Eight English gamers are presently on the sector for the principle occasion of the PGA Tour, all seeking to break a grim file at TPC Sawgrass; Watch The Gamers of the week reside on Sky Sports activities’ Gamers Championship channel.
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The Sky Sports activities Golf staff is wanting into the the reason why an English participant has by no means gained the distinguished Gamers Championship and is seeking to who could be the one to interrupt that undesirable trent.
The Sky Sports activities Golf staff is wanting into the the reason why an English participant has by no means gained the distinguished Gamers Championship and is seeking to who could be the one to interrupt that undesirable trent.
With Rory McIlroy successful in 2019 and Sandy Lyle successful in 1987, the Northern Irish and Scots have bragging rights over the English in relation to successful The Gamers.
Whereas an Englishman got here near successful on a number of events – Lee Westwood, Nick Faldo, Ian Poulter and Luke Donald all took second place at TPC Sawgrass – England are nonetheless conspicuously absent from the winners’ circuit.
“You’d assume a kind of nice gamers of the final 20 years would have gained, however Phil (Mickelson) had one and Tiger (Woods) had two,” stated American Webb Simpson. “In all their years you’ll have thought they might win extra. I feel it simply exhibits that it is a robust golf course to win on.”
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A glance again at a number of the most memorable hits made at TPC Sawgrass’ seventeenth place.
For a rustic that has had 166 opponents within the discipline over the previous 46 years, delivering 10 majors and 40 PGA Tour wins, it stays an outlier in an amazing success story.
Even oddly sufficient, the nation thinks of extra success in The Gamers than some other competitors outdoors the US and Australia, with the English having achieved 23 all-time finalists within the high 10 within the PGA TOUR principal occasion.
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A glance again on the albatrosses of the likes of Brooks Koepka and Rafa Cabrera-Bello at The Gamers Championship.
Westwood completed runner-up to Justin Thomas in final 12 months’s competitors, whereas Poulter completed second to Ryder Cup teammate Henrik Stenson in 2009 and tied Si Woo Kim in 2017. Eddie Pepperell, Paul Casey and Brian Davis amongst different Englishmen to complete within the high 5 within the historical past of the match.
English rising hopes for Sawgrass?
Whereas England has had many nice golfers over time, together with Faldo, Peter Osterhuis and Tony Jacqueline, the depth of English expertise in The Gamers has not all the time been as exceptional as it’s now.
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A mean of seven Englishmen have appeared in The Gamers over the previous 17 years, a stark distinction to the earlier 26, when England averaged just below two reps per season.
“There’ll all the time be some English gamers on the high,” stated Swede Henrik Stenson. “Eventually that can occur.”
Ian Poulter is twice runner-up in The Gamers
The rise of gamers like Westwood, Poulter, Justin Rose, Tommy Fleetwood, Terrell Hutton and Matt Fitzpatrick has given the nation extra possibilities than ever to reclaim the Gold Cup in Florida. Casey and Matt Wallace have accomplished the eight presently on the sector, with substitute Aaron Ray and nonetheless has an opportunity of a late entry into the sector.
With no current victories to have a good time, these Englishmen on the sector are hoping there will probably be an English winner sooner reasonably than later. May 2023 lastly be the 12 months of English success at Sawgrass?
Watch The Gamers of the week reside on Sky Sports activities’ Gamers Championship channel. “Dwell from The Gamers” is broadcast from 2pm on Tuesdays and Wednesdays on Sky Sports activities The Gamers.
