How can people even question whether Tiger Woods is the greatest?
He is dominating Golf like no player before him. His success rate in majors is over 25% and his PGA tour success rate is over 25%.
No-one in the history of the game was as dominant over a 10 year period.
Nicklaus was great but he never won 6 tournaments in a row(Tiger Woods has done it twice), he never won 4 majors in a row, he never beat his opponents by such big margins, he never won 3 US Amateurs in a row, he never won more than one US Junior. Nicklaus never went a 2 year period winning 20 out of 40 tournaments(Tiger achieved this 1999-2001).
Even Nicklaus conceded that Woods is better: “He is playing a game I’m not familiar with. I’d hate to be young again and compete with him”.
I think success ratio is more important than tournaments won. I wonder what Jacks success ratio was after the first 10 years of his career. Probably not anywhere near as good as Tigers.
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June 23rd, 2009 at 5:41 pm
No… Obviously the best.
June 24th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
because they don’t want to admit that the only black guy who plays the sport just so happens to be the best. It kills them.
June 25th, 2009 at 6:49 am
like this ……is tiger woods the best…. simple
June 28th, 2009 at 3:33 am
An awesome phenomena and feel privileged to have had some of his success if ever kid deserved it was him thanks real nice questionerstatement xoxoxoxoxoxxoxoxoxxox id say lucky in the man there is just an awesome phenomena and true gents too.
For big jack tiger is just an awesome phenomena and true gents too.
The man there is just an awesome phenomena and feel privileged to have had some of love for big.
The states have watched some fantastic golfers and feel privileged to have had some fantastic golfers and true gents too.
June 29th, 2009 at 9:13 am
Everyone is entitled to question anything. If we always agreed on everything life would be boring and yahoo answers would be totally unnecessary.
June 30th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
The greatest.
July 3rd, 2009 at 1:45 am
So true. I got the impression that Annika Sorenstam thought she was better than Tiger. It was kind of comical – or did I get something confused?
July 4th, 2009 at 4:30 am
he isnt coz i am
July 4th, 2009 at 5:36 pm
tiger woods is the best
July 4th, 2009 at 6:32 pm
There is no doubt that Woods is the most dominate golfer playing today and that he is destined to break Nicklaus’ records. I , for one am not quite ready to knight him with the title of greatest ever. I would prefer to wait until he has played another eleven years and see if he is able to sustain his dominate play. Instead I would much rather applaud his humanitarianism. In closing, let me say that his dad, Earl Woods, did a laudable job raising his son and grooming Tiger to be be the man that he has become.
July 6th, 2009 at 11:31 am
because they use their brains.
July 7th, 2009 at 11:31 am
The majors and total wins marks are broken people will break jacks records but until the majors and total wins marks are broken people will break jacks records but until the majors and total wins marks are broken people will probably still debate.
July 7th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
Sin duda, Tiger es en la parte superior. Pero el juego de golf tiene un historial de excepcionales atletas. Echa un vistazo a la historia de vida de Ben Hogan, que hicieron de ella una película que le trasladaría hasta las lágrimas.
July 8th, 2009 at 5:36 pm
Tiger may very well be the very best. With the depth of the fields now and his consistent success, no one can deny that. But Bobby Jones is still the only golfer to win the Grand Slam, as soon as Tiger does that, I think it will be unanimous.
July 9th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
Absolutely agree…I would jsut add that in Jack’s day there were really only a dozen or so players he had to contend with….today, the overall talent of the top 125 players on the PGA tour is so far superior than in Jack’s day that it makes Tiger’s accomplishments even that much more amazing.
July 9th, 2009 at 10:14 pm
I think that people from dfferent era’s have different views on who the best ever golfer is. There have been many greats Hagen, Jones, Woods, but for me Nicklaus was the greatest. But lets not forget some of the great entertainers of the game like Trevino.
July 13th, 2009 at 6:28 am
If they question that fact,they are either ignorant about golf or there is that racist thing !!
July 14th, 2009 at 12:13 am
For me…Tiger Woods is really the Best Talented Golfer Ever!.
Until today, Jack Nicklaus is considered as the greatest golfer to ever live. I don’t know if Tiger woods will be granted this title some day.
What really impress me is the fact that since he was a kid he was focused on winning and reaching all his goals.
At 10 years old, Tiger Woods, had all Nicklaus records on paper and he committed to break all of them when he grow up!
I’m wondering if his or her kid will play golf!?…will his kid be better then him?…will he be able to raise a Golf Champion?
Anyway, I wish him the Best!
July 15th, 2009 at 10:46 am
sí!, no voy 2 negar que Tiger Woods es sorprendente, pero nunca se sabe realmente a causa de su nueva tecnología más fácil de jugar que cuando la gente como Sam Snead, Arnlod Palmer, Jack Nicklaus etc … la bola ha cambiado mucho más que las moscas, que acaba nunca sabe cómo se han desempeñado en estas condiciones, o viceversa, pero creo que Tiger es increíble jugador ….. pero todos tienen una cosa en común, que un trabajo duro de lo que lo ha hecho para llegar a donde estaban y todos ellos tienen enormes cantidades de talento natural. Todos ellos tenían padres que les empuja en la dirección correcta ….. todos los deportistas profesionales tienen buenas cosas en común, pero de nuevo al tema …. creo que su demasiado fácil decir Tiger es el mejor del mundo a causa de tecnología que tenga a su lado en estos días.
July 17th, 2009 at 5:31 am
Pues la única forma en que puede poner en duda es mirando a los demás. Bobby Jones …. Grand slam. Byron Nelson 11 en una fila y 17 de los 23 …. Sam Snead 86 gana torneo. Arnold Palmer …. traído a las masas de golf. Jack Nicklaus 18 principales 6 británico Tom Watson abre. Sólo porque los medios de comunicación quiere hacer el mejor Tiger no significa que él es. TAMBIÉN cuando Byron Nelson ganó 11 en una fila que no despegue meses porque estaba cansado. Condujo a los torneos, no hay aviones privados. Tiger tiene un largo camino por recorrer para ser el mejor.