Mr Predictor

A couple of years back on 606 I did a thread about players on the slide who I thought would win again.
My list was

Lawrie
Bojrn
Ferrie
Colesarts
Howell

I remember getting quite a load of flack especially for Ferrie, Lawrie and Bojrn.

Come on Howler give me a nap hand.

I can't think of any outstanding picks for the next couple of years.
Maybe you can.

Woods??

Sergio.... I think thats coming soonish
Padraig... Actually hope he doesn't can't take a shine to paddy for some reason.
Casey... Lets hope he rediscovers form or it's back to Q School

What about Charles Howell III, I know he was never at the very top but I notice he slipped in under the radar and got a top 20 in the final fedex positions? I assumed he had slipped to well outside the top 100 players on the PGA tour. He also has a crazy amount of career winnings ($22 million) for a career devoid of noteworthy moments.

He is only 32 despite that fact it seems like he has been around for ever and may well be about to hit the mid thirties pike that some players do. For example Westwoond, kuchar, Pod, VJ etc.

Whatever happend to Chris De Marco? Ross Fisher and Martin Kaymer have gone AWOL too.

Anders Hansen

Sorry guys, but with the exception of MPB, I think you are all going for safeish players.

I'll try for Thomas Levet.

Levet won this year!!! then broke his ankle celebrating....

What about Michael Campbell that'd be a comeback!

Yeah, Cambo would be a really popular winner I think.

Not wth Digs!

I think Nick Dougherty will get his game back eventually. I also think that Olazabal might have one more win in him.

My list would be:

Els
Vijay
Love
Dougherty
Monty

I don't think Love the one, one, one is actually that far away from winning he's had some fine finishes this year and could easily pick one up soon.

Ernie needs to get his putting back his long game is still good enough.

There are three guys with long-term injuries who'll hopefully return to the PGA Tour this coming year and I'd hope each has enough in the tank to win again:

Arron Oberholser - just on the verge of breaking through big time when his injuries began.
Dudley Hart
Mike Weir.

And I really hope Dougherty and Oliver Wilson return from their respective abyss.

s_r, Chris DiMarco started getting injuries and trying to play through them. Now he's a reltively short hitter and his game is obsolete on many courses. Hopefully will just about keep his card for 2012.

super_realist wrote:Whatever happend to Chris De Marco? Ross Fisher and Martin Kaymer have gone AWOL too.

Funny how everyone says that about Kaymer... not had as good a year as last season, but he's still 5th in the R2D and 6th in the world, I'd take that sort of AWOL

Well I think you can keep David on the new list Doon, Dougherty has too much by way of distraction at home to be bothered about whether he wins or not. Thinking of others from previous Ryder cups, Oliver Wilson, Boo Weekley Finally what about big JD. So how about that for a long shot
Howell
Dougherty
Wilson
Weekley
Daly

You said "win again" but I thought Colsaerts win this year was his maiden victory?

On the Euro Tour

Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño
Bradley Dredge
Scott Strange

On PGA Tour

Bo Van Pelt
Y E Yang
Pat Perez

[quote="Maverick"]I don't think Love the one, one, one is actually that far away from winning he's had some fine finishes this year and could easily pick one up soon.

Davis usually comes good in the Fall series.
Once all the glory hunters chasing the Fedex cash go & hibernate for the winter.
Leaving those that need to win to qualify for the PGA Tour next year.

With a weakened field, Davis's name always rises to the top.

Mav.
As my hero captain mannering would say.

'Well done that man, I wondered who whould spot my deliberate error first'

In 100 years from now do you think there will be a Love XV.

Maybe, but DLIII's son's name is Drew! Very good golfer apparently.

Doon the Water wrote:In 100 years from now do you think there will be a Love XV.

12 generations in 100 years? Even for a family from the Deep South that's pushing it Doon...

Aye Ned I wiz thinking that after I posted!

Mind you it is now 11 according to Kwinni.
Just about doable

Add Trevor Immelman to those who'll certainly win again. And Tim Clark.

TI is a good shout he's too good a player not to win again been showing some form again this year and hopefully he'll continue to improve always a player I liked and had a long recovery from injury.

Much like clark he has a long road ahead recovering from his injury but he's a class player who shows you don't need to be long to win

Brett Wetterich

What about Anthony Kim if he ever figures out how to find a fairway.

GMac? Is his time over?

pedro wrote:GMac? Is his time over?

He'll win in 2012. He's been a good year-bad year-good year kind of player his whole career.

I'd be amazed if Anthony Kim didn't get it together. I think he's going to win a lot

JB Holmes is another, although he alongside Vaughn Taylor were probably never have beens.

I keep hearing that Kim will eventually win loads, I just don't rate the guy, he seems another like Wie and Fowler who are more hype than substance.

super_realist wrote:JB Holmes is another, although he alongside Vaughn Taylor were probably never have beens.

I keep hearing that Kim will eventually win loads, I just don't rate the guy, he seems another like Wie and Fowler who are more hype than substance.

I don't know there's something about Kim I like, and he has unlike Fowler and Wie... Won before and has potetnital to make bags of birdies he just needs to straighten up off the tee

Edfors is also a guy that you feel could win more.

Mav, I can't stand his mullet and stupid country and western belt buckles.

super_realist wrote:Mav, I can't stand his mullet and stupid country and western belt buckles.

I don;t know the mullet is underrated anyway still better than looking like lowry! or fowlers choice of orange attire

That's true by virtue of elimination. At least with a mullet you could fit in in America, Germany or the Czech Republic where "hockey hair" is considered de rigeur, but looking like Billy Bunter or a Guantanamo Bay escapee isn't acceptable anywhere.

Maybe we should do a "worst hair" thread? Plenty og candidates.

Always had the impression Edfors's is a bit of an ironic mullet, rather than just fashion blindness like Fowler. And at least he carries it off better than Charley Hoffman!

Hoffman looks like a hillbilly, fowler looks like a guantanamo reject, McIlroy like Coco the clown and Edfors carries off the mullet by pure virtue of being a honed lad no-one will argue it looks stupid

The thick back to the hair of Davis Love and David Toms has always annoyed me for some reason.

Nothing is as annoying as the ridiculous Goatee of Woods

A lot of golfers who seem to permanently wear caps look stupid when they remove them, not simply because they are receeding, but because their forehead is so white and looks massive like a Tefal boffin. Nick Dougherty, Furyk, Donald are all guilty.

If I were pro and rich enough I think I'd make a point of not wearing headgear. That's what I like about Robert Rock, good to see a lot of the Europeans ditch them in Ryder Cup matches.

super_realist wrote:
If I were pro and rich enough I think I'd make a point of not wearing headgear. That's what I like about Robert Rock, good to see a lot of the Europeans ditch them in Ryder Cup matches.

Agree - but on the other hand I wouldn't mind seeing Bernhard Langer and Monty wearing caps more often...

super_realist wrote:A lot of golfers who seem to permanently wear caps look stupid when they remove them, not simply because they are receeding, but because their forehead is so white and looks massive like a Tefal boffin. Nick Dougherty, Furyk, Donald are all guilty.

Stewart Cink is the worst for this!

Nah...Matt Kuchar must take the biscuit in the Tefal Boffin stakes!!

Jas
I see Wiltshire have won the English counties with Kev Phillips as captain.
Any other Broome boys playing.

Yeah great result Doon, very pleased for Kev...the only other one (apart from Wrag's Josh & Ben) that I recognised was Tom Burley but I don't think he's based at Broome anymore.

JAS
I remember Ben and Josh as 5 and 7 year olds.
My daughter used to play county stuff with their mum Gill.
Kevin caddied for Jonny Brien when the Wilts side lost the English Junior Champs title [ on countback] in the early 1990's. Team included a 14 year old Gary Harris and a 13 Year old David Howell.

Maverick wrote:Nothing is as annoying as the ridiculous Goatee of Woods

I'll see your Woods Goatee and raise you a ...well whatever the heck it is that Poulter sometimes sports.. you know.. that think line of hair around the jaw line - is there even a name for that?