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You're a good egg.
Opinions are like butt roast...wait, that don't seem right.
A lot of the guys I named earlier, that you left off as tiger’s competition, placed second many times. But hey, if you want to ignore larger/deeper fields as to why there’s no definitive top 5 list of competitors, have at it.
That really isn't accurate, I posted a list of the players who finished 2nd to Tiger in every major he won awhile back. It is a very forgettable bunch, with a couple of exceptions.
And our counterpoint is that tiger made them seem forgettable.
Toms and most of the others were forgettable all on their own.
Deeper fields means more random finishes. Not Arnie, Jack and Gary (and a few others) finishing top 5 over and over.
And not many talk about Trevino much these days
Sure they do, at least real golf historians do.
Here is a break down of the rank of the top 50 all time players Jack and Tiger faced when those players were in their primes.
Jack
6
8
9
10
15
17
23
26
27
36
37
38
50
4 of the top 10 and 13 of the top 50
Tiger
14
21
25
44
None of the top 10 and 4 of the top 50
What source and criteria are you using for these rankings?
I think it's a Golf Digest ranking.
If you want a ranking based on a pt system..
TAGG ranking
Jack
5
6
9
11
14
16
17
18
22
26
27
32
36
37
41
42
49
Tiger
8 (Phil)
13
19
39
40
44
46
50
You won't find a respectable source where these things will favor Tiger.
Thanks. I was just curious...not trying to pick a fight.
Tiger was great (I was rooting for him Sunday). Arnie was great, too. So were Snead and Jones and Nelson. Sarazen, Player, Hagan... all spectacular. If Tiger wins another US Open and another PGA and two more green jackets (and I won't say that's impossible) we can start the debate. Anyone can "shoulda, woulda, coulda" for 100 years, but there is one GOAT (and @WCDawg is right about this one):
Jack Nicklaus.
Well, well...looks like Tiger still has something left