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Originally Posted by ClarkNasty
Butnahhhhh
Look, Tiger himself has established Jack's professional major record as the benchmark for GOATness. I think there are arguments to be made for Tiger if he doesn't get there, but that's all they will be - arguments. It won't be cut and dried. Though Tiger has made up some ground on Jack's number of 2nd place finishes in majors over the last few years, so he's got that going for him.
Right, like I said - if we're measuring GOAT status by 18 majors, Tiger may or may not get there and Jack would still be considered the GOAT. However, if we apply simple logic that Tiger has played and dominated in a day in age where competition was much tougher than what Jack had to deal with it gets harder to discredit what he's done in comparison.
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And until AND IF he recovers his putting stroke consistently, which is the real reason he won so much - and there's no guarantee he will - he doesn't deserve to be a favorite to win any more majors. His putter bailed him out for well over a decade, now some of his strokes are downright balky. It derailed Tom Watson's career around Tiger's current age, no reason it can't happen to him as well.
This is pretty much spot-on. His ball-striking really has not been very good post-'08 injury and his putter isn't there to bail him out anymore. Just look at what happened on the back 9 at Augusta this past year - he was red hot on the front side before reverting right back to the yips.