Biggest underachievers this year
If we talk about the underachievers, the first player that comes to our mind is the Australian Adam Scott. After all, who could forget his meltdown at the British Open?
Rory McIlroy too was an underachiever this season, until the PGA Championship, but now he is the leading contender for player of the year.
Let us take a look at the biggest under achievers of this season on the PGA Tour.
If you ask anybody around who is the most talented golfer, everybody would say Adam Scott. The Australian has got all the skills and characteristics that are needed to be a great golfer but somehow or the other he fades away at the crucial situations.
Adam Scott works extremely hard on his game – he does gym, and he practises for hours and hours. He is a good golfer on the whole, but “good” is not the standard of a player who likes to idealise Tiger Woods.
Adam Scott plays beautifully in the first few rounds of a tournament but in the crucial stages, he falters. At the British Open, nobody could have imagined that the Australian would falter in such a way.
Luke Donald has been the world number one for most of the season but his poor showings at the majors label him as an underachiever this year.
Luke finished only once inside the top-ten in the majors this year and in fact, he missed the cut at the US Open. However, he has been very consistent on the PGA Tour, making 15 out of 16 cuts but when you are the world number one, you must do well in the
majors.
Lee Westwood has been in the top three in the world rankings for most of the season but his poor show at the major also label him as an underachiever this year.
Westwood parted ways his coach and caddie after the PGA Championship. This showed that he was not happy with the way things were going.
Westwood is regarded as one of the finest ball strikers of the world but his poor form this season has been a low for his fans and himself.
The Englishman is also regarded as one of the best players to have never won a major and this is a tag that he desperately needs to remove.
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