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> @mat562 said:

> Ian Woosnam never ammassed a great major championship record, but had a great career and was one of the most naturally gifted players to swish at a ball in his pime. He gets my vote, narrowly, over Tom Weiskopf, Fred Couples, David Duval and Sir Bob Charles.

 

Woosnam is certainly the most talented hobbit to ever play.

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“Swish at the ball”. Well said, he swung much like Oosthuizen, one of the sweetest moves ever.

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> @mat562 said:

> Ian Woosnam never ammassed a great major championship record, but had a great career and was one of the most naturally gifted players to swish at a ball in his pime. He gets my vote, narrowly, over Tom Weiskopf, Fred Couples, David Duval and Sir Bob Charles.

 

 

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Freddie

And the irony is no one is on his case about it. Unlike Norman who won 2 and is treated as a failure

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Always amazed at how many times folks throw Fred Couples into these discussions. 15 wins and a great press agent doesn’t get you best player with only one major. It doesn’t even get you past Jim Furyk, let alone guys like Mangrum, Littler or Wadkins.

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> @golfgirlrobin said:

> Always amazed at how many times folks throw Fred Couples into these discussions. 15 wins and a great press agent doesn’t get you best player with only one major. It doesn’t even get you past Jim Furyk, let alone guys like Mangrum, Littler or Wadkins.

 

Thing is Freddie is often cited as one of the most, if not the most, naturally gifted golfers of all time. Again my point is not to get on his back about it, but how is it someone like Norman not touted as same amount of natural talent is considered a tragic fail when he has one more majors than couples

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> @golfgirlrobin said:

> Always amazed at how many times folks throw Fred Couples into these discussions. 15 wins and a great press agent doesn’t get you best player with only one major. It doesn’t even get you past Jim Furyk, let alone guys like Mangrum, Littler or Wadkins.

 

Perhaps, because unlike those you mention, Couples reached #1 in the world rankings?

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I'd lean toward Davis Love III on this one. Love had chances to win lots of majors in the 1990s before Tiger Mania swept the land and just couldn't get it done. He could've won the Masters in '95, the U.S. Open in '96, etc. It just seems like he had a lot more chances than Fred Couples did down the stretch in major championships for much of his career.

 

Also, if Colin Montgomerie could've made par from the fairway at the 2006 U.S. Open, do we have him on this list? I think Monty is the best player to have never won a major ever, but if he did win one is the best to only have one?

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> @Cwebb said:

> Davis Love, Fred Couples, and Adam Scott. Just a load of talent....and it shows how difficult it is to close the deal, if you're not world class with the putter

 

Just a guess but I kind of feel like Adam would have found a second major if not for the anchoring ban. Even now I believe he's having one of the best putting years of his career but under the pressure of contention he still misses some really bad putts.

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