Favorite Tour Picture

[jmck]

11 hours ago, iBanesto said:

Need I say more... 😍

 

Great picture. As aesthetically pleasing as swings come. 

[Christosterone]

5 hours ago, iBanesto said:

Jumbo Ozaki.

 

94 Japanese Tour wins.

 

 

Aoki and Sarazen with Jumbo

 

 

Nakajima and Aoki with Jumbo

 

 

At the masters in 73, Ozaki was paired with Miller...

I could only find one picture with Miller in frame...that’s him in the pink pants

 

 

 

Edited April 25, 2021 by Christosterone

[Christosterone]

Cool putting era(s)

I loved the hands-in-lap age of nicklaus...people bent over trying to get closer...and closer...

andy north is gripping to the metal...

aokis putter must’ve been 10 degrees upright...

 

Crenshaw had a perfect setup and rhythm

 

Edited April 26, 2021 by Christosterone

[Christosterone]

Sandy Lyles spectacular Open Championship of 1985...

held off an ascendant Payne Stewart

 

olazabal was low am...

he would finish 2nd in the Order of Merit just a year later...

 

 

[b.helts]

10 minutes ago, Christosterone said:

 

Rain gear has come a long way!

[Christosterone]

Just now, b.helts said:

 

Rain gear has come a long way!

I love that Jack wore golden slickers...

That color is historically for sailors...

who else but the Golden Bear!?!

 

-chris

[jkumpire]

I am sure many of you have noticed this, but aren't all those colors great to see? I tire of seeing pga tour players wearing the same 3 colors with no pattern, no style, nothing to distinguish them from others. With modern fabrics these colors and styles could be used again and we would have something good to look at, instead of seeing 2 guys wear caps and not hats and be distinctive.

[mat562]

On 4/25/2021 at 1:22 PM, Soloman1 said:

Who Els could it be?

 

Ryo is pronounced with the r and y sound starting with the tongue pushed against the back of the top front teeth, then dropping the tongue and making the O sound. It's an acquired sound that is difficult for many non-Japanese to get it right. There is no real R sound. The R and Y sound more like "ri."

 

Ishikawa is still to this day and amazing ball striker. It's a mystery that he hasn't won as many tournaments as he could. He hits it in the precise middle if the clubface more consistently than anyone measured on tour. He made so much money in Japan, especially after shooting a 58 as a teenager on tour, that he didn't have to play golf anymore. His father was a banker and he pushed him to turn professional so he could pay off all the debts making Ryo the player he was. There is no such thing as junior golf in Japan, so he had to pay full boat to play golf and it was expensive near where they lived.

 

Ishikawa got in a little trouble in Japan because he got a drivers license from California (I believe, or Hawaii) during a tournament. He was 17 years old. He was stopped in Japan for something and showed that license, which is a no-no in Japan. He could not get a drivers license in Japan until 18 years old. He had to drop out of sight for a while to pay the social penalty of contrition. He always wears a band around his right upper arm. There is a rumor that it's to hide a tattoo and that would be a big, big problem, since only yakuza have tattoos. He wouldn't be able to play golf anywhere in Japan with a visible tattoo. Big, BIG problem. He was so good at such a young age. Maybe he started to think about it too much as he got older.

 

I was lucky enough to watch Ishikawa hit some shots an an Open Championship appearance a few years back. I'd echo your thoughts about it being a mystery why he hasn't won more and achieved global success. As a striker of the ball he is hugely impressive. An absolute flusher. In the same category as Lyle, Norman, Woosnam, Faldo, Els, Duval and co. when it comes to generating a crunching fizz and the laser-like flight off the irons. As we all know there's more to golf than just middling it, but he really is a stellar striker. Absolute top of the tree.

Edited April 27, 2021 by mat562

[Christosterone]

10 hours ago, jkumpire said:

I am sure many of you have noticed this, but aren't all those colors great to see? I tire of seeing pga tour players wearing the same 3 colors with no pattern, no style, nothing to distinguish them from others. With modern fabrics these colors and styles could be used again and we would have something good to look at, instead of seeing 2 guys wear caps and not hats and be distinctive.

ian Poulter loved the style of the 70s and often wore identical outfits..

 

Poulter, Ishikawa, and a few others are the modern incarnations of Miller, weiskopf, jack, sanders etc...

 

and his [perfect] recreation of Payne’s rookie masters outfit was great...and highly respectful

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 28, 2021 by Christosterone

[@_the_crook]

an entire page of well tailored players.

no matter that fashion changed from decade to decade.

 

thanks to all the posters.

[Christosterone]

11 hours ago, @_the_crook said:

an entire page of well tailored players.

no matter that fashion changed from decade to decade.

 

thanks to all the posters.

my wife’s an er physician and I’ve got time on my hands early in the morning and nights haha

 

Plus I love the history of golf

 

glad u re enjoying...

Embarrassed how much time Ive spent finding matching outfits of Poulter and his 70s counterparts…

 

RYO outfits were pretty easy to find [on the previous threads page] because he often said who and why he had his clothes made in an interview maybe 10 years ago…

I always loved RYO’s  clothes[pants especially] were 100% bespoke...

 

-chris

Edited April 28, 2021 by Christosterone

[smashdn]

Late 70's early 80's appear to have been a magical age for golf.  Great names of years past along with the new crop of players that were to become greats in their own rights.  The proliferation of logos and advertisements hadn't gotten to the point where it spoiled the "look" of the player or game.

 

The clubs.  Man the clubs.  Guys combing thrift stores looking for the perfect Mac driver from the 50's.  Lead tape.  Nickel-sized worn spots on the faces.  Really, worn down spots cause guys weren't playing new iron sets every season.

[Hankshank]

Mug shots of competitors in the upcoming PGA tour event

[Dan33185]

Glad to see Ishikawa get some love in this thread, as you can tell by my avatar I'm a big fan. If you would have asked 10 years ago who would be the first Japanese player to win a major, he would have probably been the name you'd pick. Crazy how far his game has fallen (at least in the US), he's still young enough though to make a go at it here.

[paulshack]

Just wanna say thanks for all the pics. Love this thread and love seeing the old pics, interesting putter stance on those old boys, when did it change to the stance we typically see these days? 

[acemandrake]

Writer Jeff Rude describing Hogan's attire:  "Hogan would go to his hotel room & unpack a suitcase full of gray."

[Christosterone]

2 hours ago, acemandrake said:

Writer Jeff Rude describing Hogan's attire:  "Hogan would go to his hotel room & unpack a suitcase full of gray."

Actually, Hogan was a meticulous dresser.

he even showered one year before the green jacket ceremony telling Mr Jones “I don’t intend to have a hair out of place”

 

he also loved cardigans of all colors and owned shoes of almost ever color…well, not pink that I recall ha

 

the light blue pair he often donned in the 50s were my favorite…

Hogan had quite a few pairs of shoes dyed to match pants, shirts, or and cardigans……

 

-chris

 

 

Edited April 29, 2021 by Christosterone

[Hawkeye77]

Responding to get this gem of a thread and these wonderful Hogan pics up to the top and hopefully overshadowing some of the mess this sub-forum is lately, lol.

 

 

[Divot License]

On 4/28/2021 at 2:13 AM, Christosterone said:

ian Poulter loved the style of the 70s and often wore identical outfits..

 

Poulter, Ishikawa, and a few others are the modern incarnations of Miller, weiskopf, jack, sanders etc...

 

and his [perfect] recreation of Payne’s rookie masters outfit was great...and highly respectful

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

While Poulter has worn some horrendous stuff in his time, I agree that most of his outfits are modern takes on old school looks. 

[Christosterone]

8 hours ago, Divot License said:

 

While Poulter has worn some horrendous stuff in his time, I agree that most of his outfits are modern takes on old school looks. 

his Payne Stewart tribute was really cool…

 

also illustrates Payne’s sensibilities…he said at the time he wanted to give Augusta respect by wearing tuxedo knickers….that’s awesome

 

and that Ian paid tribute to Payne’s gesture over 20 years later is equally cool imho

 

-chris 

[Go Cougs]

18 hours ago, acemandrake said:

Writer Jeff Rude describing Hogan's attire:  "Hogan would go to his hotel room & unpack a suitcase full of gray."

 

18 hours ago, Christosterone said:

Actually, Hogan was a meticulous dresser.

he even showered one year before the green jacket ceremony telling Mr Jones “I don’t intend to have a hair out of place”

 

he also loved cardigans of all colors and owned shoes of almost ever color…well, not pink that I recall ha

 

the light blue pair he often donned in the 50s were my favorite…

Hogan had quite a few pairs of shoes dyed to match pants, shirts, or and cardigans……

 

-chris

 

 

That Rude dude probably just didn't realize he was looking at black and white pictures of Hogan.

[Christosterone]

Plus hogan spanned styles from the 40s pleated with 2” cuffs at the shoe to sans-a-belt polyester…

 

he was a snappy dresser…and his hats were generally bespoke to match a shirt, cardigan or pants…

 

he also loved argyle socks but I could only find 1 colored example

 

-chris

[Divot License]

So many Hogan pics I've never seen before.

[acemandrake]

13 hours ago, Christosterone said:

Plus hogan spanned styles from the 40s pleated with 2” cuffs at the shoe to sans-a-belt polyester…

 

he was a snappy dresser…and his hats were generally bespoke to match a shirt, cardigan or pants…

 

he also loved argyle socks but I could only find 1 colored example

 

-chris

 

5 hours ago, Divot License said:

So many Hogan pics I've never seen before.

 

[acemandrake]

Just now, acemandrake said:

 

 

Hogan was a dandy & a fop 🙂 

[smashdn]

On 4/28/2021 at 7:41 PM, Christosterone said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Man, the thing I took away from these two pictures were Hogan's hands.  For a smaller guy he looks like he has big, muscular hands.  His fingers in the second pic even look muscular.

[GolfGuitarsCars]

Sansabelt slacks were the $hit

[Christosterone]

Jimmy Demaret post went twice…

see next page for some reason…

 

-chris

 

Edited April 30, 2021 by Christosterone

[smashdn]

@Christosterone If we can make requests, I would like to see some George Knudson.  In the early SWWOG vids you can find on youtube he just exudes cool.  He almost looked like a beatnik at times out there playing but it always looked very effortless.

 

He also had a very varied look from early in his career to later.

[Christosterone]

8 minutes ago, smashdn said:

@Christosterone If we can make requests, I would like to see some George Knudson.  In the early SWWOG vids you can find on youtube he just exudes cool.  He almost looked like a beatnik at times out there playing but it always looked very effortless.

 

He also had a very varied look from early in his career to later.

he was a boss

the leaderboard at the 69 masters was unbelievable…

weiskopf, casper, january and he lit up the back 9…January dropped a 66 on a burned out augusta…

 

Great mention btw…the fact he wore an Egyptian ankh necklace was awesome

and ur description of him was perfect…he would’ve fit right in with Kerouac and Ginsberg..

 

-chris