Who ya got?
@DFSNOLE can we please have a civil Masters thread without deletion? Because it’s kinda hard to talk Masters without mentioning him. Who knows how he’ll do. I know you’ll be pulling for him to miss the cut but they’ll be a lot more people pulling for him to contend. That said, I got Phil.
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I simply find it difficult with Tiger (42) or Phil (47) can end up with the Green jacket Sunday....or win any other major ever. History (and injuries) are certainly working against them. Only four golfers over the age of 40 have won a Major since 1980, and that number shrinks to zero since the US Open in 1990, an eye-opening 106 opportunities. Can they contend, sure, but stringing together four rounds in any Major has seemed to elude yesterday's and today's greats, particularly in the last three decades. Here's to a great tournament.
OLDEST PLAYERS TO WIN A MAJOR
Julius Boros, 1968 PGA Championship, 48 years, 4 months, 18 days
Tom Morris, Sr., 1867 Open Championship, 46 years, 3 months, 10 days
Jack Nicklaus, 1986 Masters Tournament, 46 years, 2 months, 23 days
Jerry Barber, 1961 PGA Championship, 45 Years, 3 months, 6 days
Hale Irwin, 1990 U.S. Open, 45 years, 15 days
Lee Trevino, 1984 PGA Championship, 44 years, 8 months, 18 days
Roberto De Vicenzo, 1967 Open Championship, 44 years, 3 months, 1 days
Harry Vardon, 1914 Open Championship, 44 years, 1 month, 10 days
Raymond Floyd, 1986 U.S. Open, 43 years, 9 months, 11 days
Ted Ray, 1920 U.S. Open, 43 years, 4 months, 16 days