re: Tiger Woods involved in serious one car crash; shatters ankle, suffers two leg fractures

I don't see Tiger playing on the Champions Tour. If he does, I imagine it would only be the majors. I wonder if Tiger is going to play the Masters once he is fully rehabbed. I would imagine the only way is if he feels he can be competitive. Lacking that I see him attending the Champions Dinner & playing the Par 3 contest with his son.

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In a indivitual sport??? He is the best EVER for about 8 years.... Nothing will come close....

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Floyd Mayweather and Kelly Slater just raised their hands.

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There was Jack and a handful of guys that won most of the majors, and in the new age with equipment that allows lesser players to compete consistently, there’s a whole lot more folks that have a chance to win on a week to week basis

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Thanks for making my point. Tiger rarely faced consistent competition, and still only claimed 15 majors. Jack had about a dozen guys that had faced him down, and was able to win multiple majors. Tiger had a new guy each week, who eventually faded down the stretch.

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saw an interview this afternoon with a surgeon who has treated & performed surgeries on the type injuries Tiger suffered. He said if there are no difficulties encountered, Tiger faces a 6 - 9 month rehab. If the bones heal as they should, he said Tiger should be able to resume a fairly normal lifestyle. He said it's too early to tell if that includes playing golf at the professional level.

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Tiger hasn't had a "fairly normal" health lifestyle in years BEFORE this and was just coming off another back surgery.

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League Champs

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Your argument that there were more multiple major winners in Jack’s era helps prove the point that the depth was way less than in Tiger’s era. The fact that Tiger has so many majors compared to his peers is the best argument out there.

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Your argument that there were more multiple major winners in Jack’s era helps prove the point that the depth was way less than in Tiger’s era.

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lulz

He proves that during Nicholsons days you had guys that knew how to win, didnt crumble in the face of adversity, and stood toe to toe with the greatest golfer in history. Yet Jack still took 18 majors from them, and just as many 2nd place finishes. Most of Eldricks peers celebrated their one major and then faded. Few, if any, of them were demonstrated that they could beat Woods head to head, week after week. They simply werent a consistent threat, yet Tiger only won 15 majors from them

Does John Buccigross have the worst wig ever?

Just watching this Tiger report on ESPN

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Your argument that there were more multiple major winners in Jack’s era helps prove the point that the depth was way less than in Tiger’s era. The fact that Tiger has so many majors compared to his peers is the best argument out there.

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I don't want to get into the GOAT discussion because it isn't useful or possible to objectively answer.

I do think there are more golfers in the last 25 years than 50 years ago because of economic growth. Conversely, I think Tiger's greatest contemporaries (Mickelson and Els) under-achieved relative to their potential (many times in contests in which Tiger was not the spoiler).

It's possible that was a byproduct of the economic rewards they already enjoyed (both were frankly very wealthy, fat, and not obsessed with winning in the same way that Tiger was in the first half of his career). I would have loved seeing them come closer to Tiger (like Palmer, Player, or even Trevino) become of the entertainment involved but I don't think you can objectively compare JN and TW on that basis.

They were the best players of their eras. That's all any player can ever prove.

Insurance salesmen?

Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson, Gary Player, Lee Trevino, Ben Crenshaw, Fuzzy zoeller, Johnny Miller, insurance salesmen?