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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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I have a couple Jack Nicklaus books and can't ever see myself buying one with Tiger on the cover, so my mind's made up on who I "prefer".

But, don't forget all the events Tiger's won that didn't even exist in Jack's day. All any athlete you can do is compete against the players in their era, with the equipment and training that exists at the time, in the events held during their career. "What ifs" and projections are mostly personal opinion.

Tiger has made a lot of clutch putts in his day. He needs to start sinking more of them to get back on track. "What if" Lanny Wadkins could putt. "What if" Tom Watson hadn't forgotten how to putt for about a decade. "What if" Freddy Couples could have sunk some of those putts at this year's Masters?!?

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I have a couple Jack Nicklaus books and can't ever see myself buying one with Tiger on the cover, so my mind's made up on who I "prefer".

"What if" Phil could make well informed decisions on course?

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If jack had the clubs nowdays then ????

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If jack had the clubs nowdays then ????

Then everybody else would have had the clubs as well. Modern clubs narrow, not widen the gap between journeymen and the top pros. The one big change Jack could/should have made that might have resulted in more wins/majors would have been a stronger focus on his short game. That's according to Jack himself.


arube1 Newbie

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Hard if not impossible to compare players from different era's, different clubs, balls, the use of steroids....

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Being relativley new to the game of G.O.L.F, i think i'd have to say Tiger based on the fact that i havnt seen enough of Jack's playing. Unfortunatley.

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Here's an idea. If you have never seen either Jack or Tiger play, either through age or failure to watch TV or use the internet, and find yourself unable to make a determination of the skill level/accomplishments of either Jack or Tiger-then don't post in the "Jack or Tiger: Who's the Greatest" thread.

JWL1957 Dedicated Member

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"What if" Phil could make well informed decisions on course?

Yeah.....no kidding. It is almost too painful to watch some times. But thats Phil..... always dancing in the middle of rush hour traffic.


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I'd go with Tiger on this. He may still be trailing in majors but his total victory tally, especially at his age, is ridiculous and his win percentage dwarfs anybody else's. Now if he can only get back to pre-divorce form...

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Here's an idea. If you have never seen either Jack or Tiger play, either through age or failure to watch TV or use the internet, and find yourself unable to make a determination of the skill level/accomplishments of either Jack or Tiger-then don't post in the "Jack or Tiger: Who's the Greatest" thread.

Well said!

It's a bit like me venturing opinions on baseball players - I know nothing about them, never seen them, only what I'm told. Having said that, there are oppportunities to see films, videos, books, etc, if one is really interested and wishes to be informed.

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Well said!

Exactly-if you've only seen Tiger play, I don't understand the rationale behind posting in here that "Tiger's the best, never saw Jack." There are tons of ways to see footage of Jack, tons of ways to read about his accomplishments, etc. If you can't be bothered to learn about 1 of 2 golfers in a comparison you have no ability to say who's better. The thread title isn't

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Will do. Thanks.

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