Woods & Matchplay - Not A Good Mix?

[Bob]

Tough one.

I agree mainly - I'm sure he will go on to better Jack Nicklaus' record, but it's still a tough debate. Jack was up against loads of other genuine greats, like Gary Player, Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson, Billy Casper, Lee Trevino and Hale Irwin. Tiger doesn't have the same standard of opposition, but the way he often destroys fields by ten or more shots is quite unbelieveable. It's not Tiger's fault there aren't as many greats in the game as there once was.

I think he edges it for consistency and taking the game so much further than the Bear did. Though you could argue that Nike et al did that more than Tiger! Still, just because he doesn't have a challenger is a slight on this generation of golfers rather than Tiger himself.

I am too young to remember the great Bear though and am only going on limited archive TV footage.

Isn't that Wie girl fit though! - Up there with Creamer.

[vocey]

i disagree that the others are not as good as in the bears day, i just think tiger scares the s*** out of them, either in the final 2 ball matches or when he is on a charge chasing the leader. but i do agree he can't do it in a matchplay situation or a team event, tiger is only focused on tiger and no-one else
still one hell of a golfer tho' no matter who you compare him to

[famasfilms]

i was the watching the golf on sky and some said when tiger won those 5 events on the bounce he earned $5m jack nicklaus only earned $200,000 more in his entire career

My heart bleeds for Jack Niclaus

[Jayesh87]

Tiger wins his 6th straight stroke play trophy today, winning by 8 shots