We’ve been blessed as Australian golf fans.
Sure, we’ve endured our share of major championship heartaches. But in the big scheme of things, we’ve had plenty of reasons to get/stay up in the middle of the night and barrack like hell.
If I asked you to stop for a second and ponder whether or not you’ve had multiple winning Aussie alternatives in mind BEFORE any major, chances are you’d come up with a couple of options.
But before you do, remember that I’m talking legitimate chances, not just names hyped up as hopefuls.
Your answers, I suspect, might be age dependent, which points again to our long-term depth. Maybe it’s Kel Nagle and Peter Thomson in 1960 at the Open; maybe it’s David Graham and Jack Newton in 1980 at the Masters; maybe you had Greg Norman and some combination of Mike Harwood, Wayne Grady, Craig Parry, Ian Baker-Finch, Peter Senior or Brett Ogle in a range of Opens in the late 1980s and early 1990s; or maybe you had Adam Scott and Jason Day at the 2013 Masters.
“IN MINJEE LEE, HANNAH GREEN, GRACE KIM AND GABI RUFFELS, I PUT IT TO YOU WE ARE PACKING ARGUABLY THE BEST FOURSOME OF CONTENDERS WE’VE EVER FIELDED IN A MAJOR. ”
– MARK HAYES.
Regardless, I’ll take a punt that not one of you thought of our Aussie women. And that despite Karrie Webb
