Top 6: Players who could break their major duck in 2017
Thomas Pieters
If people hadn’t heard of Thomas Pieters before 2016 then they certainly had by the end. The Belgium golfer the Made in Denmark tournament on the European Tour and finished fourth at the Olympics to convince Darren Clarke to hand him a wildcard pick for the Ryder Cup.
Pieters played alongside Rory McIlroy for most of the Ryder Cup and performed above and beyond the Northern Irishman. Pieters came out of the Ryder Cup with four wins and one loss to his name and will have gained even more experience than Fitzpatrick having played to an exceptional standard and he take that into 2017.
If he can perform at the level he did at the Ryder Cup then there is no reason why he can’t win a major. Pieters recently showed off his invite to the Masters on social media and will play in the tournament for the first time.
At the age of 24 he has still got time to improve and you’d like to think if he doesn’t win one in 2017 then he will do in the near future.
2016 major record
Masters- DNP
US Open- DNP
The Open- T30th
PGA Championship- 86th
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.
