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[arizona1]

Ick! I don't think he's good looking. Great player though.

[fuagf]

yep .. Ian Baker-Finch .. don't know if you know him .. struck me as the same kind of character ..

1995 British Open - Worst Tee Shot - Ian Baker-Finch St. Andrews

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66eCwhzb8rA


nice easy guy with a nice easy swing .. steady, but never quite ready for the very top ..
when he won the British Open i remember thinking .. yes! gooooooo Ian .. but .. lol ..
looks it was a common thought .. 1991 .. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Baker-Finch

When he won the 1991 British Open at Royal Birkdale, closing with a 64–66 to beat Mike Harwood by two strokes, he was considered a surprise champion. He had three other runner-up finishes that year as well and again qualified for the Tour Championship with a 13th place finish on the money list. He ranked briefly in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Ranking that year.

Baker-Finch's British Open victory might have proved the catalyst for him to
move to a higher level and start to regularly challenge for prestigious titles, but...