The Majors- least favorite and most favorite

[wilt the stilt]

To me the masters reeks of everything I dislike about golf- exclusionary, class oriented, history of racism, and smug.

A tradition like none other- Like not letting Charlie Sifford not play.

favorite- U.S. Open- anyone can play, hardest track. makes pros cry like babies.

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[JonLP24]

1. US Open - fav

I don't know about least favorite, I guess I'll go with your choice. Love the course though.

[ProfessorGAC]

4. See, That's What I Don't Like

As i said in my reply to the OP, the course is too perfect. The layout is great, but the ridiculous amount of grooming is inconsistent with the fact that the game was invented in sheep pastures. Not that i want my golf course to be a sheep pasture, but i don't need or want to place to look like it was astroturfed.

It looks great on TV, for sure. But, it is all just so perfect that i find it annoying.
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[MadBadger]

2. 1. US Open 2. Masters 3. British 4. PGA

[ProfessorGAC]

3. US, British, PGA, Masters

US Open for what you said. Toughest layout. Raises the game to a different level.

British because the conditions, climate, and layouts require a different kind of golf.

PGA because it's set up the most fair of the majors. Simple set-ups, no tricks, just long with fast greens on tracks that are often public courses.

Masters is just too meticulous and perfect. I've been hearing the class and exclusion thing about golf for so long, i'm inured to it and no longer pay attention to that. (Not that i disagree as it relates to Augusta.) But, no golf course should take as much care as is given that place. It ceases to resemble the game that was invented.

So, i pick the Masters fourth, too.

Edited for a typo.

[jakefrep]

5. British, Masters, PGA, US Open

British Open has the coolest courses and the most challenging (and variable) conditions. The US Open at times seems to be artificially difficult circus golf. I wouldn't be shocked if the USGA decided to plop windmills and clown heads into the middle of the fairways of a US Open course.

[madinmaryland]

6. Johnny or Lee? That's a hard one...

The Vol's and Pitt coach vs. The Six Million Dollar Man.

:shrug:

[fishwax]

7. hard to beat the U.S. Open for fields, courses, and storylines

I could happily watch dusk to daylight coverage of all four days.

The Open Championships is #2 for me--it's a different kind of golf than we normally see here in the states and they often have great storylines as well.

I guess I'd go with the Masters for #3. The course and tradition are impressive, but then it has the drawbacks that you mention. The main reason that I put it above the PGA is that it's like opening day -- it means the beginning of another season of majors ...

The PGA is #4--though in some ways I like it better than the two I've put above it. (I like the fact that it's easy to follow all four rounds in their entirety, unlike the British Open and the Masters; also, one of my favorite majors ever was the 2002 PGA when Rich Beem held on to win.)