Top 6: Players who could break their major duck in 2017
Paul Casey
Another player who will be wanting to carry through is momentum into 2017 is Paul Casey. Like Matsuyama, Casey finished 2016 strong and finished fourth in the FedEx Cup but he failed to win an event.
It was the Englishman’s performances in the play-offs that catapulted him into the top five places. Casey finished second at the Deutsche Bank Championship and BMW Championship before finishing fourth in the season finale Tour Championship.
The former Arizona State student will be looking to finally break his major duck in 2017 having failed to win one in his 17 year professional career.
2016 major record:
Masters- T4th
US Open- Missed Cut
The Open- Missed Cut
PGA Championship- T10th
Matthew Beedle
Matthew has been playing golf since he was around 13 and took up the game at a local nine-hole municipal course with his friends before joining Pontefract & District Golf Club just over the hedge.
Still a member of Pontefract with a handicap of 3, he currently sits on the board of directors to help with digital and marketing initiatives in order to improve membership and visitor income.
Matthew graduated university with a First Class in Sports Journalism from Leeds Trinity University and has been working in the golf industry since graduating.
NCG’s social media & marketing manager, Matthew’s main job role is to increase website traffic to the National Club Golfer website via our email and social media channels as well as driving entries to grow our NCG Top 100s Tour events amongst other tasks.
Not one to change his equipment too often, Matthew currently plays the TaylorMade M2 driver which has lasted the test of time in his bag. Elsewhere, you’ll find him using the TaylorMade Stealth 2 three-wood with a Ping G425 Crossover 2-iron to aid his long game.
Through his 4-iron to Gap Wedge, Matthew uses the Ping i500 irons accompanied by Ping’s Glide 3.0 56-degree and 60-degree wedges.
Another club that has stood the test of time in his bag is a Nike Method Core MC-3i putter which has had to have the SuperStroke grip changed at least three times. Ball of choice is the Titleist ProV1.