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re: Who is the third best golfer of all time?
Posted on 4/13/24 at 1:19 pm to blueboxer1119
Posted on 4/13/24 at 1:19 pm to blueboxer1119
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Jack is lucky prime Tiger wasn’t around to mow his fat arse down.
I'm a huge Jack fan boy full disclosure but I always put it like this - prime Tiger is the best ever but I do think the best players of Tiger's era tended to wilt at the sight of Tiger - the best memorable battles Tiger got in majors were from the likes of Rocco Mediate and Scott May, Rich Beam and Yang were two that even managed to best him.
I think Jack more often got the best of the best in his era coming in second in epic battles with Trevino and Watson, 19 second place finishes in majors for Jack.
I'd put it like this, the fields were deeper for Tiger no doubt and when he was at his best he was the best ever. But the better players of Jack's era - the Trevino's, Floyd's, Watson's, Player's and Palmer's were I think stronger.
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Posted on 4/13/24 at 2:14 pm to Tiger Ugly
It's between Player, Hogan, and Hagen. I would lean towards Player but who knows how many more majors Hagen would have won if the Masters had been invented when he was playing.
Posted on 4/13/24 at 2:34 pm to Tiger Ugly
Jack competed against a handful of players that had a legitimate chance to win. Same dudes every week.
Tiger competed against 100 of the world’s best weekly and dominated them.
Jack dominated like 4 dudes.
Level of competition wasn’t close.
Tiger competed against 100 of the world’s best weekly and dominated them.
Jack dominated like 4 dudes.
Level of competition wasn’t close.
Posted on 4/13/24 at 5:08 pm to Tiger Ugly
Jack and the rest of the golfers weren't chasing records unlike many golfers are today.
Posted on 4/13/24 at 5:41 pm to Tiger Ugly
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prime Tiger is the best ever but I do think the best players of Tiger's era tended to wilt at the sight of Tiger
Lets be honest, Tiger entered the PGA at the perfect exact time to dominate.
All the old stars...well, were frankly old. Fuzzy Zoeller was still playing for christsakes and had a mentality of yesteryear.
Fat old guys and Tiger comes along. What did you think was gonna happen? It took some years for a bunch of new young bucks to make noise and challenge Tiger but he definitely joined the PGA playing against semi-retirees and capitalized on it. I mean who wins the Masters by that many strokes unless his competition has one foot in the grave.
Posted on 4/13/24 at 7:47 pm to Tiger Ugly
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I think Jack more often got the best of the best in his era coming in second in epic battles with Trevino and Watson, 19 second place finishes in majors for Jack
Jack was one of the maybe 8 players that traveled the world to play all the majors at the time. The best players in Europe routinely didn’t come for the US Open or Masters and the best US players routinely didn’t go to the UK for the Open. Go look at the top 20s when he was playing and winning.
The first European winner of the Masters wasn’t until 83 with Seve.
I love Jack. But you’ll never convince me he played as tough competition.
This post was edited on 4/13/24 at 7:48 pm
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