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Does Calvin's Win Actually Count? | Debate Night Clips
Join Hunter as he debates whether Calvin's win in a unique major tournament truly counts towards his overall ranking. The topic is sparked by the absence of a storied history for this particular competition. Hunter weighs in on the merits of considering this win alongside other notable achievements. He discusses the strength of the field, citing that it was one of the strongest tournaments of the year due to players gearing up for Worlds. Despite some nitpicking about the lack of history, Hunter argues that Calvin's performance alongside top-tier opponents eliminates much of that concern. The duo also touches on how many spots this win would jump Calvin in his all-time ranking list, depending on how weight is given to majors versus wins.
Calvin's Debate Night win sparks controversy - does it actually count? Hear top pros weigh in on the issue & share their thoughts.
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I want to know, I have to ask the question, is there any asterisks for winning such a unique major without any history? You know, we did just talk about this venue, or is that just ridiculous nitpicking? And then also, how many spots does this victory jump him up the all-time list for you? Cuz obviously was really the only feather in his cap that he needed to to, you know, join the the ranks of the elite as far as that that extra accomplishment that that a lot of people value. So, what are your thoughts on this win, Hunter? Well, first off, is there any asterric? No. Um, mainly a few reasons. One, this, you know, sometimes people might look at, oh, this is in Europe, so they think weaker field. Sat mando, this is actually the strongest field of the year so far. Mainly because everyone's over there gearing up for worlds. So, you have all of the top players over there. Not to mention, even though it was a more birdie or die style course, which we're not used to seeing, it did produce a pretty chalky top 10. So the top I believe it's the top seven players are arguably seven of the best players in the world if I remember correctly. Um so Calvin also was going toe-to-toe with the guys you would expect him to go toe-to-toe with. So when you're looking at those two uh factors then I think that already gets rid of the nitpicking. But if we also want to be nitpicking as oh there's not much history. Well when Worlds came to Lynchburg or when Worlds goes to other places there's not history there either. It's just the title that comes along with it. So can we really say there's not history just because the title? That doesn't make sense to me either. So there should absolutely be no asterric next to Calvin Heimberg's major or Silva Sarin's major title here. Now, how many spots does this jump up all determines on or all bases on how much weight you actually give majors because if you just are looking at wins and you give majors some weight, then honestly it probably doesn't jump him up that much because like the players ahead of him in my opinion are looking at the Nate Dosses of the world, the Dave...
