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Jack vs. Tiger: Who's the Greatest Golfer?

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  1. 1. Tiger or Jack: Who's the greatest golfer?

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lobsterzilla Dedicated Member

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The competition is squarely on Jack's side... Tiger doesn't have arnie and the gang breathing down his neck.

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brocks
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For some reason, you have missed hundreds of posts that do accept that.  I've often said I can't even prove that Tiger would beat Vardon head to head, although I'd bet on him. What I CAN prove is

turtleback
turtleback

Here ya go, right our of Jack's 1996 autobiography.  He is giving the third of his three reasons (equipment and fitness being the other) for the decline of the superstar in golf (re

brocks
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That's very unfair to Jack, since he played events well into his 60's.  It also distorts Tiger's record, since he played injured for several years. It would be more fair to look at the the period

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i nvr saw jack but tiger good but he annoying

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The competition is squarely on Jack's side... Tiger doesn't have arnie and the gang breathing down his neck.

WHAT?

i guess phil, sergio, vijay, ernie, and retief are just amateurs.
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The competition is squarely on Jack's side... Tiger doesn't have arnie and the gang breathing down his neck.

Yeah, Tiger has no competition

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...is that college bball really isn't "lower tier". The better teams have their rosters filled with guys who could play in the NBA. hell, guys used to come straight from high school to the NBA. I really don't think there's much of a difference skill-wise between the two.

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Jack Nicklaus was the greatest golfer of the time with persimmon woods, one-piece balls and less than stellar course maintenance ....

Tiger Woods is the greatest golfer of this era with 460cc drivers, 2 and 3 piece balls, better technology and flawless course maintenance ...

Bobby Jones was the greatest golfer in the time of ....

You get my point ... comparing Jack to Tiger in differenet eras, different tech, different conditions is apples and oranges ....
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i guess phil, sergio, vijay, ernie, and retief are just amateurs.

compared to Arnie, Gary player ... etc etc etc. the list goes on, yes they are amateurs. I'd rather take on lefty or sergio the choke artist any day then arnie or the black knight ...

you can't be serious

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compared to Arnie, Gary player ... etc etc etc. the list goes on, yes they are amateurs. I'd rather take on lefty or sergio the choke artist any day then arnie or the black knight ...

id rather take player,palmer than mickelson,garcia

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wow ...

Sergio + Lefty 3 majors (phil 3 Garcia 0) ......

rofl Arnie and Gary -ALONE- have 16 majors ( Player 9 Palmer 7)

not to mention the bevey of other GREAT golfers of that time.

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Sergio + Lefty 3 majors (phil 3 Garcia 0) ......

Three problems with this kind of argument.

1) Tiger wins majors at a faster rate than Jack Nicklaus did, which will obviously eliminate some of the majors for the "second tier" of top pros. 2) Palmer won the vast majority of his majors before Jack Nicklaus really came onto the scene in 1962. He only won one major after 1962, and that was in 1964. 3) Field depth is much greater these days. So those guys are taking majors away from that "second tier" as well. I've argued those points a few times already in this thread, so I'm not going to re-hash them all over again except to point them out and list them as I've done here.

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lobsterzilla Dedicated Member

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while i agree .. i still feel the second teir in jacks era was much more impressive than the second teir now ... by leaps and bounds, but it is definitely a valid point that teir 3-20 now is MUCH better than their counterparts 30-50 years ago.

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Driver : Diablo
3wood : Diablo
Hybrid : 3DX RC Ironwood #3 20*
Irons : j36 cb's Putter : Tour Platinum 7081Ball : TP Black LDPHome Course :Lonnie Poole Golf Course at NC State University 74.7/134Eagle Ridge Golf Club 73.0/131

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When asked at his US Open press conf. Tiger said Jack was the greatest (because he has 18 majors). I'm sure in 2 or 3 or 4 years Tiger will eclipse Jack's major record and then the argument should be settled (and I believe that Jack will graciously say that Tiger is the greatest golfer of all time.)
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they are of different times so it is a bit difficult to compare, but at this point in time i am going with jack. i am sure that in time i will have to change my mind.
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I think Tiger will certainly catch and surpass Jack in less time.

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Tiger is still playing... We can't really decide until he is done

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