This year’s Players Championship ended with the victory of Rory McIlroy, who really gives indications that this will be his season. Many experts from the world of golf weighed in on the last tournament, sharing different opinions.
The Players is a tournament that many call the fifth major, which speaks volumes for how important this victory is for Rory.
Hank Haney, former coach of Tiger Woods, commented on this year’s tournament, believing that golf needs more meaningful events.
“I’m ready to do a 360 on the Players Championship and making it the 5th Major. Golf desperately needs more meaningful events, 4 Majors and the Ryder Cup just isn’t enough.”- Hank Haney wrote.
Lee Trevino shares his views
Lee Trevino this week shared his opinion that The Players should be given Major status.
He explained that the question is often asked whether the tournament should become the fifth Major, to which he replied without a doubt that it should be. Trevino believes that this tournament deserves such status because of the quality of the course and the general condition in which it is located, as well as the fact that this tournament brings together the strongest group of players, which makes it one of the most important in the world of golf. Some people do not share their opinion with them, but it is clear that this tournament really has an excitement factor, there are many great names on it, and it has all the predispositions to be the tournament that will be the most exciting and interesting in the next few years.
American retired golfer stresses that the tournament already qualifies for Major status given how long it lasts and how successfully it is held. To him, all of this makes this tournament a real candidate to become a Major.
The 85-years-old notes that such a move could increase the number of Majors won by some of the great players such as Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods and himself, but it would not strongly affect the gap between them because it would just be additional recognition for everything they have achieved in their careers.
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