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Originally Posted by leoslayer
I have Tiger number 2 all time. But to call him goat before he is done playing and before he passes all of Jack's records and considering Tiger played 0 great players except maybe Phil it's not even close.
Also he is pure evil as a human. Cusses kids, cheats on wife, never tips, fires anybody who gets any pub and on and on.
Passing all of Jack's records isn't the point. Records besides Jack's remain to be broken.
E.g.
*Nelson has 113 consecutive top-20 finishes
*Nelson has 11 consecutive PGA Tour wins
*Nelson has 18 PGA wins in a single season
The aforementioned records will never, NEVER be broken. And Jack doesn't hold those records, but that doesn't make Nelson GOAT.
*Snead has 82 wins, and Tiger is on pace to crush that number
Meanwhile, about Woods:
*The lowest career scoring average in the history of the PGA.
*The lowest scoring average for a season in the history of the PGA.
*Made the most money from golf winnings of any golfer in history, even adjusted for inflation.
*Tiger Slam.
*27.1%
WIN rate on the PGA tour.
*Most weeks and most consecutive weeks as #1.
And on and on and on and on
I agree that if Tiger doesn't get 4 or more majors, it will be a pock, but he's still the GOAT in spite of that, at least to rational people, and as long as he stays healthy and plays at this classic Tiger level, it is realistic that he'll beat Jack's record by 2018.