name 1 great player that dont have a championship title

me..........

Dennis Hatch?

Beer:30 said:

me..........

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Beat me to the catch!:thumbup:

Django Bustamante.

predator said:

Django Bustamante.

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First noting that I have no idea what is meant by a championshiop title in the initial post of the thread, I agree with this.

None of the game's greats has had more trouble getting over the finish line in tournaments having big elite internationally diverse fields than Bustamante, who has failed to win all of the following --- the US Open, the World Pool Championship, the BCA Open, and the Derby City Nine Ball.

predator said:

Django Bustamante.

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Derby City All-around Champion for 2008

All-Japan 9Ball Champion 2002

I think those are Major wins. He should have more, I guess.

Yang Ching-Shun gets my vote.

BlowFish said:

Derby City All-around Champion for 2008

All-Japan 9Ball Champion 2002

I think those are Major wins. He should have more, I guess.

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Also Japan Open 2010.

To be considered one of the greats, you should definitely have won the WPC and the US Open. Those are the two big ones.


That is why Earl is so great. How many WPC and US Opens has he won? Haters can say whatever they want, the record is clear.


I would agree with others. Bustamante is the strongest, most successful player to not have won.


He still plays great. You never know. He can still win either or both.


Wikipedia lists the following as Bustamante's wins:

Titles and achievements

* 2007 Pool & Billiard Magazine Fans' Top 20 Favorite Players, #7
* 2007 Hard Times Summer Jamboree winner (One-pocket Division)
* 2007 Hard Times Summer Jamboree winner (Nine-ball Division)
* 2007 US Pro Tour Champion
* 2006 World Cup of Pool winner
* 2005 Masters Nine-ball Champion
* 2005 Joss Northeast Nine-ball Tour Finale Champion
* 2005 All-Filipino Billiards Open winner
* 2005 Weert Open Ten-ball Ring Game winner
* 2004 World Pool League Champion
* 2003 ESPN International Challenge of Champions winner
* 2002 All-Japan Nine-ball Champion
* 2002 ESPN Sudden Death Seven-ball Champion
* 2002 Gabriels Las Vegas International Nine-ball Champion
* 2002 Peninsula Nine-ball Open winner
* 2002 IBC Tour Stop 2 (Munich, Germany) winner
* 2002 Motolite World Nine-ball Challenge winner
* 2002 IBC Tokyo Nine-ball International winner
* 2001 World Pool Masters winner
* 2001 Turning Stone Casino Classic II winner
* 2000 Motolite International Nine-ball Champion
* 1999 ESPN International Challenge of Champions winner
* 1999 Camel Tulsa Nine-ball Open winner
* 1998 Camel Riviera Eight-ball Open winner
* 1998 World Pool Masters winner
* 1998 Camel Tulsa Nine-ball Open winner
* 1998 Camel Columbus Ten-ball Open winner
* 1998 Sands Regency Open 28 winner
* 1997 Camel Kasson Open winner
* 1997 Camel Denver Open winner
* 1993 PBT Bicycle Club Invitational winner


A lot of great wins in many very tough tournaments. However, the big 2 are missing from the resume.

Django could have been as great or even greater than Efren, it's just a shame that he was never mentally quite as strong. WPC losses to Strickland (final) and Peach (semifinal) must have hurt a lot.

Why Yang hasn't won anything big is another mystery. Perhaps he put too much pressure on himself...who knows...

From the past ...

Don Willis

Jorge Ang Tumalon

BlowFish said:

Yang Ching-Shun gets my vote.

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The Son of Pool was adopted.

JarnoV said:

Dennis Hatch?

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Good answer.....Bro!!!

Evan broxmeyer

Evan broxmeyer never had a major under his belt......one of thr best pool players on the face of this earth

Um, Dennis Hatch won a Camel 10ball stop back in the day.
Not an easy thing to do with who was on the tour back then,

I have to go with Bustamante also. He seems to fold in the latter stages of big events. It's probably become a 'thing" with him now because he knows he should have won at least a couple of majors by now (U.S. Open, Worlds etc).

Has Orcullo won a major?