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Originally Posted by gales0678
there are just MORE better players today , than ever before , that being said Jack Fleck did beat the best US Open player to ever play in the tournamnet in a 18 hole playoff which has to rank up there as the greatest upset in tournament history if not in all of sports history and prevented Mr Hogan from getting his record 5th title (others claim he has 5 from his win in the 1942 north/south open , dan jenkins wrote a piece about this once)
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I agree with you. I don't think that there is any doubt that the fields are much stronger than they used to be. There are so many good players out there right now.
I'm sure that some people will crucify me for saying this, but I honestly don't think a guy like Lee Trevino would even be in the Top 100 if he were playing today. The players today are bigger, stronger, in much better shape, and they also have much better instruction. How could a guy like Lee Trevino compete with these guys on a 7400 yard golf course? I just don't see it.