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

[Garbag3 Man]

Tiger is only 32, 33 and already has 14 majors under his belt. Jack was/still is very very good obviously

[justino21]

I'd much much rather share a beer with Jack than Tiger

[cubdog]

I'm old school and saw Jack play in person when he was in his prime. Still, Tiger is the greatest. Jack never dominated the compitition like Tiger. This coming from a Phil guy.

cubdog

[juanrjackson]

It's hard to compare people from different eras...I did not see Jack in his prime....but he did win 18 majors. We have all seen Tiger take on all challengers & say at the top for almost 10 years. Tiger has no peer in today's game.....the media always trys to talk up Phil, etc....but look the #s over the long haul...they do not compare.

Both Jack & Tiger have will to "win" & not just collect a paycheck.....which is why they are the greatest golfers ever.

[LongballGer]

tiger hands down

[anthonyjpv]

Tiger is the most dominating athelete (aside from Michael Phelps)
No one has had so much affect on other competing players like Tiger has -- aka the "Tiger factor"

[WTCC_golf]

I never got to see Jack play so i gotta go with Tiger

[roundieryan]

I never got to see Jack play so i gotta go with Tiger

I have to agree with that.

[mstuk]

I never got to see Jack play so i gotta go with Tiger

Seems odd that you would have such a strident view and feel the need to confirm it in writing given you have never seen one of the two players ever play . Surely in the absence of first hand experience one must simply look at the respective acheivements of the two and that being the case at this time the answer can only be Jack Nicklaus .

the question is not who is the worlds greatest player now the question is not who will eventually become the worlds greatest player

[Jell0b0y]

I went with Jack, would have loved to see him in his prime with today's Technology

[Henry]

Tiger is far better. Better short game and can hit the ball further

[golfman43]

i think jack is better just because he was so good without all of this new technology being created for golf play

[ragontona]

Nice to see that I can drop off the site for a year and we're still arguing this

[Slice]

Both are unique in thier own way.

[Elvisliveson]

Tiger is far better. Better short game and can hit the ball further

That part about Tiger hitting it further is so wrong. Relatively speaking, Jack was a much straighter and longer hitter if you consider the equipment he was saddled with in his era. In his younger days nobody drove the ball further and only one guy (Palmer) was consistenly straighter (and almost as long) off the tee. Many people on today's tour are longer than Tiger. And as far as putting goes, there may never have been a better clutch putter than Jack. In the U.S. Opens he won, he was the best or close to the top in putting. And the only reason Tiger's wedge game may seem better is once again due to today's superior equipment.

[n8dogg2669]

jack has done it, tiger probably will do it. so currently i'd say jack, but i would expect tiger to surpass him by the time his career is over. it's sick to see how good tiger actually is, to see someone just dominate a professional sport like he does is something special and a real treat to watch, wish i was a little older to have seen jack at his prime..

[Jay-Bird]

Give Ben Hogan a 460cc TMdriver, some MP-57s, a Scotty or Bettinardi, and some ProV1s and he'd win just as often as Tiger or Jack.

[mirv]

Give Ben Hogan a 460cc TMdriver, some MP-57s, a Scotty or Bettinardi, and some ProV1s and he'd win just as often as Tiger or Jack.

i agree with this - maybe not exactly that particular equipment, but the general idea that if ben were around and had his pick of modern gear, it'd be a tight tournament between those three every time.