Who is the best player of the last 40 years not to win a major event?

[Black-Balled]

Mostly corn and soy beans.

No bet.

 

[Black-Balled]

"Sans souci" means "no worries".

 

[WobblyStroke]

I don't think BCA Hall of Famer Kim Davenport ever won the U.S. Open or a World title.

I'd have to go with Kim Davenport too. Can't believe he didn't have a major. Stroke like a wild bronco tho.

A player I loved to watch play that never won anything big was Larry Nevel. He had a top tier stroke, just didn't have the full game to match it yet before his untimely passing. One of the best strokes ever imo.

 

[Jaden]

Dan and I played almost even in the early seventies, he wouldn't give me weight but I wanted to play him because, he was such a nice person to do business with in a pool room.... he was not the norm.
I knew I probably wouldn't make any money/and he wasn't stealing, so I played by the game, after about 1 1/2 I think I was stuck two games and quit. Great person, not many Dan Louies in pool rooms.

Dan Louie is one of the nicest players I've ever met.

 

[Mensabum]

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I'm going with C.J.Wiley (unless he won a major event I am not aware of)

can think of two that noone has heard of except by those who keep it close to the vest. Very good at flying under radar.
Heck, I heard some guys made a living doin that.

 

[spartan]

40 years ago is too long ago for folks like me. Let us talk about more current active best players of these last 2 decades who have not won a major.
For this exercise, major is defined as only WPA/PBS/WNT 8B,9B,10B majors, includes World Games (poor man’s version of Olympics) , PBS Las Vegas Open (longest running leg of PBS tour). Excludes team events,All Japan, invitationals (like World Pool Masters, PLP, Big Foot 10B).

Conclusion:
The players with highest finishes in majors who have not won a major are:
Alex Kazakis (2nd W8B, 2nd W10B, 3rd W9B) and Kuo Po Cheng (2x runner up+ 1x semifinalist at W9B) followed by are Oi, Raga, He.

 

[Kris_b1104]

Conclusion:
The players with highest finishes in majors who have not won a major are:
Alex Kazakis (2nd W8B, 2nd W10B, 3rd W9B) and Kuo Po Cheng (2x runner up+ 1x semifinalist at W9B) followed by are Oi, Raga, He.
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I like this list, pretty accurate.

 

[Mensabum]

I'd have to go with Kim Davenport too. Can't believe he didn't have a major. Stroke like a wild bronco tho.

A player I loved to watch play that never won anything big was Larry Nevel. He had a top tier stroke, just didn't have the full game to match it yet before his untimely passing. One of the best strokes ever imo.

Did Hubbard ever win a major?? Larry??
I know he ran w Mike a bunch but I'm not clear on how many big ones, if any, that he won.
Don't keep track of that stuff.

The Ice Man cometh!!
Talk about focus and concentration!!
Larry had em both in Spades.
You couldn't rattle him or pull his attention away once he zoned in. I admired that about the man.
No nonsense.
All game.
Rest easy Ice.

 

[CMarshall]

Max Eberle