Your favourite golfer ever

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

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

Rory

Bagger Vance...

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.

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.

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.

Ben Hogan. Loved watching him on Sky Sports.

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.

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

That's what Billy Walters says anyway.

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

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.

Tiger and Stenson.

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.

Padraig
Tiger
Stenson
Scott

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.

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.

Tiger by far

I also like DJ