Tiger has to be the greatest golfer to ever play the game.Hes been just phenominal lately and a true credit to athletes everywhere.I hope most can agree on this one. Thanks
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No he's not... Jack is!!! About 40 more tour wins including ten majors and yes he will be the greatest ever.....
Peace4u said:
No he's not... Jack is!!! About 40 more tour wins including ten majors and yes he will be the greatest ever.....
I still think you can make a case for Bobby Jones but until Tiger passes him in majors, and he will, Jack is still #1 in my book. Watching Tiger reminds me of Jack in one respect...they never mail it in..they always grind it out until the last hole. I think both of them are class acts.
of course is seems that way because Tiger is still in his 20s and has long career ahead of him health permitting. Correct me if I am wrong but hasnt he achieved more than Jack at a comparative stage. I know that doesnt count for much but just wondering.DonQuixote said:
Tiger's pace is somewhat ahead of Jack's. Nothing huge, though. It will be interesting to watch over the next 10 years.franky66 said:
Seeing as all his supposed competitors continue to fold tournament after tournament whenever they have a chance to beat him, I think it will take some new young gun or guns to knock him off his perch. Maybe James Lepp, a Canuck, who just won the NCAA championship or somebody we haven't even heard of yet.
As much as I like to cheer against Tiger, I've gained a lot of respect for him over the last couple of years. If he's boring during interviews, it's because he has to be careful what he says. I remember him making some seemingly harmless joke years ago and he got ripped for it. Since then he sticks to the cliches. I think he'd like to be just an ordinary guy, but he's positioned himself as possibly the biggest star in the world and that comes with a lot of baggage.
Tiger should likely pass Jack, but who knows. The game has changed so much, and I think Jack consistently had better competition, when you think of Palmer, Player, Trevino, Watson. I was glad to see Michelson win the PGA, but god his sheepishness is frustrating to watch. I don't know how many more majors he has in him. Vijay is very good, but in his forties. Els is hurt and Garcia seeming to have hit a wall. Davis is clearly on the downside of his career. If no one else comes up to challenge him, I could easily see Tiger getting 20 majors, or more. This doesn't take anything away from him, but simply reflects there may not be enough rivals up to the challenge. If he stays healthy, I think he'll one day not too far off, be considered the best that was. The only thing I think will stop him, is if he gets bored, and figures that the the hundreds of millions he's accumulated, enough. The money paid to individuals in sports today is truly insane.
I would like to know how the game has changed? I still think the idea is to hit the ball into the hole.......Asterix said:
Certainly the technolgy changes to the equipement, clubs and balls, have made for a much longer game and changed thw way courses are now played and the types of shots possible. Conditioning was something golfers rarely took into account 40 years ago, look at all the pictures of Arnie out on the course with a cigarette in his mouth. The point is that if a player is disiplined, he can extend his ability to play at the top for many years, as Tiger is doing, and have a chance at winning more tournaments. Also I think the huge money amounts and the media focus have a direct affect that is far more intense than when, say, Jack was in his prime. It is the same in any sport. Compare how tennis was played 30 years ago, especially women's tennis, with how it is played now. Watch NBA footage from the 60's and compare it to today. This is why it is difficult, and in some ways unfair, to compare athletes in any given sport across generations. I remember Nicklaus' comment a few years back when Tiger was on his rise, "he plays a game with which I am not familiar".Peace4u said:
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His sense of humour. If I'm going to spend 6 hours on a golf coarse, I want to have a few laughsAsterix said:
Care to back that up? What makes him boring? He does his interviews, is polite, respectful and courteous most of the times....scouser1 said:
I was under the impression that it was not the black man on tour that was the biggest asshole, but the man who likes wear black.
Tiger has a long way to go before surpassing Jack as the greatest ever... I think that he might get there, but who knows... I think that Jack won a tournament (or was it a major) in 3 different decades.. i though that was a really amazing accomplishment....
