Believe Norman spent more weeks at #1 than anyone before Tiger by far, was also all-time money winner when he retired. He's super elite in Vardon Trophies (tie 6th) and Nelson Awards (2nd). He had almost 100 wins worldwide. He excelled in flashy clutch finishes in relatively minor moments like the St. Jude Classic, after free-falling in the majors. Capisce?

Meh, he's not a Top 10 player of all time, so trying to compare him to LeBron is pretty sad.

Anyway, Norman really only choked away one major. The loss to Faldo which is on the all time list of choke jobs.

But he's been beaten by a bunch of miracle shots.

He also got criticized unfairly in a lot of spots. For instance... for not making a playoff in the 86 Masters because he bogeyed the last. No one talks about that he was 4 strokes back with 5 to play. And finished birdie, birdie, birdie, birdie, bogey. No one says anything about Ballesteros who had the 4 shot lead on the field with 5 to play, and plays the last 5 in 2 over.

Anyway. Comparing LeBron to Norman just seems really really stupid.

Comparing golfers to BB players is the weird part.

But if there were a golfer to compare to Lebron it would be Norman.

Being a Norman fan, I'd be pretty happy if people thought he was in consideration as GOAT.

Reading challenged, I did not say LeBron compares to Norman in GOAT comparison. I said his lighting it up in minor moments after epic fail IN THIS INSTANCE seemed a little Norman-esque. For god's sake with the straw man when you get blown away on the actual history ... please stop. Nor does this deny that both Norman and James had epic good moments ... for Norman that basically means he could have had 4 British, or more, and be considered Legend .. for James the obvious (whatever 9 finals, 3 titles, greatest ever all around player statistically). But 0-for-64 or so for Norman in majors on American soil excludes from GOAT status, which I didn't think needed to be said, but apparently does. However this does not exempt comparisons between the two on other fronts. Capisce II?

Feeling bad for Lebron at this point.


When does the MJ v ZION GOAT thread start?

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Norman spent years as the number one player but kept disappointing in many major moments. James has spent years as number one player and has struggled in the same way, in a sense. Like Norman (at the British), James also along the way redefined greatness in some major moments, while epic fails in many others. I'll stand by the comparison.

Neither is GOAT-ish, imo. I find it strange that Magic isn't listed on the poll. He's my number 2.

Lebron has basically disappointed once, 2011 Finals. This year has been a mild disappointment but he's 16 years in now and was hurt for a quarter of the season. Hard to compare as well because you're talking about a team sport to an individual one.

Norman only won 2 majors. Lebron is closer to Rory. and MJ is Tiger obviously

Can we create a new poll for GOAT?

I wanna get in my vote for Zion nice and early.

Lol

Lol @ you guys picking on Montreal. He’s the AOC of this thread.

To be fair, no one specified which GOAT we're talking about. While anyone with a brain will agree that MJ is the GOAT basketball player, a case can be made for Lebron being the GOAT in other fields, such as cowardice, attention whoring, being insecure about his hairline, etc.

i did lol but are you altogether serious?

That's true but when you are GOAT-ing, or attempting to, it tends to get judged in a different way.

it's disappointing when he leaves his teams gutted and in shambles and jumps to a new one that has fresh assets for him to pillage

I'm convinced that Lebron is a much nicer guy than MJ.

It's not disappointing at all and I don't care. I also don't care that Jordan was a degenerate, cheated on his wife and punched teammates in the face.

After Rory wins this year's Masters Lebron will be closer to Norman.

Lol what

The supposed fraud GOAT has lost the majority of Finals he has played.

Now that is disappointing

of his 9 finals appearances I think the other team might have been clearly better in 6

lock it up

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