Best player to not have won a major title?

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Now that Bustamante has won the WPC, who now has earned the crown of "Best player to not have won a major title"?
 
muddawg said:
Yang Ching-Shun
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It has to be him now, I totally agree with you. "Top Money Player" in the world has never brought home the hardware at a World Championship. He's another player that seems unstoppable and randomly goes through a funk that gets him eliminated, he consistently goes deep in tough fields too. His day is coming.
 
Yang. Is this even debatable?

It can be argued that Orcullo never won a "major", but even so I would place Yang above Orcullo...simply because Yang owns him.

EDIT: On second thought, didn't Orcullo win a BCA a few years ago? Is that considered a "major"?
 
Po Chueng Kuo the kid that just got 2nd to Busty he has been in the finals twice in the semis and quarters he is always there everytime
 
Though, not the best anymore, you gotta mention Jose Parica in this thread.


Eric
 
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Kuo is certainly up there as well. He's the oldest person that looks like he's 18! He's certainly always a threat and just needs to close the door at the end and cross the finish line. It's going to be real tough for him not to win a big one!
 
Kuo and Yang sounds right to me, but two others that come to mind are Marcus Chamat and Antonio Lining.

Also, I kinda felt like Bustamante got off the career long schneid from the game's most prestigious titles when he won the 2008 Derby City Master of the Table title. This, in my opinion, is one of the most difficult titles to win in our sport and, if it is not yet, should be one of the most important measuring sticks for excellence in our sport.
 
Eric. said:
Though, not the best anymore, you gotta mention Jose Parica in this thread.


Eric
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If you ask him (Parica), he has a "World Title" - not that I doubt him, but I've never found record of it. Also, he has won a ton of big tournaments for sure! I witnessed him beating up Bustamante in the finals of one some years ago here in L.A.
 
JoeyInCali said:
No major title I think.
No US Open, world 9 or even world one-pocket.
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You're right, Joey, and CrownCityCorey is right, too! :grin-square:

Here's the BC Open Keith won -- not to be confused with BCA Open. It paid out $25,000 first place. This was the largest first-place money payout at that time. It was a pretty weighty field. :eek:

There were a bunch of golf pros there at the venue, as well as some rock and roll star -- [can't remember name now] -- and all of them partied to the wee hours of the morning celebrating Keith's win.

The closest Keith came to a major was in 2003 when he came in third place at the U.S. Open Nine-Ball Championship. If they had played the finals the night before, he would have won it. He was on fire. The night before the semi-final matches went long, until 4 a.m., trying to make up for lost time due to Tropical Storm Isabel. The semi-finals began sharply at noon. Keith just couldn't catch a gear the next day. :sorry:

I had never seen him so happy as when he came close to the U.S Open title. We had people calling us on our cell phone from around the country sending their good wishes for him to do well. It just wasn't in the stars, as they say!

Here's the BC Open roster Keith won in 1985, the same year as the filming of "The Color of Money." It was a good year for Keith! :wink:
 

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