Why is the PGA Championship still a Major?

[LICC]

> @HonestPlayer said:

> > @LICC said:

> > > @HonestPlayer said:

> > > > @LICC said:

> > > > > @HonestPlayer said:

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> > > > > > > Because it’s a great major good courses good course set up and historic . I rate the masters as the 4th major.

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> > > > > > Rightly or not, the Masters is by far the most popular and most watched golf tournament in the world.

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> > > > > I know. It’s played in one course, invitational and other historical factors make it 4th for me. The British open is the best and most historic for me - I’ve read before Woods and Nicklaus agree with on the British open part which I thought was interesting.

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> > > > Understood. Your view is a small minority one.

> > > > The large majority of people consider the PGA the 4th of the four. People disagree on which of the other three is best, but the PGA is the widespread choice as the 4th.

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> > > I know but I disagree with that Masters is 4th for me.

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> > How often is the PGA played on a course better than Augusta? And what "other historical factors" of the Masters detract for you?

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> One course major isn’t my cup of tea but it’s no doubt a good course. Historical factors like when certain people in society where allowed to be a member / spectate rubs me up the wrong way a little. But that’s no too relevant to me. The most relevance to me is when it became a major (some time after the others) and that it’s played on just one course. That puts it 4th for me regardless of anything else. I’m sure it was a huge advantage to Tiger that he knows Augusta so well when chasing that extra major, not meaning to put a downer on his achievement . I personally find the Augusta golf course overrated too, it’s a nice course but more memorable because the masters is always played on it. Purely my view no intention to offend Masters fanatics my main playing buddy loves the masters the most

 

You can't hold Augusta's member history against it and still rank the PGA higher. The PGA was blatantly racist. It had a "Caucasian-only" mandate in its by-laws until the 1960s, after years of fighting to keep it in.

[Vindog]

> @lawsonman said:

> > @LICC said:

> > > @Lagavulin62 said:

> > > The thread title is silly. It rightly is a major, no issues there. The question as I see it, why do so many win it, then never win another major? I wouldn’t call them second tier winners.

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> > > But the thing is, ask yourself, if you could only win one major, would you pick the PGA Championship? Well I think the answer is 99.9 percent of us would NOT pick the PGA.

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> > > But regardless it is still a major. One of the four and nothing needs to be changed or added. As I have said before, I think the new scheduling is a good thing that will enhance the PGA.

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> > This is the typical response. It is a major because it is. Because it was so it still is. And has a strong field. No one has an actual good reason.

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> I don't know. Why does it rain sometimes? This thread is in the running for dumbest thread of the year.

 

> @lawsonman said:

> > @LICC said:

> > > @Lagavulin62 said:

> > > The thread title is silly. It rightly is a major, no issues there. The question as I see it, why do so many win it, then never win another major? I wouldn’t call them second tier winners.

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> > > But the thing is, ask yourself, if you could only win one major, would you pick the PGA Championship? Well I think the answer is 99.9 percent of us would NOT pick the PGA.

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> > > But regardless it is still a major. One of the four and nothing needs to be changed or added. As I have said before, I think the new scheduling is a good thing that will enhance the PGA.

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> > This is the typical response. It is a major because it is. Because it was so it still is. And has a strong field. No one has an actual good reason.

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> I don't know. Why does it rain sometimes? This thread is in the running for dumbest thread of the year.

 

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