PGA Tour: Where Are These Once-Prominent Pros Now?

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Published: February 18, 2013

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Golf is a fickle game. One day everything is clicking and falling into place, and the next day it is gone. Anyone who has ever picked up a club can attest to that feeling. This fleeting feeling is not relegated to amateurs—it can afflict the best players in the world.

There are major champions roaming the mini-tours who are searching for that answer. Some will find it and return to prominence, but others will search for a lifetime for that magic formula that can appear out of nowhere and vanish in flash.

These three golfers are examples of the fleeting nature of success in golf.

 

David Duval                                   

There is no better example of the fickle nature of the game of golf than the career of David Duval. Once upon a time, David Duval was a can’t-miss prospect. He was a four-time All-American at Georgia Tech and had a phenomenal early pro career.

He was the No. 1 player in the world in 1999, and there seemed to be a budding rivalry between himself and Tiger Woods that would carry golf fans for the foreseeable future.

Duval won 11 tournaments in an 18-month span between October 1997 and April 1999. These wins also came at some of the most prestigious stops on tour. Duval was victorious at the Players, the Tour Championship and won a World Golf Championship at Firestone among other victories.

These accomplishments were impressive, but the label of the best player to have never won a major followed him everywhere he went.

The monkey was finally off his back when he won the 2001 Open Championship at Royal Lytham & St. Anne’s. Experts thought this would open up the floodgates for Duval and many majors would follow, but that was not the case. This ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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