Parity in Golf Is the Norm, Not Exception

There have been five different teams to win the last five World Series titles and nine in the past 11 years ? and Major League Baseball is widely lauded for its virtuous parity.

Four different teams have claimed the last four Super Bowls and six in the past eight years ? and the National Football League is universally celebrated for its equitable diversity.

Fifteen different golfers have captured the last 15 major championships, including nine consecutive first-time winners ? and the prevailing feeling is that something is ?wrong? with golf.

What a crock. Instead, something?s wrong with the prevailing feeling.

It?s no secret that in the dozen years from 1997-2008, we all became desensitized to domination. Tiger Woods won 14 of the 48...

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