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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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Tough to say we have to compare apples to apples and oranges to oranges. the biggest difference that i see is the golf equipment, then compared to now. just my .02 cents

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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 to say Tiger, I'm only 31 years old so never had the pleasure of watching Jack (other than the occasional grainy video on golf channel)

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Tiger, but why isnt arnie in the argument?

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I'm young and have seen Tiger come from nothing to one of the best players ever so easy choice for me!

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I am going to have to go with Tiger. While Jack was certainly great, you can't compare the level of competition yesterday with today.

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I would say so far in his career, Tiger is more accomplished than Jack at the same point.

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Tiger for sure

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I used to love Tiger when he first came on tour, then I started cheering for anyone else to beat him (as they were all the underdog), and now I'm a huge Tiger fan again, mostly because I realized how hard he works, and how much he's struggled at times too. Undoubtedly, Tiger over Jack, although Jack was awesome too.

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I am going to have to go with Tiger. While Jack was certainly great, you can't compare the level of competition yesterday with today.

I'm not so sure that Jack's competition doesn't compare to Tiger's. He had several multiple major winners, both younger and older than he, had he went head to head with on a regular basis. They are both certainly the greatest of their respective generations.


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i think tiger just still has alot of career ahead of him and i still see plenty of championships for the guy

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Tiger has the advantage of all of the tech we have today. If Jack was in his prime today I think you might be saying Tiger who?

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