madmaxweb

April 8th, 2015 at 11:48 PM ^

This on top of his 100 yard putt from a couple years ago at the Benton Harbor golf course (near my hometown, SouthWest Michigan is the best), is amazing. The greatest golfer to ever play. And we probably won't see someone come anywhere as close to him than Tiger.

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madmaxweb

April 9th, 2015 at 7:47 AM ^

100 feet, my apologizes. If he hit a 100 Yard putt I would say he's some kind of God with that talent. But even the 100 foot putt was insane, up and down hills almost on that green. Hands down the greatest putt ever seen especially with the setting and the lack of time he took to set up for it and not to mention he basically told the guys he was with how easy it was. If anyone hasn't seen the video, which I can't imagine many haven't, you must go search it up now. It is must see for sure.

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mgokev

April 9th, 2015 at 8:51 AM ^

If you're referring to the practice round/opening round of Jacks course he designed, the back story was that he was with Johnny Miller, I believe, and the green was structured in a way where miller wanted to chip from one tier of the green to where the pin was located. The exchange was something like: N: don't you dare chip from there and ruin my green. You do it once then everyone will. M: but it's an impossible putt to make from here N: no it's not, I'll show you. That's more or less the exchange, though I've forgotten the details over the years. I was within earshot. So awesome for him to call it and sink it.



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bjk

April 9th, 2015 at 1:56 PM ^

has Arnold Palmer's fingerprints on it. From a GOLF Magazine interview with Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus:
GOLF Magazine: Speaking of debts, Arnie, you gave Jack a short-game lesson when he first came on the Tour — about the wisdom of putting rather than chipping from the fringe. Jack says he's followed that advice ever since. Has he ever repaid you with a tip for your game?

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Gucci Mane

April 8th, 2015 at 11:49 PM ^

I find it so bizare golf is as heavily followed as it is. I would much rather watch the league of legends tournament.

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RFM

April 8th, 2015 at 11:54 PM ^

I have to disagree. Tiger is the best of all time IMHO. I won't go through all of his accomplishments, because that's not the ultimate reason I believe this. To me it all comes down to the far superior competition Tiger played against. Thoughts? I'd love to hear others .

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Yostbound and Down

April 9th, 2015 at 12:07 AM ^

Agreed. 

Pretty much all of Jack's career was before my time so I don't remember that but Tiger also had some ridiculous rounds. Winning vs. Mediate basically on one leg, the chip in at the Masters, his first Masters where he dominated everyone. I can't imagine a golfer with a better peak.

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MGoManBall

April 9th, 2015 at 12:19 AM ^

Not to mention the US Open he won by a million strokes, the Tiger Slam, and back to back British Opens. 

After he beat Rocco, there was no doubt in my mind that he'd pass Jack. Now... not so sure. He obviously still can. 

If you put a gun to my head and told me to predict his final years, I'd say Tiger for sure passes Snead in number of PGA events won but doesn't pass Jack. 

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Muttley

April 9th, 2015 at 1:21 AM ^

Born 12/30/1975, Tiger won his 14th major in 2008 when he was 32 and seemed  a shoo-in to surpass Nicklaus' 18 total majors.  Born 01/21/1940, Nicklaus didn't win his 14th until 1975 at the age of 35.

But barring a drastic turnaround, Nicklaus had the much better "wily veteran" years, winning another at 38, two more at 40, and the magical 18th (how fitting) at 46.  (Compare that four to Phil Mickleson's career total of five.)  Tiger turns 40 this December and hasn't sniffed a major in quite some time.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_Woods#Major_championships

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Nicklaus#Wins_.2818.29

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RFM

April 9th, 2015 at 5:12 PM ^

I'm still not convinced by the arguments here. Tiger is likely going to break sneads all time wins record, an amazing feat. I'm guessing he did it entering far fewer tournaments. Also think about how many straight tournaments tiger entered without missing a cut.

But back to my original argument, I'm not buying that the top of the field was stronger in jacks day. Not only that but jack didn't have to play the type of international competition tiger did/does.

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Bando Calrissian

April 9th, 2015 at 12:17 AM ^

Look at how many majors Nicklaus won, then look at how many for which he managed to finish 2nd or 3rd. It's positively insane how on top of his game Jack was for so long. I mean, damn, look at the matrix of majors between 70 and 79. 40 tournaments, finished lower than 10th in 5 of them. And that was all between the ages of 30 and 39. And he'd already won 7 majors.

Sure, Tiger had that dominant stretch, but Nicklaus is a slight notch above, IMO.

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SysMark

April 9th, 2015 at 10:51 AM ^

Completely disagree.  There may be more "good" players now but Nicklaus had far better and consistent competition throughout his run.  For Tiger there never was a Palmer, Player, Trevino, Watson that could consistently challenge him.  He also had 19 2nd place major finishes which Tiger doesn't come close to.

There's no doubt he's the best of his generation but unless you're a TV network trying to pump up Tiger for your broadcast you have to be honest and concede Nicklaus' record is more impressive in pretty much every way

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MichiganMAN47

April 9th, 2015 at 3:47 AM ^

Predicts it then gets it? I'm not much of a golf guy, but I know that's really difficult.

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Achilles

April 9th, 2015 at 6:46 AM ^

I love golf, but the TV coverage for the Masters is pathetically horrendous. Two hours for the par three contest. Three hours for days one and two. It is the most popular tournament of the year and it gets the least amount of airtime. I fail to comprehend that.

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Wolverine In Exile

April 9th, 2015 at 8:23 AM ^

between having a TV- network dictate to you what the sport coverage should be and the sport dictating to the network how to cover the event. The Masters leadership purposefully keeps a lid on the amount of content so as to keep some of the mystique still involved. It's a marketing strategy that works for the people that own the event, and that's the only thing that matters. If the Masters leadership was into maximizing revenue, then they'd do more. As it is, they have different optimization variables, no more, no less complicated than that.

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