The common take these days is that golf's major season flies by too fast. Here we are, just barely in the grand month of August, one toe in the water, and the season's long done — that's how this argument goes. You know: Augusta in April, the PGA in May, Open I in June, Open II in July, majors out.
Well, we're here to tell you that's not true — that summation, that whole four-and-done thing, is way too narrow. For starters, there's one major left, and it's boffo: the U.S. Amateur (for men), this year at Merion. Come nightfall on Aug. 16, when it wraps and all the shouting is over, maybe the Amateur will get the coveted GOLF.com prize, "Best Major of the Year." Could happen, but it's going to have to beat out this amazing threesome of majors to do it, presented here in order of their amazingness. That is, not the fame of the event or its winner or the venue, but the tingly excellence of the event itself.
Our ranking of the three best majors of the year to date:
No. 1. U.S. Women's Open at Riviera, won by Nelly Korda on June 7.
Survey says: The course, its history; the winner, her history.
#open #year #majors #amateur
Well, we're here to tell you that's not true — that summation, that whole four-and-done thing, is way too narrow. For starters, there's one major left, and it's boffo: the U.S. Amateur (for men), this year at Merion. Come nightfall on Aug. 16, when it wraps and all the shouting is over, maybe the Amateur will get the coveted GOLF.com prize, "Best Major of the Year." Could happen, but it's going to have to beat out this amazing threesome of majors to do it, presented here in order of their amazingness. That is, not the fame of the event or its winner or the venue, but the tingly excellence of the event itself.
Our ranking of the three best majors of the year to date:
No. 1. U.S. Women's Open at Riviera, won by Nelly Korda on June 7.
Survey says: The course, its history; the winner, her history.
#open #year #majors #amateur
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