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Date: 28 Aug 2006 08:43:37
From: multi
Subject: Players of the Year Before 1948?
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The PGA Player of the Year was first awarded in 1948, to Ben Hogan.
I'm interested in who people think would have won in previous years,
if it had been awarded. For example, Byron Nelson would have won in
1945 with his 18 wins, and Bobby Jones would have won in 1930 for his
Grand Slam (we won't worry about whether the old-timers belonged to
the PGA).
I'd appreciate any responses that give a year (as many as you want to
talk about), your choice for POY, and your reasons for choosing him.
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Date: 28 Aug 2006 13:24:45
From: annika1980
Subject: Re: Players of the Year Before 1948?
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multi wrote:
> The PGA Player of the Year was first awarded in 1948, to Ben Hogan.
> I'm interested in who people think would have won in previous years,
> if it had been awarded. For example, Byron Nelson would have won in
> 1945 with his 18 wins, and Bobby Jones would have won in 1930 for his
> Grand Slam (we won't worry about whether the old-timers belonged to
> the PGA).
>
Not so fast on Jones! How can you give PGA POY honors to an amateur?
Gene Sarazen won 8 pro tournaments that year and recorded 4 second
place finishes and 18 Top-10's (presumably out of 18 attempts). I
doubt many American pros played in the British Open back then, so the
only real pro tourney Jones won was the US Open.
So we've got 8 wins vs. 1 win. Sarazen lost on the final hole of the
final match in the PGA to Tommy Armour or he'd have had 1 Major as
well.
Oh yeah, Long Jim Barnes is a cod lock to win it in 1919.
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Date: 28 Aug 2006 13:57:12
From: multi
Subject: Re: Players of the Year Before 1948?
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On 28 Aug 2006 13:24:45 -0700, "annika1980" <annika1980@aol.com >
wrote:
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>multi wrote:
>> The PGA Player of the Year was first awarded in 1948, to Ben Hogan.
>> I'm interested in who people think would have won in previous years,
>> if it had been awarded. For example, Byron Nelson would have won in
>> 1945 with his 18 wins, and Bobby Jones would have won in 1930 for his
>> Grand Slam (we won't worry about whether the old-timers belonged to
>> the PGA).
>>
>
>Not so fast on Jones! How can you give PGA POY honors to an amateur?
It's not the PGA POY, since I'd like to include Vardon in this, and
there was no PGA during his dominant years. I'll call it the "Noonan
Award."
>Gene Sarazen won 8 pro tournaments that year and recorded 4 second
>place finishes and 18 Top-10's (presumably out of 18 attempts). I
>doubt many American pros played in the British Open back then, so the
>only real pro tourney Jones won was the US Open.
Actually, he won the 1930 Southeastern Open, but I agree that you make
a good case for Sarazen.
>So we've got 8 wins vs. 1 win. Sarazen lost on the final hole of the
>final match in the PGA to Tommy Armour or he'd have had 1 Major as
>well.
>Oh yeah, Long Jim Barnes is a cod lock to win it in 1919.
Thanks for the input.
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