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lionheart

Jun 3rd 2011 6:33 am

British Golfers Rule the World

Four out of the current Top Six world's golfers are British...only one Yank. I cannot ever remember a situation like this before.:thumbsup:

Golf-World rankings
Mon, 30 May 2011

1. (2) Luke Donald (Britain) 9.14 average points

2. (1) Lee Westwood (Britain) 8.74

3. (3) Martin Kaymer (Germany) 7.41

4. (4) Phil Mickelson (USA) 6.18

5. (5) Graeme McDowell (Britain) 5.62

6. (6) Rory McIlroy (Britain) 5.42

The Dean

Jun 3rd 2011 7:00 am

Re: British Golfers Rule the World

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Originally Posted by lionheart (Post 9407057)

I can remember back in the late-1980s when there were no Septics at all in the Top Ten - it was post-Watson, post-Nicklaus, post-Trevino, but pre-Woods, pre-Mickelson, pre-Furyk............. there were a few (Curtis Strange, Tom Kite, etc) but they weren't consistently highly-ranked.

weasel central

Jun 3rd 2011 7:45 am

Re: British Golfers Rule the World

if you look at your passport you will see it says great britain and northern ireland, so by definition two of your four arent british :p

lionheart

Jun 3rd 2011 9:38 am

Re: British Golfers Rule the World

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Originally Posted by weasel central (Post 9407138)

if you look at your passport you will see it says great britain and northern ireland, so by definition two of your four arent british :p

Okay then smart ass, UK Golfers rule the world.:p

Welivehere

Jun 3rd 2011 2:09 pm

Re: British Golfers Rule the World

Can't wait for the Ryder Cup..... :thumbsup:

scrubbedexpat141

Jun 5th 2011 4:18 am

Re: British Golfers Rule the World

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Originally Posted by weasel central (Post 9407138)

if you look at your passport you will see it says great britain and northern ireland, so by definition two of your four arent british :p

They are British until they lose.

Then they are Scottish / N.Irish or Welsh.

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