Marcus Fraser is a spent force
When it comes to Marcus Fraser, there is little hope to see good golf. On the contrary, you will probably end up remembering a weekend where you saw the man clinch, then brace for the inevitable missed cut or over-par.
It has a great deal to do with the type of game you play. There are the steady types who will go on putting, stroking, driving and making tournaments happen, like Rory McIlroy or fellow countryman Greg Norman. The explosive, blitzkrieg type of play.
Then there are others like Marcus Fraser who led the Australian Open at the start, but the inevitable crash came along and he slipped into the abyss, never to be heard from again.
Marcus Fraser’s game play is what can best be defined as sporadic: tournament wins few and far between.
Here is to illustrate the point further: Fraser won the 2010 Ballantine’s Championship and since then, he has not won a tournament. His total tournament wins are only five, for crying out loud!
The last time he cried “I’m on top of the world ma!” was way back in 2003.
The theory, however, is not without its hiccups of course. In 2003, Fraser ravaged through three tournaments within days of each other and won them all.
The Danish Open, the Talma Finnish Challenge and the Russian Open. Now that is something Greg Norman would like to call his own.
The Russian Open is incidentally a European Tour affair as well. The Australian does play on that Tour (the European Tour) as well as the Professional Golf Association Tour of Australasia.
This year has been a bit of a letdown for the man from Melbourne. First of course, there was that Australian Open flop that we had already talked about.
I run the risk of repeating myself that the performance was a shame because he was doing really well in the first half of the tournament.
In June 2012, however, and much to his chagrin, he lost the playoff at the BMW International Open to England’s Danny Willett. The Cologne event had been going on nicely until he tied for the first place with Willett.
Our man four putted in the ensuing playoff and Willett, chipping and ending for par, took the cup home with him. That was really close.
It can be fairly opinionated that there is little to expect from Fraser in the coming year. He will in all likelihood not take himself up on the challenge like other golfers are prone to in situations such as his.
The 2013 season looks to be another wasted year for the man. It is best to expect something dazzling about around 2016.
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