Tiger Woods is approaching the $1 billion mark in earnings. He is on pace to break Jack Nicklaus’ records. But is he the greatest ever? Here is the list of some of the greatest golfers:
Tiger Woods
Jack Nicklaus
Arnold Palmer
Bobby Jones
Walter Hagen
Ben Hogan
Gary Player
Tom Watson
Sam Snead
Byron Nelson
Who would you vote for as the greatest golfer ever?
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Lee Travino gets my vote.
“Pressure is not a 9 foot put to win a million dollar tournament, pressure is a 9 foot put to win a $100 bet when you only have $20 in your pocket.” – Lee
Greatness is a very subjective measure. Is Pete Sampras the greatest tennis player because he has won more Grand Slams? Is Roger Federer superior because of his all around level of skill and his ability to win on more surfaces?
The eras played are quite different as well – Tiger Woods benefitted from what Nicklaus did for the pro golf tour just as Nicklaus benefitted from Palmer, etc. etc.
Tiger is undoubtedly in that very short list of the greatest. The one aspect of his career which makes him the undisputed number one is that he is the best player of any sport or game who fully realized his potential from the time he was a prodigy. Fischer did win the world title but never defended it and many other prodigies have won early but never quite become the very best and stay there. Tiger won early, often and continue to do so as a pro. He is the heavy favorite in every tournament he plays and it is big news when he doesn’t win. His career if it were in chess would be something like this: early GM at 14-15, won every US junior he played in, won US closed, won world junior and won WCC and defended it every year for 4-5 years.
Who should be on the list for chess?
Capablanca, Alekhine, Botvinnik, Lasker, Fischer, Kasparov
He hasn’t merely won a truckload of major titles. He has won the Masters by 12 strokes, the U.S. Open by 15 strokes, and the British Open by 9 strokes. Jack and Arnie were great, but they never dreamed of playing as well as Tiger does.
He will be…
not yet
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