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AndyC said:
So I am guessing that if you were looking at the great hitters in baseball only the playoff and world series performances should be considered.

Clearly Nicklaus shined in the majors but why didn't he shine in all the tournaments? His win % was considerably less than half of what Tiger's is. Tiger not only has a good win % in the majors he also does it in all the other tournaments. But I am sure someone can spin that into a negative.
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I would be curious to know what Jack's win % was before the end of the 1980 season? After 1980 he only won Colonial in '82, Memorial in '84 and the Masters in '86. Actually he didn't win at all in '79 either.
 
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faux_maestro said:
And Tiger is somewhere in the 25-27%?
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I'd have to make sure the denominators were the same... otherwise the %s aren't comparible.

We're Cherry picking years with Jack and to be fair I'd need to have the same # of starts for both... but yeah, Tiger wins at that clip.
 
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jenhaoyen

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Always comparing Jack with Tiger.

Jordan with Kobe

Bruce Lee and other fighters.....


the point is, you will never know who is better.
 
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Matt 4-L said:
I didn't make majors the measuring stick, I guess if we went on strictly professional wins Gary Player would be the best, I think he has something like 160-170 world wide wins professionally....I am only 40 and as far back as I can remember majors has been the gold standard. Logically it makes sense to me because the strength of field issue is pretty much negated at majors because the best are all there and tournaments like Chevron and The Memorial are not even close to being the same.
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I think that Gary counts Wednesday pro-ams in this total and many of these wins were the equivalent of a North Dakota State Open. That being said, I still think Gary is a top 10 All-time player, and certainly better than Palmer.
 
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conkanen said:
drewyallop said:
Tiger is 36. Let's see what Tiger's percentage is after he stops playin the Majors.
What was Jacks percentage at age 36 then you have a basis for discussion.
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At age 36 jack had played in 321 events having won 61 times for a % of 19%. At that point he had won 14 professional majors. Tiger by contrast has played in 52 fewer events and has won 73 times with an equal (14) number of majors.

So the discussion pretty much comes down to that people believe that Jack was the greatest of all time based on what he did after age 36 because what he did by age 36 has been surpassed by Tiger.
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AndyC said:
conkanen said:
So the discussion pretty much comes down to that people believe that Jack was the greatest of all time based on what he did after age 36 because what he did by age 36 has been surpassed by Tiger.
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Hope you don't mean me when you say "people". I believe Jack is the greatest cause he has the most majors. Period. Even Tiger agrees with that.

Anyways...I digress...
Comparing Jack and Tiger's respective accomplishments at at 36 is one discussion( as you stated...Tiger has the better record). Comparing both when their careers are over is another discussion(i.e. who is the greatest of all time). That will be a summation of all their accomplishments (i.e. Most Major Wins). And if Tiger is to better that Major total he will need to equal Jacks "post 35" era (i.e. 5 majors). So far in that era, Tiger has zero. Tick Tock.
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