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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?

    • Tiger Woods is the man
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    • Jack Nicklaus is my favorite
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5 hours ago, Golfnutgalen said:

Of course, injuries suck, but that's no excuse. jack was competitive from 1962-1984 or so.

And Tiger was competitive 1996 to 2020 or so. That's all Matt has said, or that I've said: that the meaningful part of his career lasted 24 years, and Jack's lasted 26. So some people will say "well, Jack had a longer career" as if winning more stuff in a shorter period of time is a knock against you (Tiger).

5 hours ago, Golfnutgalen said:

That is a crazy long time.

So is 24 years.

5 hours ago, Golfnutgalen said:

I like Tiger too but you are seriously downplaying what Nicklaus did.

No, I'm not. I'm putting it in a context. Jack had far less competition.

3 hours ago, Golfnutgalen said:

The funny thing is I never even attacked Tiger, I just pointed out that the other poster had a point when he mentioned that Jack had a longer career.

The point was that Tiger had a long career.

3 hours ago, Golfnutgalen said:

If those numbers support the fact that Jack had a longer career so be it. Don't take that as an affront to Tiger. 

Nobody's ever denied Jack had a long career, man. I don't know where you're getting that.

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brocks
brocks

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
brocks

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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