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FTF: What’s a bigger tournament, the Open Championship or the Masters?
The GolfWRX forums exist so golfers have access to the latest equipment releases, hottest discussions, real equipment reviews, best instruction, new technologies and everything golf you can imagine. So if you love golf, the GolfWRX forums are your sanctuary.
In the From the Forums weekly feature, we bring you the hottest, most buzz-worthy topics from our forums for your convenience. I’ll be your trusty tour guide to navigate the latest buzz. Here’s a peek behind the curtain into golf’s sanctuary.
Bigger tournament: The Masters or The Open?
As TheyCallMeVinnie points out, Rory McIlroy called the British Open the biggest tournament in golf. Surely, many pros and fans reject this notion, thinking instead the annual gathering in Augusta, Georgia, is a bigger deal.
Like all great debates, there’s no definitive answer, but that doesn’t get in the way of some great discussion.
Your first Scotty Cameron
Started in 2014, this thread is still going strong. Sapps_12 asks: What’s the first Scotty Cameron you owned? Take a trip down the GSS blocks of memory lane with your fellow GolfWRXers.
Favorite pair of golf shoes ever?
Golfers are weirdly particular about their shoes. Tsecor asks fellow WRXers what their favorite shoes are and why. Comfort, performance, aesthetics, we all preference different elements in our shoe selections.
Some of us, doubtless, still swear by steel spikes (although there’s nowhere left to wear them).
The best place to live, work, and golf
Here’s a good debate: Name the place that offers the golfer everything. Good jobs, great place to live, and an abundance of quality golf options. Breaks81 narrowed his list to Texas, Utah, and Arizona but remained open to additional suggestions.
To see what the forums had to say, check out the thread.
Jason Day’s high tops
As you may have heard (and may not care to have heard), Jason Day wore a pair of Nike Air Jordan 1s during the first round of The Open.
Not surprisingly, there’s a heaping helping of hot takes in this forum thread dedicated to the subject, and the larger discussion about the direction of golfwear is well worth weighing in on.
Equipment
I’m a 31 year-old male and I turned my apartment living room into a driving range stall – GolfWRXers react
In our forums, our members have been reacting to a post from ‘GolferTodd’ who has turned their apartment living room into a driving range stall. ‘GolferTodd’ produced the following photo in our forums with the caption:
“To the exclusion of furniture. Bachelor life.”
And our members have been reacting to the post in our forums.
Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.
- MtlJeff: “This is amazing……When i was 28 i lived in an apartment that had my winter tires in the kitchen, i only had one plate and 1 set of knives and forks, and i cooked pasta in a witches cauldron from 1835. And i still convinced a woman to marry me. So i am all for this. In fact this is way better than what i had to offer.”
- TiScape: “Love it Todd. Go Dodgers!!”
- imkirby34: “Based on the view out the window, it looks like you’re on the first floor, which is probably a good thing because I’d hate to live below you, even if you have an extremely shallow AoA. Haha.”
In our forums, our members have been discussing classic irons. WRXer ‘DonaldDunes’ has caught the vintage club bug, and wants to know other members’ favorite iron models that “have stood the test of time or were the top performers for their day.”
Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.
- Maine Golfer: “I love a lot of clubs but ’69 Wilson Staff’s are an all time favorite. Easy to hit in relative terms and they look amazing.”
- Wilsonian: “No surprise from me, but the Wilson K-28 irons, specifically blades with the glide thru sole. I grew up playing Ram clubs, but got away from them as I got older. My return to vintage was with the Wilsons, and my first set of hickories were the Wilson Plus Success irons. You’ll try a lot of sets, but I think it’s a matter of what feels best in your hands, specifically your 7 iron which is the best indicator imo.”
- Hawkeye777: “Hogan Redlines. Macgregor Nicklaus Muirfield 20th. Wilson Staff Tour Blade. Those are mine, don’t play any of them these days (no real reason to) and didn’t really “collect” them. The Wilsons I played with for years.”
In our forums, our members have been discussing how much wear is too much wear when purchasing used irons. WRXer ‘con_mon2’ is interested in a used set of iron and kicks off the thread, asking:
“Would love to hear everyone’s thoughts on this! How much wear are you comfortable with?
I found a set of irons on eBay that I am very interested in buying, but they have a bit more wear than I’m comfortable with. I have attached a few pictures showing especially the wear on the sweet spot on the PW and 9 iron. Maybe you can convince me that I’m being too picky and I should just buy them? Or maybe I should be concerned about the wear? I’m not really sure. They are Ping i230s which came out in 2022 so they aren’t that old. And the seller had this to say about the condition: ‘Good: Normal wear for their age. Excellent playing condition but they have cosmetic wear on faces and soles. Sweetspot wear is visible.’
Beyond the cosmetic, I’d really like to know this: At what point do you start to worry about the grooves being so worn that they have a substantial effect on the shots you’re hitting?”
And our members have been sharing their thoughts in response.
Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.
- rsballer10: “The term you are looking for is “browning” and these irons have some of that going on. They are completely playable, but I’d say they’ve reached their half-life.”
- Nessism: “Those heads are stainless steel. The “browning” that some people reference, is really the yellow shade of the nickel layer under the chrome. When forged carbon steel heads wear through the chrome, the “brown” is RUST. These heads will never rust. People applaud the old Ping irons as being “indestructible”. Those heads had no chrome. These heads, even if the chrome is beginning to wear through, on one head, are miles more durable than the older unplated “indestructible” Ping’s. And even further ahead of any forged club.”
- phizzy30: “Hard pass for me. I would rather get a new set of DTC irons and would be glad to spend the extra couple to few hundred.”
Entire Thread: “When buying used irons: How much wear is too much? – GolfWRXers discuss”
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chris franklin
Jul 22, 2017 at 5:56 pm
More to the point is do you honestly believe this to be journalism?
The answer to your question which one supposes to be ‘which is the bigger tournament?’ is unquestionably the Open Championship,historically older,played on a variety of courses and is open to qualifiers unlike Augusta which started life as the Augusta Invitational and is now played on a tricked-up golf course that must have RT Jones spinning in his grave.
No great golfers cv is complete unless they have lifted the Claret Jug.
golfraven
Jul 22, 2017 at 3:20 am
I was once a big fan of the Masters but it becomes more staged and very obvious to the spectators. Still would like to go to Augusta and see it live. The Open is the championship which challenges all skills of the player (well the course and weather do the rest) and rightly the winner has the title the champion golfer of the year.
Mike
Jul 21, 2017 at 6:58 pm
I agree, the Open is the biggest Championship, the Masters the biggest tourney.
In Australia the telecast starts at 3.30 pm and finishes around 3am . Does the Masters do any thing like this?
Blake
Jul 21, 2017 at 2:14 pm
Not even a close comparison. The masters is the biggest golfing event year after year. Not even close to whatever is second (which would prob the the US open, Not the British open).
Nat Thorp
Jul 21, 2017 at 9:57 pm
I think that may be a slightly ascue judgement. The Opem Championship would get significantly higher viewing in Europe than the Masters.
Personally, having played in Scotland and played a few of the Open loop, I would say that the Open Championship is a more difficult victory (depending on weather). The Masters is always perfection but it’s always Augusta, same course same set up. I would think you could ask quite a few pros and they would say there is almost no course harder than Carnoustie in the Open Championship, including Augusta.
Ceri pritchard
Jul 21, 2017 at 12:54 pm
The open is the biggest championship. The masters is the biggest tournament. It doesn’t get more definitive than that.