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re: Jack Nicklaus Or Tiger Woods?
Posted on 4/16/19 at 9:17 am to CU_Tigers4life
Posted on 4/16/19 at 9:17 am to CU_Tigers4life
People who support Jack tend to say he had more elite competition he had to contend with. People who support Tiger argue the competition is way deeper. I have no idea which way technology arguments cut.
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Posted on 4/16/19 at 9:21 am to Bunk Moreland
Clubs are more advanced, ball fly longer, GPS tech to judge distance, hand-held devices show wind directions and speeds at ridiculous accuracy. The Old timers flicked a piece of grass in the air to judge wind speed and direction and looked at the scorecard and markers to determine distance.
Posted on 4/16/19 at 9:35 am to Bunk Moreland
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People who support Jack tend to say he had more elite competition he had to contend with. People who support Tiger argue the competition is way deeper. I have no idea which way technology arguments cut.
This is the most honest assessment. One of Jack's best argument is that as soon as he started winning, Arnold Palmer essentially stopped winning. Jack won his first Major in 1963, and Arnie kept winning through 1964, but then never won another major after that. Arnie went from the best golfer on earth to a guy who always finished second in the span of 18 months.
Tiger, on the other hand, was so dominant that he essentially prevented anyone from becoming a legit rival. Maybe Phil.
Both were ridiculously dominant.
Posted on 4/16/19 at 10:06 am to Bunk Moreland
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People who support Jack tend to say he had more elite competition he had to contend with.
Those people are wrong.
Posted on 4/18/19 at 5:59 pm to Bunk Moreland
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People who support Jack tend to say he had more elite competition he had to contend with. People who support Tiger argue the competition is way deeper. I have no idea which way technology arguments cut.
I'd say this is spot on. The elite players of Jack's Day like Trevino, Watson, Ray Floyd, Gary Player, Palmer were better than the elite of Tiger's prime IMHO, they didn't fold nearly as conveniently...heck Trevino and Watson excelled and played their best golf to take at least 5 majors from Jack that I can recall. At Turnberry in '77 for example Jack bested the No. 3 guy Hubert Green by 8 strokes but fell one short of Watson in that epic dual.
But the depth of competition was better for Tiger no question.
My theory is Tiger in his prime probably gets the better of Jack more times but I think Jack would get his share.
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