With his win Sunday at the Senior PGA Championship, Bernhard Langer captured his ninth career senior major title and broke a tie with Jack Nicklaus for the most over-50 majors of any player. But don't expect Gary Player to agree with that assessment anytime soon.In an interview with Golf Digest, Player disputed the current tally of senior major titles and offered his view that Langer's ninth and most recent title may have passed Nicklaus, but it only drew Langer equal to him.The root of the argument is Player's three wins at the Senior Open Championship, all of which came before the tournament was designated as an official PGA Tour Champions major in 2003."Remember the Open Championship itself wasn't made official by the PGA Tour until 1995, which meant it didn't count on the victory totals of Snead, Hogan, Palmer, NIcklaus and myself all that time," Player said. "Imagine the oldest golf tournament, played on links courses that are the greatest test of skill and mind, with the most representative international field, not being recognized. It tells you something. And to similarly not recognize the Senior Open Championship as a major for many years is not fair."The Senior Open Championship began in 1987 and was never won by Nicklaus or Arnold Palmer. Other champs before it became an official major besides Player include Bob Charles and Christy O'Connor, Jr.Player is currently credited with six senior majors: three Senior PGA titles to go alongside U.S. Senior Open wins in 1987 and 1988, as well as the 1987 Senior Players' Championship. He believes his Senior Open Championship wins in 1988, 1990 and 1997 give him nine senior majors, equal to his major haul on the PGA Tour."My nine majors and career Grand Slam on the senior tour outrank my nine majors and career Grand Slam on the regular tour," Player said.Langer's win gave him a victory in each of the five majors currently recognized by the PGA Tour Champions, and Player claims an over-50 Grand Slam despite the fact that he never won the Regions Tradition in 19 career appearances.According to Player, the Tradition - which Nicklaus won four times and which was recognized as a major from its inception in 1989 - should not count as a major but is instead a "very nice tournament."
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But like some other players, he retains some serious gripes. Most notably, the Englishman is REALLY not a fan of the detailed green books on Tour and feels the governing bodies should step up and
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Despite a genuine affection for McCormick and his method of teaching, Nordqvist wasn't seeing the results she wanted. In May, after missing the cut at the U.S. Women's Open, she knew it was time to make a change. "I told myself I needed to trust myself a little bit more and go back to the things that I feel like worked in my swing."
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The other cool thing about this week is that Tiger has a chance to pick up career win No. 82, which would match the all-time record belonging to Sam Snead . . . and it could happen at the home of
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Hurricane Harvey hit the Houston area over the weekend and has killed five people so far. Heavy flooding from the Category-4 storm, which many have called "unprecedented," has caused severe damage
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Woods was in Manhattan Monday to promote his new book, "The 1997 Masters: My Story," and his Union Square appearance will be his only book signing. Some fans paid a heavy toll to be able to get
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The final tournament of the calendar year on the PGA Tour feels like a fresh start for Brandt Snedeker. The biggest question is how long that feeling will last. at the RSM Classic from a
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— We're in the final weeks of the SPHL regular season and like our ECHL friends we are going to break down the evolving Presidents Cup playoff races. Unlike our ECHL buddies, who sometimes play more games in a day than the SPHL does in a weekend, we will publish updates weekly or if something remarkable happens.
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Former NFL quarterback Tony Romo will be returning to the PGA Tour this spring. The former Dallas Cowboys star and current CBS NFL analyst has accepted a sponsor exemption into this year's AT&T Byron Nelson, played at Trinity Forest in Dallas where Romo is a member.
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