Top 5 Reasons The Players Is The Best “Major”

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Published: May 4, 2010

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A lot of people will disagree with this.  In fact, a lot of people who have and have not been to majors of any kind will probably take issue with it being called a major.  But it is. (If that’s you, you’ll have to get over it.)

 

I’ve been to enough of them to know. And I’m here to tell you The Players has all the ingredients of a major.  In fact it has more than the rest of them have, although like golf courses, each major is different.  Here’s what sets The Players apart.




1. It has the best, strongest, toughest field every year.

 

If you arm isn’t in a sling, you are there. Second place in field strength goes to the PGA Championship which has 20 club professionals, and all the rest earn their way in with  play.  The US Open and the British Open have qualifiers, a bunch of qualifiers, so they tie for third, behind the PGA Championship. The Masters, beautiful rite of spring that it is, has a short field, typically less than 100. You don’t have to beat as many people there. They have past champs, the occasional golfer from another country that none of us have heard of and top 50 in the world and some amateurs. It’s not like beating 156 other guys who are ready to walk over you with softspikes. Those who win The Players beat the best the best of the best.




2.  It has a course that tests everything you have.

 

Sure the other majors have tough courses. With the recently invented contest where four people play the US Open course before the tournament, it’s been proven that most of us would need a week to get around a major type course. We’d have to send someone back to the clubhouse a couple times for extra golf balls and a sack lunch.  Possibly a machete and a GPS locator. And a calculator to add up our “others.&rdqu...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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