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KiwiPie

I heard the stat so won't answer the year but it was a bit longer than I thought (early 2000s when Tiger was dominating - lots of 3 US player years in there but no 4s)

Much much longer than I thought!

barbarian

My guess is 04? Todd Hamilton, Micheel, Woods at Augusta, but maybe that was a year Retief won the US? Long time ago though.

barbarian

Great win by Xander. So in control in that back 9, looked every bit the champion.

Love the pace of this major, testing players in all conditions. Can you survive in the wet? Can you beat the wind? Great now go out and get it on Sunday. Xander had all the gears.

Canes4life

@barbarian a solid top 20 placing for Daniel Hillier aswell which was awesome to see.

KiwiPie

@barbarian said in The Open:

My guess is 04? Todd Hamilton, Micheel, Woods at Augusta, but maybe that was a year Retief won the US? Long time ago though.

I'll post the answer as this thread will go quiet soon. 1982 amazingly enough. And in 1994, no American won a major (Price x 2, Els & Olazabal)

barbarian

82, wow! That's incredible.

1kiwi

Won a few bucks with Dan Hillier finishing inside the Top 20 so pretty happy with that. Also had Swede Alex Noren to finish inside the Top 20 as well.
What a year it's been for Xander. Started the year with no majors, now has two. He's had 12 Top 10 finishes in the 17 tournaments he has played this year including the majors.

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