Your favourite golfer ever

wanmo

Who is your favourite ever golfer. I liked Greg Norman

GreeBo

Jack for my old man, but there was just something about Norman for me too.

Dtoffee

Lee Trevino .... a natural talent and a force of nature.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lkDcuc5YwA

valoren

Nick Faldo.

Got into golf at the end of the 80's/90's when he was at his peak. Norman, Seve and Faldo were the big three at that time.
Faldo's swing was just majestic to me during that era. He was a machine.
Got a photo with him at the Seve Trophy in 2007 but lost the picture

blue note

Padraig.

Mantis Toboggan

Rory

vapor trails

Seve

Keyzer

Bagger Vance...

Scott Tenorman

Tiger!

Seve OB

loved Christy Jnr when I was a kid and I idolised him. did have a soft spot for Faldo back then, I've no idea why though!! Liked Norman a bit, but my dad kept putting me off him because he snubbed me quite rudely in the car park of Royal Dublin when I asked for an autograph.

Seve has to be my all time favourite though.

kennethrhcp

I used to love jesper parnevik

I'm in my mid30s... Tiger was everywhere & won everything when I was growing up so he's gotta be up there

begbysback

Bubba

Golfhead65

I grew up watching the magician that was Seve, always great to watch,also lucky enough to see Jack at Mount Juliet,two of the all time greats

slave1

At times Norman - but was hard to see his nearlys, Padraig - just the sense of enjoyment he portrays and love of the sport....but ultimately no one can compare to Tiger.
His difference in a tournament is unsurpassed and when he's on fire anything can happen, what he did in the US Open in 2000 showed he truly was on another planet the way he absolutely decimated the field and went on to win the four majors in a row...

mafc

Padraig Harrington for me but Seve a close second, had the pleasure of shaking Seve’s hand once when his trophy was been played in The Heritage.

OS_Head

At the moment, Shane Lowry. Ever since the interview he gave Joe Molloy while practicing for the Irish Open

Break80

Friend of mine won a comp to play in the pro am at The Irish Open in Killarney a few years back.
His young lad was outside the ropes at the practice area when my friend went to him got his cap and asked Padraig to sign it for him. Padraig refused. Fair enough thought my friend he is practicing and don't want any distractions.
Padraig had seen him go to his young lad already and guessed what was happening
so over he went lifted the ropes and walked the young fella up the line of pros meeting every one of them and getting his cap signed. Real VIP stuff.
Father and Son still talk about it.
A real Mark of the man.
Without a doubt our greatest sportsman ever.

gimli2112

Phil Mickelson. I always liked him and then he started winning me money in the bookies. When he won his first major I remember Butch Harmon saying he'd had to adopt his game and curb his attacking instincts. This may have been true but I don't think he did, years later he hit that shot from the pine needles on 13 at Augusta.

FixdePitchmark

Tiger
Seve
Phil

And as well documented anybody Irish or northern Irish.

FixdePitchmark

To add to that was too young for real seve so in his day Jose Maria olazabal was a great sub.

I also had a strange admiration for the peculiar style of Langer and for that matter Kaymer was one cool ****er.

I also like Daly , he just broke every mould going.

Agree Norman changed golf but it was heartbreaking stuff .

The stiff upper lip of the English pros was a pain in the arse and a bit fake .

Woosnam was a great shake up of that.

Lefty Bicek

Ray Floyd for his books on scoring.

Padraig for his dedication.

Seve.

TCM

Ben Hogan. Loved watching him on Sky Sports.

Adiaga 2

Faldo.

Loved the Irish guys O'Connor Jnr, Walton, Rafferty, Darcy and Smyth and tracked their progress religiously on Ceefax(P.321)

Harrington and Seve would be up there but it was Faldo from being a kid and trying to copy his swing from magazines and Leadbetter videos.

Benicetomonty

Was a huge fan of Davis Love when I was younger. Such an elegant but powerful swing and always seemed to behave well on the course, a real southern gent.

Always root for the Irish but my guilty pleasure has to be Colin Montgomerie. Unfailingly rude and entitled though he was, you just had to love somebody who loved the game so much and wanted so desperately to perform well. And what a brilliant player. Wonderful swing and refreshingly quick. When he blew the US Open at Winged Foot in '06, its as close as Ive ever come to crying watching golf. His golf in the Ryder Cup made him a player to respect whether you love him or hate him. Ditto Poulter.


I was a massive fan of Payne Stewart. What a golf swing, it was almost therapeutic watching him hit the ball. 1999 US Open remains the most exciting major Ive ever watched. Stewart pulling through after messing up the previous year against a leaderboard that featured Woods, Mickelson, Singh and Duval right in their prime. Such a tragic loss

But probably my all time favourite has to be the king of cool, Fred Couples. So much talent its ridiculous. An incredible swing, like hes made from elastic. Even with his record, an under achiever to rival anybody in sport, but does he care? Like **** he does! Legend.

Dublin Spur

Freddy Couples

Henry Ford III

gimli2112 wrote: »

Phil Mickelson. I always liked him and then he started winning me money in the bookies. When he won his first major I remember Butch Harmon saying he'd had to adopt his game and curb his attacking instincts. This may have been true but I don't think he did, years later he hit that shot from the pine needles on 13 at Augusta.

Do a bit of research. "Figjam" is a fine player, but not a good guy at all.

lawred2

Padraig Harrington and Tiger

Both by an absolute mile

Seve OB

Henry Ford III wrote: »

Do a bit of research. "Figjam" is a fine player, but not a good guy at all.

That's what Billy Walters says anyway.

gimli2112

Henry Ford III wrote: »

Do a bit of research. "Figjam" is a fine player, but not a good guy at all.

I've heard he was unpopular. The PGA tour itself is full of rather unsavoury characters imo, some of this is ego which you find common in elite sports.

There's always a gripe around someone particularly if they are good. Faldo, Tiger and Phil were all widely disliked on tour. I've heard enough to accept I probably wouldn't like Phil the person without knowing how true any of it is but as a golfer he's my favourite.
Always liked Bernard "Nice Guy" Langer too.

Beaulieu

Break80 wrote: »

Without a doubt our greatest sportsman ever.

110% Compete and utter Gent. Queued with my son in Dundrum SC a few years ago where he stayed for at least 8 hours speaking to fans and signing everything and anything that people proffered. He was there as a fundraiser for Goal.

gypsy79

Padraig by a mile

Watch the senior tour all of a sudden get popular in Ireland in a few more years

Mantis Toboggan

Ah padraig is a legend but if I've an hour free to watch some golf then it's got to be McIlroy.

Whiplash85

gimli2112 wrote: »

Phil Mickelson. I always liked him and then he started winning me money in the bookies. When he won his first major I remember Butch Harmon saying he'd had to adopt his game and curb his attacking instincts. This may have been true but I don't think he did, years later he hit that shot from the pine needles on 13 at Augusta.

I agree. My favourite golfer of all time. He really should have had 10 majors by now. So many close calls. In terms of longevity of career and playing at highest level he will go down as one the greatest of all time.

newport2

Padraig and Henrik.

When Stenson's on form his irons are a joy to watch. His win at the Open was one of my favourite rounds of golf ever.

Tilikum17

Tiger.

CalamariFritti

Tiger and Stenson.

skallywag

John Daly

billy3sheets

Lee Buck Trevino
He won six major championships and 29 PGA Tour events over the course of his career. He is one of only four players to twice win the U.S. Open, The Open Championship and the PGA Championship. The only major that eluded him was the Masters Tournament.

bailey99

Has to be Seve. Only him.

I did like Norman but I think people like him cause he choked quite a bit. A bit like Jimmy White. Sure a loser is very appealing in an endearing type of way.

Padraig cause he's Irish of course. I think he is infinitely more popular than McIlroy will ever be. McIlroy just isn't very likeable.

callaway92

Padraig
Tiger
Stenson
Scott

valoren

Tilikum17 wrote: »

Tiger.

Posted a day ago, a recap of his final round in Mount Juliet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27VBPf7XZaM

His swing was just majestic. The speed and the controlled power. Turn up the volume for this one, the sound from the pured blades is fantastic.

Dr_Colossus

Ernie Els by a good stretch, what a swing but was always frustrated as even when in contention he never seemed to get much coverage.

Was an admired of Nick Faldo also, so meticulous and such consistency. Enjoyed one story where he’s only cut his fingernails so many days before a tournament to have the rights level of feeling in the finger tips.

Greg Norman gets a mention also, one of the best drivers of a ball with great power and speed and always so exciting to watch. The 96 Masters was one of the most exciting and agonising tournaments to watch in real time.

As an ambassador for the game in this country is has to be Padraig Harrington. Rarely if ever a bad word from fans and some great stories such as that in post #17 by Break80, one of my favourites was a minibus with down syndrome kids on board pulled up outside his gates and seeing Padraig outside practicing got a bit excited and boisterous. Hearing the noise Padraig went out to check and expecting to be told to keep it down or move it along they were instead invited in for a tour and to watch him practice. Seems to have great time for everybody and always with that smile.

sky88

Tiger and Phil just the 2 best golfers to watch on tv and the best entertainment for me.

i grew on the PGA tour so always had more of affinity with those guys then the european players

RoadRunner

Not even close, Ho sung choi

redzerdrog

Torn between Padraig and tiger

Mushy

It'd be wrong not to say Tiger, he made the game compulsive viewing at his peak. And even now, there's an extra dimension when he's in the mix.

Other favourites, I liked Duval a lot, Payne Stewart and O Meara too, lot of time for Cabrera-Bello.

Padraig goes without saying, and Lowry too. I think a lot of younger Irish golfers would look up to him more than Harrington, he's very grounded, seems a regular guy with a lot of talent.

FixdePitchmark

Mushy wrote: »

It'd be wrong not to say Tiger, he made the game compulsive viewing at his peak. And even now, there's an extra dimension when he's in the mix.

Other favourites, I liked Duval a lot, Payne Stewart and O Meara too, lot of time for Cabrera-Bello.

Padraig goes without saying, and Lowry too. I think a lot of younger Irish golfers would look up to him more than Harrington, he's very grounded, seems a regular guy with a lot of talent.

I think Harrington became more of a character as he got older .

He basically trying so hard when younger he hadn't time to be a character.

He was always a complete gent and honest on a golf course.

Imagine Harrington banging club into a green . It wouldn't happen. Even at his lowest and he had them.

galwayllm

Tiger by far

I also like DJ

Pissartist

Tiger

Golfgorfield

Conno.

DeanAustin

Langer. 1991 Ryder Cup was one of the first tournaments I watched and felt bad for him after he holed 2 or 3 clutch putts but missed the one on the final green. Could have ruined a lot of players or at least set them back for a bit. Not Langer. The next week, he destroys the field on the European Tour. Astonishing mental strength.