Top 6: Players who could break their major duck in 2017
Branden Grace
Grace has been knocking on the door for a long time in his search for major glory. The South African has finished in the top 20 of every major and came close to winning the US Open at Chambers Bay. He had one win in 2016 at the RBC Heritage and backed it up with six top tens and nine top 25 finishes.
Grace’s problems in majors is his ability to get over the line and build a lead at the top of a leaderboard. Numerous times you will have seen his name around the top of the leaderboard at majors for him to slightly drop off the pace.
At the age of 28 he would be the best shout out of the six with him having the experience of being up there in majors. He also still has time on his side like the other players and it seems like his maiden major is a matter of when and not if.
2016 major record
Masters- Missed Cut
US Open- T5th
The Open- T72nd
PGA Championship- T4th
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.
