re: If Tiger is forced to retire, did his star fade too fast or was the trajectory about right

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injury filled due to knee torque while driving.

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He was wealthy enough to hire someone to drive him places. No excuses.

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My, albeit limited, understanding is his career was always going to be injury filled due to knee torque while driving.

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Lee Trevino spoke of this in the early days of TWs pro career.

Woods would generate tons of power and speed on his downswing, which gave him lots of distance but it eventually caught up with him. Bad back, bad knees, probably a few other injuries.

BTW, TW played against mediocre competition, best competition was Phil M. PM cost himself several majors by his aggressive play.

Jack Nicklaus played and won against some of the all-time greats of golf.
Greats like Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson, Lee Trevino, Billy Casper.

JN played against other good golfers like Weiskopf, Dave Stockton, Hubert Green, Hale Irwin, Johnny Miller.

Who was TWs major competitors? Mostly Phil, Ernie Els and Vijay.

JN was booming 300 yard drives with a wood persimmon driver and balata golf balls.

TW is no doubt one of the all-time greats of golf but considering all the competition that Jack played against, Palmer, Watson, Player, Trevino...there is no comparison.

JN had a lot of runners-up in the majors as well as lots of 3rd place finishes.