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8in light of Westwoods now customary failure to secure a golf major, where does he rate in sport biggest underachievers. my candidates would include

 

Jimmy White 6 world finals yet never won one,

 

Tim Henman 3 Wimbledon semi finals

 

James Wade, Wayne Mardle, in darts immediately spring to mind.

 

in formula one Gerhard Berger, Jean Alesi, should have won more than they did.

 

golf, Westwood, Montgomorie, are the biggest culprits.

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8in light of Westwoods now customary failure to secure a golf major, where does he rate in sport biggest underachievers. my candidates would include

 

Jimmy White 6 world finals yet never won one,

 

Tim Henman 3 Wimbledon semi finals

 

James Wade, Wayne Mardle, in darts immediately spring to mind.

 

in formula one Gerhard Berger, Jean Alesi, should have won more than they did.

 

golf, Westwood, Montgomorie, are the biggest culprits.

 

If anything Henman over-achieved. He was pish! (By Grand Slam winning standards). On that note, is he growing on anyone else? I dinnae mind him so much now that I don't have to put up with 'Henmania' every June.

 

...beaten to it!

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RS I don't think I am being too course, Westwood has come out and said it doesn't bother him whether he wins or not, fair enough but can he relay this to the press, and pundits who forever hype him up.

That kind of DILLIGAF attitude is exactly why he will never win a major the difference between him and mickelson in attitude was the reason one finished as winner and the other finished tied for third,

Mickelson came out and said how much he has wanted this title and his desire was there for all to see.

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henman wasnt that good a player tbh. no shocks that he never won a slam.

 

in football the biggest culprits are the dutch.

not many countries if any can match they consitent level of producing players but on trophy is cscant return for a nationa that produced cruyff and van basten.

[mind you in anotehr world theyd have as many world cups as germany].

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The likes of RS and other golf aficionados are better placed to answer this but is Monty an underachiever?

 

8 European order of Merits,

 

Three consecutive PGA Championships,

 

31 European Tour victories, ( 4th most in history )

 

World no 2 ranking.

 

5 time Major runner up.

 

 

Information courtesy of Wikipedia

 

 

So I suppose the question is does failing to win a major, or your sports blue ribboned events make you an underachiever?

 

Or is the issue that they had the talent and ability to do it but never did.

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Definitely Giant Haystacks.

 

Was clearly a superior wrestler to Big Daddy, but for some unfathomable reason Haystacks could never beat the smaller, inferior 'Big Daddy' during what was truly the high tide mark of British wrestling.

 

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Greg Norman was THE best ball striker I ever saw.

 

Not my favourite golfer. That was Tom Watson. But as a hitter of a golf ball, he was clearly the best.

 

The rest never came close. He was the best of my generation. I never saw Hogan.

 

watson was my 2nd favourite golfer after lee trevino

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Definitely Giant Haystacks.

 

Was clearly a superior wrestler to Big Daddy, but for some unfathomable reason Haystacks could never beat the smaller, inferior 'Big Daddy' during what was truly the high tide mark of British wrestling.

 

martin3.JPEG

 

 

 

Watching that you'd think it was fixed.

 

 

 

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Craig Brown yet.

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