Talent level across the board in Tiger's time also much higher IMO. Granted
I was pretty young and not paying as close attention during Nicklaus' heyday, but it seemed he only had to beat a handful of possible winners to capture a Major (Miller, Crenshaw, Player, etc), whereas there were 20+ in the field that could do it when Tiger was rolling (admittedly he often dominated all of them). Tiger also seemed to change the game in terms of length, physical fitness of players, etc., not to mention the social impact of attracting more players and viewers, in ways that Jack never did.
Tough to argue against Tiger being the GOAT, even if he doesn't end up with the most Majors, IMHO.
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Posted: 01/22/2021 at 12:58PM