[overavantstandard]

Champion's Tour used to be called the Senior Tour. They changed the name...why? So viewers wouldn't think it was just old guys hacking around?

What gets me is that they have 5 "majors". What the hell? The old duffers have Major golf tournaments? No. I don't think so. The best players at golf have major tournaments, four for the men, probably the same for the women. The players competing here are the best in the world and are playing on the toughest courses for the most money. That's why it's a major. Should the amateurs have majors too? They just make this shit up sometimes.

Oh, yeah, there's one difference between the major tournaments and the regular events on the Champion's Tour: They play four rounds instead of three. Whew, quite an accomplishment.

[hHwJ229h]

Champion's Tour used to be called the Senior Tour. They changed the name...why? So viewers wouldn't think it was just old guys hacking around?

What gets me is that they have 5 "majors". What the hell? The old duffers have Major golf tournaments? No. I don't think so. The best players at golf have major tournaments, four for the men, probably the same for the women. The players competing here are the best in the world and are playing on the toughest courses for the most money. That's why it's a major. Should the amateurs have majors too? They just make this shit up sometimes.

Oh, yeah, there's one difference between the major tournaments and the regular events on the Champion's Tour: They play four rounds instead of three. Whew, quite an accomplishment.

what's your point?

[onlyfun_biziness]

what's your point?

Marketing to draw viewership by using the term "major" as it is known in professional golf.

[gypearteday]

Marketing to draw viewership by using the term "major" as it is known in professional golf.

The guys on this tour made the PGA what it is today. I think they've earned the right to call these tournaments whatever they choose. If they want to declare the winner of a major the world champion of golf, I would have no reservations. Of course, I, and any other rational fan, would understand that the winner is not the best golfer in the world.

[halfstreet]

Marketing to draw viewership by using the term "major" as it is known in professional golf.

and how are they not majors?

[hrthwhr]

and how are they not majors?

Explained that in my first post. Please scroll upwards.

Hey, how's about you and I having a "major" golf tournament next week? Right after our Super Bowl basketball game?

[Liaiskelile]

Explained that in my first post. Please scroll upwards.

Hey, how's about you and I having a "major" golf tournament next week? Right after our Super Bowl basketball game?

that could work if we were a professional golf tour recognized by the usga. but alas, that we are not.

[CamVideoQl]

The guys on this tour made the PGA what it is today. I think they've earned the right to call these tournaments whatever they choose. If they want to declare the winner of a major the world champion of golf, I would have no reservations. Of course, I, and any other rational fan, would understand that the winner is not the best golfer in the world.

So call it the Senior Tour "Wing Ding". It's not a major.

Don't dilute the meaning of the term by calling it so, in my opinion.

[whatisthebluepill]

So call it the Senior Tour "Wing Ding". It's not a major.

Don't dilute the meaning of the term by calling it so, in my opinion.

There wouldn't be majors as we know them without these oldies. They built up the meaning of the word. I don't even agree that it dilutes the meaning in the first place.

[pataagusata]

you do realize you couldn't hang with these guys right?

[Fksxneng]

that could work if we were a professional golf tour recognized by the usga. but alas, that we are not.

USGA, PGA, and "Champion's Tour" are separate entities.

The latter is given a lot of wiggle room and didn't exist before the advent of TV revenues.

[veizKinquiz]

There wouldn't be majors as we know them without these oldies. They built up the meaning of the word. I don't even agree that it dilutes the meaning in the first place.

Please. Should we have a senior "Super Bowl" too, based on the legacy of the old players? Their time has come and...gone.

[AnneseeKels]

you do realize you couldn't hang with these guys right?

What's your point?

[shiciapsisy]

The PGA and the PGA tour are seperate entities. The PGA tour and the Champion's Tour are part of the same organization.

[enactolaelant]

What's your point?

i find it amusing you're belittling a tour, it's players, and events when you couldn't do what they do.

[DrBrightonone]

Please. Should we have a senior "Super Bowl" too, based on the legacy of the old players? Their time has come and...gone.

The Super Bowl is for football, silly.

I'm still not sure what this does to hurt the term "major." I understand major to mean:

Main Entry: 2major
Function: noun
1 : a person who has attained majority
2 a : one that is superior in rank, importance, size, or performance b : a major musical interval, scale, key, or mode
3 : a commissioned officer in the army, air force, or marine corps ranking above a captain and below a lieutenant colonel
4 a : an academic subject chosen as a field of specialization b : a student specializing in such a field <a history imajor/i>
5 plural : major league baseball -- used with the

The bolded segment is the part that applies to golf. These championships are superior in rank, importance, size, or performance compared to other tournaments. Just like the 4 big PGA tournaments are superior in rank, importance, size, or performance.

[goolen4you]

i find it amusing you're belittling a tour, it's players, and events when you couldn't do what they do.

Um, that's not the point of the thread.

My golf ability is totally irrelavant to the argument.

[illiniastibly]

The Super Bowl is for football, silly.

I'm still not sure what this does to hurt the term "major." I understand major to mean:


The bolded segment is the part that applies to golf. These championships are superior in rank, importance, size, or performance compared to other tournaments. Just like the 4 big PGA tournaments are superior in rank, importance, size, or performance.

Because they play four rounds instead of three?

They're certainly not the best four tournaments in the game of golf. That's reserved for the PGA majors, and it's why all the best golfers show up for them.

[gMUVgw71]

Because they play four rounds instead of three?

They're certainly not the best four tournaments in the game of golf. That's reserved for the PGA majors, and it's why all the best golfers show up for them.

But they are the 4 best on the champions tour.

[JorgiOLusinio]

this thread is pointless. who really gives a shit.