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Take your opinion somewhere else.

Sorry Mr. Robinson..... oh wait you are just another newbie who thinks they run this site. Well you don't and I will offer my opinion where I want to.

We really don’t care what you think.

You clearly care. You responded to me.

The Masters is a Major, always has been, always will be. Fore!!!

Pretty uniformed aren't you? You must be a boomer who thinks they way life was when they came of age was the way it always was and always must be. The original majors that Bobby Jones won were the Open Championship, the British Amateur, the US Open and the US Amateur. There were majors before there was a masters. So much for "always has been." Hahahahahaha. "Always will be" will be decided in the future. It is not a major to me. It is not a championship of anything and is a tourney one level down like the other tourneys in honor of Arnie, Jack, Hogan and Nelson.

There were majors before there was a masters.

The Open, and the US Open were around before there was a Master's, but... the concept of "Majors", as we know it today, has really only been around since about 1960. Arnie more or less kicked it off by telling a reporter he would try to win the Masters, US Open, British Open and PGA as a way of duplicating Bobby Jone's credited "slam of major tournaments".

Actually, the British Open was not considered a "Major" tournament at that time by the US media... since, not many Americans played in it. So, by today's standards, The Master's has been a "Major" just as long as the US Open or British Open.

None of us can predict the future.... The public perception of what the "Majors" are could certainly change. But, for now... The Master's is flying high in popularity both among the public, and professional golfers. YOU may not care about "Tradition", but most people do. And, the golfers certainly do care. They LOVE the idea of competing on the same course upon which Bobby Jones, Ben Hogan, Sam Sneed, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo, and many others made golfing history. They LOVE the idea of being able to go back there, every year, to remember their great achievement. They LOVE the idea of winning more than just a tournament, of winning a place in history... to be a part of, "tradition".

It matters... more than the huge prize money of the TPC. A lot more.

For my money, I'd just as soon seen the TPC replace the PGA as the "4th Major".... Or, see the PGA land on a single course, or course rotation. But, I don't see the TPC course as being worthy of such a distinction. Seriously, I've played there... I liked Doral better. And, Spyglass Hill, and Valhalla, and Edgewood (Tahoe), and several others.