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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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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

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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

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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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The problem with this is that his opponents affected the outcome of his batting.

still 99.94 will never be achieved again. And bowlers could bowl a full stride closer than they can now since the rule used to be back foot behind the line as opposed to front foot

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Tough to compare these two as they are playing in two completely different eras. Same reason you can't compare Babe Ruth to Albert Pujols.
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I tend to think the pool of talent is so much bigger now with the numbers of golfers and courses there are today vs in the past that it's harder to win multiple majors now than it was in the past,...
So, I Think it's Tiger for all his crazy good shots he's played over the years,... he's got work to do now to pass Jack but I don't go by just those numbers,...

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I tend to think in the same way as Trevino on the subject as to who was and is better. Trevino says that with todays equipment,..........Jack would be hitting the ball almost 400 yards. Of course that is exaggeration on Lee's part, but it would be fun to watch.

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I tend to think in the same way as Trevino on the subject as to who was and is better. Trevino says that with todays equipment,..........Jack would be hitting the ball almost 400 yards. Of course that is exaggeration on Lee's part, but it would be fun to watch.

So what? Jack's competitors had the same equipment he did... as do the opponents Tiger faces today.

Never mind that Lee's wrong...

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I think they are 1 A and 1 B. Personally it's Tiger for me but I never saw Jack in his prime. I think there is no wrong answer

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Read a good interview in SI where Jack was sure that Tiger would surpass him. I guess if he thinks it'll happen, that's enough evidence for me to vote that way!

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Despite 2010, I'm still plumping for Tiger.

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Despite 2010, I'm still plumping for Tiger.

That's more than we really needed to know.

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Most likely Jack will be taken over by Tiger, but on a personal preference, there is just something classic about Jack.

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