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Who is the greatest Jones Nicklaus or Woods

Posted by: user204647 | Mon 23rd Feb 2009 21:58 | Last Reply

This is such a hard topic to discuss, you have Woods, just an amazing talent and holds so many records and will probably beat Jack, but did Jack have stronger competition in the way of Palmer, Trevino, Watson and Player.Then there is Jones who retired at 28 winning more majors in his time span than Woods and held all four majors at the same time just the same as Woods. I am still contemplating.

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user204647
Reply : Mon 23rd Feb 2009 22:07

Mr P

Do you not think that everyone is so scared in today's game when you had so many winners in both other era's

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user204647
Reply : Mon 23rd Feb 2009 22:10

And what about Jones he had Walter Hagen and in infamous BAGGER VANCE LOL

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user204647
Reply : Mon 23rd Feb 2009 22:14

Mr P

Thats only because you dont want to play a 7 hour round LOL

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user204647
Reply : Mon 23rd Feb 2009 22:30

Jones was meant to be the greatest ball striker and said "ball flight is the key to golf" what do you think Mr P

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user204647
Reply : Mon 23rd Feb 2009 22:35

I stand corrected your right it was Hogan who said that.

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user204647
Reply : Mon 23rd Feb 2009 22:37

Do you think that statement was true Mr P that ball flight is everything

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user204647
Reply : Mon 23rd Feb 2009 22:43

You should be a politician Mr P all round about but avoid the answer lol

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user204647
Reply : Mon 23rd Feb 2009 23:11

I agree what everone is saying but like Brians post earlier i dont think anyone in the modern game has bottle unlike in the Jack era Trevino was never scared of anyone likewise Palmer and Watson nobody was scared of winning. Why did we have so many greats in one era. In 50 years who will we say in this era.

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user204647
Reply : Tue 24th Feb 2009 21:01

I see where you are coming from Mr P but every golfer is an athelete now a days

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user204647
Reply : Tue 24th Feb 2009 22:22

lol but he is an one and only. BIG BAD JOHN

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user202037 [FORUM MODERATOR]
Reply : Tue 24th Feb 2009 22:43

Different Golfers, different era's, equipment and conditions.

In todays world, its Tiger but you have to think what some of the others would be like with todays set up.

I have been lucky to see first hand the ability of Seve, Christie O'Connor Snr, Jack & Tom. I have heard about Jones, Hogan, Varden etc, and each was good in their time.

Christie could make the ball "talk" and to witness Seve hitting bunker shots from deep Green-side traps with a 1iron and getting the same result as most Pro's do with their SW.

Todays it's the guys who repeat the same swing each time that are at the top not the shot making genious's


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re: Who is the greatest Jones Nicklaus or Woods
user204647
Reply : Tue 24th Feb 2009 23:12

So who are you going for out of curiousity David

My favourite golfer of all time is Seve he is just my Idol and what golf stood for  FLAMBOYANCE.

 

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user204647
Reply : Tue 24th Feb 2009 23:27

David do you think he would have been as good in a a different era against the field that the likes of Jack played against.

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user202037 [FORUM MODERATOR]
Reply : Wed 25th Feb 2009 00:43

I don't really know who I think is the "Greatest Golfer of all time" but if you look at the guys mentioned they all had other players of equal stature along side them.

VARDON, TAYLOR & BRAID

JONES & HAGAN

HOGAN, COTTON & LOCKE.

PALMER, PLAYER & NICKLAUS

WATSON, MILLER & SEVE


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