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Originally Posted by Clever_Iggy
I asked whether you thought Trevino, Watson, Palmer and Player were better than Tiger given the fact that they played and beat allegedly better players.
If so, than where do you rank Tiger compared to those 4 and Jack?
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Who knows. Tiger would have to play them to see how he would stack up. These guys could all beat each other. Watson was a legend himself and ten times the player Mickelson is. He wasn't wandering around for years known as the best player to never win a major. He was racking up nine of them. Tiger would be right there with them but he would be finding the competition was a whole lot stiffer mentally.
Phil is the poster boy for the post Jack era. His talent is right up there but the drive that Jack and Tiger possess was sadly lacking(perhaps he has some now though against Tiger he has barely shown it). Tiger arrives on the scene and has that killer instinct the bigtime guys in all sports always have and the Moma's boys just head for cover and complain about his rowdy fans. I'm hard pressed to think of a single time they actually put up a fight. Heck about the only time was just recently when they both lost LOL.
Meanwhile Phil before that did his zero for who knows how many--at least 40. I remember at the time his final round score in majors was in the mid 70's. Captain Choke was a fitting moniker and probably still is considering his Wingfoot meltdown.
The 2nd best player these days isn't even close.--He is anti-clutch though at least he has gotten rid of some of the smell.