AUGUSTA, Ga. -- The Big Three is no clever moniker, but it does have meaning as it relates to golf. And there's been an understandable push to try to coral the game's best players of today into a neat little triumvirate as well, although doing so does little justice to the original group.
Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player made up the special threesome, a marketing gimmick that turned into reality. They dominated the scene for years (apologies to Billy Casper), especially at the Masters, where they combined to win eight of nine green jackets from 1958 to 1966.