Who’s the GOAT? Scottie Scheffler Settles the Debate Between Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus. See full article 👉

Who’s the GOAT? Scottie Scheffler Settles the Debate Between Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus. See full article 👉

Who’s the GOAT? Scottie Scheffler Settles the Debate Between Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus. See full article 👉

Who’s the GOAT? Settling the Debate Between Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus

Everyone loves a good GOAT debate. Alex Miceli has taken a closer look at the numbers and writes that the answer is obvious.

Who’s the GOAT?

The Golden Bear, Jack Nicklaus, turned 83 last weekend.

 

Most fans agree that Nicklaus’s golf career stands as one of the best, if not the all-time greatest.

Depending on your age, Nicklaus is either your GOAT or, if you’re younger, Nicklaus might fall just behind Tiger Woods.

 

I just turned 65 and watched Nicklaus win majors. The question to me is moot.

But it’s not fair to impose my will on others, so let’s take a look at the Golden Bear’s record. And if you’re under 30 and grew up on a steady diet of Woods, perhaps Nicklaus will soon be part of your conversation.

There’s only one place to start: majors. Nothing—not the Players Championship, the FedEx Cup nor the Ryder Cup—comes close to the four majors when assessing a golfer’s career.

Nicklaus and Woods excelled in the biggest events, but Nicklaus’s career in majors is off the charts and will likely not be duplicated.

Wins are key, and Nicklaus leads Woods 18 to 15. But while the three-win difference is important, the runner-up differential is maybe even more impressive.

Nicklaus has 19 runner-up finishes in majors to just seven for Woods. To go a little deeper, Nicklaus has nine third-place finishes versus just four for Woods.

Now we do the math: In majors, Woods has 26 top-threes, and Nicklaus has 46 top-threes, a substantial difference. It’s hard to question how Nicklaus is not the GOAT just on his major record.

Of course, on his overall résumé, Nicklaus in almost every measure is the better of the two, except with wins, which is not inconsequential.

Woods has 82 victories in his career and Nicklaus 72, a considerable difference, but by itself not definitive when looking at the other finishes.

Nicklaus had 57 runner-up finishes in his career and 269 top-10s while Woods had 31 runner-up finishes, or 26 behind Nicklaus, and 199 top-10s, 60 less than the Golden Bear.

With the exception of total wins, Nicklaus beats Woods in every category. He’s now 83, and it says here he’s still the GOAT.

 

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Not again 😭 in golf community as famous golf players were caught and being sentence to….   recent years, the global pandemic has changed a lot of things, and has me reflecting,” she said.  “It is time to slow down a little, focus more on my personal growth, and spend some time with my family.”  Feng told AFP in Tokyo it had been an honour to represent her country, for potentially the last time.  “We’re representing our own countries and we’re not playing for prize money, we’re playing for honour,” she said at Kasumigaseki Country Club, where she could not repeat her medal heroics of five years earlier, finishing eighth.  “Out of all my achievements, I would say a medal at the Olympics is very special,” said Feng, whose only major win came at the 2012 US PGA Championship.  “Even though I’ve been a major winner, think about it, we have five majors every year, in four years we have 20 chances to win a major.  ‘  “So I would say it’s harder, much harder, to get a medal at the Olympics. It was the most memorable moment of my career.”  Brought up in China’s southern Guangdong province, neighbouring Hong Kong, an 18-year-old Feng became the first Chinese player to earn an LPGA tour card in 2007.  The easy-going Feng went on to be the first Chinese player, man or woman, to win a major and lifted 10 LPGA titles during her 14 active years on the tour.  In 2017, Feng became the only Chinese golfer to date to reach the world No 1 ranking.  During a supremely consistent career, Feng registered 18 top-10 finishes in majors, two of them in 2021 even as she was winding down her playing commitments.

Not again 😭 in golf community as famous golf players were caught and being sentence to…. recent years, the global pandemic has changed a lot of things, and has me reflecting,” she said. “It is time to slow down a little, focus more on my personal growth, and spend some time with my family.” Feng told AFP in Tokyo it had been an honour to represent her country, for potentially the last time. “We’re representing our own countries and we’re not playing for prize money, we’re playing for honour,” she said at Kasumigaseki Country Club, where she could not repeat her medal heroics of five years earlier, finishing eighth. “Out of all my achievements, I would say a medal at the Olympics is very special,” said Feng, whose only major win came at the 2012 US PGA Championship. “Even though I’ve been a major winner, think about it, we have five majors every year, in four years we have 20 chances to win a major. ‘ “So I would say it’s harder, much harder, to get a medal at the Olympics. It was the most memorable moment of my career.” Brought up in China’s southern Guangdong province, neighbouring Hong Kong, an 18-year-old Feng became the first Chinese player to earn an LPGA tour card in 2007. The easy-going Feng went on to be the first Chinese player, man or woman, to win a major and lifted 10 LPGA titles during her 14 active years on the tour. In 2017, Feng became the only Chinese golfer to date to reach the world No 1 ranking. During a supremely consistent career, Feng registered 18 top-10 finishes in majors, two of them in 2021 even as she was winding down her playing commitments.

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