You take it for granted sometimes that all the biggest names you know in golf are regularly cleaning up the trophies, but it’s just not true.
You always lose a lot more than you win in golf, and even the best of the best go a long, long time without sampling glory.
And there are multiple Major champions, World No.1s and prolific tournament winners that have waited three, four, five years since they last grabbed silverware, with even a two-time Major champion having gone a decade since his last success.
So here’s some big names from LIV Golf and the PGA Tour who have surprisingly long winning droughts…
Patrick Cantlay
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Last win: BMW Championship August 2022
It’s not the longest drought but it’s arguably the biggest surprise given how generally consistent the former World No.3 has been playing since his last victory.
Cantlay won the 2022 BMW Championship to successfully defend the title he also picked up in 2021, and it seemed that a Major triumph was just around the corner.
But not only is he still searching for that maiden Major triumph, but he’s still waiting to taste victory again well over two years later – which certainly is a head-scratcher – as he’s had 11 top-five finishes and two runners-up spots overall since his last victory, but the wait goes on.
Justin Thomas
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Last win: PGA Championship May 2022
Justin Thomas really is a strange case, with his last two wins being The Players Championship in 2021 then the PGA Championship in 2022 – but nothing in-between, or since.
The two-time Major champion has oodles of talent but something deserted him and he was lucky to get into the 2023 Ryder Cup team in the end. For someone with his vast array of shots going way over two years without a win is crazy.
Jordan Spieth
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Last win: RBC Heritage April 2022
A golfing enigma, Jordan Spieth could, and probably should, have won his first three Masters appearances, and but had to settle for one in 2015, when he also claimed the US Open and could easily have won all four Majors – finishing second at the PGA Championship a T4 at The Open.
With a shot-making genius few can match, Spieth has become more erratic in recent years, with the consistency that saw him become World No.1 for 26 weeks as he won five times in…
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