in those days, attracted AWESOME fields...

 

 

Edited April 15, 2021 by Christosterone

[OBbogey5]

2 hours ago, iBanesto said:

Billy Mayfair - only person to beat Tiger in a playoff and known for "other things".

 

 

ahhh at Valencia that Sunday. Left early cuz wanted to beat the crowd out. Stopped at the In N Out an exit down the freeway and who rolls in to have a look around - Freddie and Joey. Hilarious. About 10 touristy golf fans spot him and before they can run to tackle the pair, they bolt back out the door. Drive thru I’m sure. 
 

Mayfair was known for what else? I’m curious now! Ha