Fisher reels in '09 Summative Slam crown
There was PGA Championship winner Y.E. Yang, who won last weekend while making only his eighth career start in a major, at the ripe age of 37.
Ross Fisher was squarely in the hunt for three of the four majors. (Getty Images)
Don't forget Padraig Harrington, whose second 8 on his card in as many Sundays derailed his chances of defending his PGA title, just as he had crawled to within a stroke of the lead.
Lastly, and only as it relates to the chronology and surely not the accomplishment itself, was the amazing octo of Ross Fisher, who, despite having played in exactly eight majors in his young career, managed to win the 2009 Grand Slam crown by compiling the lowest composite score in the game's most difficult events.
The 28-year-old Englishman, who was squarely in contention at the final three majors of the year, pieced together the best Sweet 16 rounds to finish 2 over for the year, winning the annual CBSSports.com Summative Slam.
In the tightest race in years, the guy they call Fish edged Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell and Swedish star Henrik Stenson by a shot apiece, with fellow Englishman Lee Westwood another stroke back at 4 over.
Stenson, who won the so-called fifth major at TPC Sawgrass, had the cumulative title within his grasp until he bogeyed two of the last three holes on Sunday at Hazeltine National. Fisher played his back nine in level par to take home the mythical crown.
Fisher finished fifth at the U.S. Open after flirting with the lead, briefly led on the front nine on Sunday at the British Open and introduced himself to a whole new world. He has two wins on the European Tour and is just getting started in his career, really.
"Major championships are where every golfer wants to be," Fisher said last week in Minnesota. "This is what we dream of playing in, ever since you're a kid, and I'm no different."
Speaking of kids, Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy was fifth overall, a mere three shots behind Fisher. He just turned 20, and like Fisher, was playing in all four majors for the first time.
Ross Fisher was squarely in the hunt for three of the four majors. (Getty Images)
Don't forget Padraig Harrington, whose second 8 on his card in as many Sundays derailed his chances of defending his PGA title, just as he had crawled to within a stroke of the lead.
Lastly, and only as it relates to the chronology and surely not the accomplishment itself, was the amazing octo of Ross Fisher, who, despite having played in exactly eight majors in his young career, managed to win the 2009 Grand Slam crown by compiling the lowest composite score in the game's most difficult events.
The 28-year-old Englishman, who was squarely in contention at the final three majors of the year, pieced together the best Sweet 16 rounds to finish 2 over for the year, winning the annual CBSSports.com Summative Slam.
In the tightest race in years, the guy they call Fish edged Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell and Swedish star Henrik Stenson by a shot apiece, with fellow Englishman Lee Westwood another stroke back at 4 over.
Stenson, who won the so-called fifth major at TPC Sawgrass, had the cumulative title within his grasp until he bogeyed two of the last three holes on Sunday at Hazeltine National. Fisher played his back nine in level par to take home the mythical crown.
Fisher finished fifth at the U.S. Open after flirting with the lead, briefly led on the front nine on Sunday at the British Open and introduced himself to a whole new world. He has two wins on the European Tour and is just getting started in his career, really.
"Major championships are where every golfer wants to be," Fisher said last week in Minnesota. "This is what we dream of playing in, ever since you're a kid, and I'm no different."
Speaking of kids, Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy was fifth overall, a mere three shots behind Fisher. He just turned 20, and like Fisher, was playing in all four majors for the first time.
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