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Message: [QUOTE="Oakland, post: 5433011, member: 590"] Brandel Chamblee, who I think is as astute as anyone in any sport, mentioned a couple of years ago that Scottie won about 60% of all amateur events that he entered. The only other to do that was Tiger. While I think Scottie has more major wins in him he won't necessarily keep it up long term, ala Rory/Speith/JT. Rory/Speith/JT are quite different stories. Rory had a non-playing injury that sidelined him for the second half of the 2015 season when he should have defended two majors! That seems like an inflection point when he went from a young, brash, go for it golfer to something else. He didn't win a major again for 11 years, but during those years he played great and put together a Hall of Fame strectch with multiple Players, Fedexes, #1s on the DP and PGA tours, Vardons, and a big bunch of wins. Speith on the other hand was known for his short game and making 25 foot putts, good luck keeping that up. He recently had back surgery to repair an injury that goes back to the start of his decline. That injury may or may not have been the reason for his decline, but he is not a great ball striker (the Brits have a name for such players: can't remember it but it is something like chummer, please tell me if you know it), and I think that is much more the reason for his decline. It is also why I don't expect him to get back to winning majors. I don't know what JT's problem is/was, but I suspect he tried changing his swing to keep up with the increase in distances. His decline has only been 3 yrs and I wouldn't be surprised if he gets back to where he was. Scottie's only weakness seems to be putting (162th in 2023, and 77th in 2024 when he won 8 or 9 times!), but he is 15th this season, so it looks like he will have a lot more wins in the near future. The one thing I wonder is if his dancing footwork will catch up with him some day. [/QUOTE]

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