The GOAT (merged)

All doubt has been removed, Tiger is the greatest golfer to ever play the game. The way he dismantled that field on the back nine, at 43 years of age, is the greatest achievement in golf I've witnessed in my lifetime.

Hopefully a few of the debates about Tiger that have been floating around here can now be put to bed. Today proves that prime Tiger would have crushed today's fields, and that it wasn't that the old fields were weaker, it's just that Tiger was and still is that good. Today he applied the blow torch on the back nine and they all collapsed under the pressure. Tiger coasted to the line today and crushed them without getting out of second gear, imagine what 2000 Tiger would do to these guys. He didn't even need the extra intimidation of Stevie on the bag to get it done ?

In all honesty I think may be his last one, you could see how much it took out of him emotionally, and he said he has to get up at 4.45am just to have time to get his body ready for play. I got the impression that he had a point to prove, and now he's proven it he might give it all away. He has nothing more to prove, it wouldn't surprise me to see him retire. He came into majors on top winning his first attempt in 97, going out with a green jacket would be fitting.

18

Only 3 more to tie Jack!

And I’d like to see him do it.

He was before this, it just adds.

No way he retires. He still wants more, he wants 18 and the record of 82.

There are a LOT of people eating crow after this one.

> @type36 said:

> There are a LOT of people eating crow after this one.

raw crow

> @type36 said:

> There are a LOT of people eating crow after this one.

Sounds like the perfect entree at next year's Champions dinner.

It's been a few lean years for Tiger, but now he has 23 years between his first and most recent major victory. I think we can stop with the "Tiger had no longevity" crap now.

Whoa, they automatically censored that c-word? I didn't think it was that bad! :D

Its been a nerve-racking weekend. So happy the goat ended up with the green jacket. Means so much for golf.

Anyone saying he dismantled the field watched a different back nine. Molinari made 2 doubles, Tiger won by 1 shot. Great win, good for him, but he never dismantled the field.

> @TheMoneyShot said:

> Only 3 more to tie Jack!

And if Tiger goes past him, 19 second places will be the new benchmark. Jack was great, but it's time to let go and accept that he is not the greatest golfer of all time. Jack was an incredible major champion who had an insatiable will to win, but prime Tiger was a force of nature, he won his majors by strength of will. You could see it again today. Even though the putts weren't dropping like they used to, he held his head while everyone around him was losing theirs. The pivotal moment was the 12th. Molinari, Finau and Koeapka misjudged the wind and made doubles, Tiger played safe away from the flag and made a clutch par. That was the tournament right there.

He’s the GOAT for sure and I hope he beats Jack’s record. To me, he is deserving and it would be the greatest comeback story in sport’s history. Who doesn’t want to see that? (besides all the Tiger haters).

> @TheMoneyShot said:

> Only 3 more to tie Jack!

Only 2 if you count US Ams!

> @kwcsports said:

> Anyone saying he dismantled the field watched a different back nine. Molinari made 2 doubles, Tiger won by 1 shot. Great win, good for him, but he never dismantled the field.

I'm saying the perceived pressure and the way Tiger managed his game is the reason the other guys made doubles to hand it to him. They couldn't handle the intimidation factor that Tiger brings to the table.

Tiger also won by one shot because that's all he needed to win by. He played very conservatively down the stretch once he got the buffer. He took no chances and played ultra safe. I think he had a couple of shots in reserve if he needed them, but like the total professional he is he took no risks and did what he had to do.

Nope.

81 as well!

Tiger is not done. Not by a long shot.

Hey!!! There are 3 more Major this year. At this point, he is the only one who can do the Slam.

I think he wins another Masters if he stays healthy, he is just too good there. The Open is always in play as well and he is playing at a level you need to win a US Open. No chance he is retiring, he is going to ride out his health as long as he can and I think his game now translates more to staying healthy.

> @bscinstnct said:

> The best thing about this is how

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> All the people who tore down tigers wins and majors...

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> He never faced Trevino!

> He only beat Dimarco!

> He could never dominate in this deep young gun era!

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> They got a very rude awakening today.

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> TW at 43 with a fused back just kicked the **** out of

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> Brooks, DJ, Rory, JS, Molinari, JT, Bryson, Rahmbo

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> He beat the lauded deepest, finest, most athletic, dieting, fields in the history of the game.

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> Everybody forgot that Tiger is the best to ever play the game.

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> DJ didnt. He was asked,

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> DJ, when did you think you could be #1

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> His answer...

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> When Tiger stopped playing ; )

Yeah, but the course was soft...

> @cdnglf said:

> > @bscinstnct said:

> > The best thing about this is how

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> > All the people who tore down tigers wins and majors...

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> > He never faced Trevino!

> > He only beat Dimarco!

> > He could never dominate in this deep young gun era!

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> > They got a very rude awakening today.

> >

> > TW at 43 with a fused back just kicked the **** out of

> >

> > Brooks, DJ, Rory, JS, Molinari, JT, Bryson, Rahmbo

> >

> > He beat the lauded deepest, finest, most athletic, dieting, fields in the history of the game.

> >

> > Everybody forgot that Tiger is the best to ever play the game.

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> > DJ didnt. He was asked,

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> > DJ, when did you think you could be #1

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> > His answer...

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> > When Tiger stopped playing ; )

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> Yeah, but the course was soft...

Haha! Love it. Cheers, cdn ; )

Goat

Major wins in 3 different decades, he beat the old guard, the new generation and everyone in between. Still can't believe I was 15 the last time he won a green jacket....what a victory!!

Once I choke down this mouth full of feathers and crow, I have something to say.

there...

OK... Tiger... well done! I didn't think it would happen. It was good to see and even though I thought he would be in the mix, I for sure thought the window of Major opportunity had closed. I was wrong.

Now... I would love to hear what the sawed-off know-it all from Texas on the golf channel has to say. I hope to god, thousands have sent him dead crows, a knife and fork.

His last one? The ink isn't even dry and Tiger is again done.

He was close in two majors last year, took the Tour Championship, and now The Masters.

I'd tend to say he was back, for a while at least. Emotional pain means nothing to Tiger. He eats it. Physical pain, well that is a different matter. If he had shown signs of physical pain, then I might lean towards more an end than a new beginning.

F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote that “there are no second acts in American lives.” Well that Fitzgerald dood never met Tiger....

Beating this current era makes a strong argument for GOAT. Look at this leaderboard goddamnit.

Last i checked..... most guys measure GOAT by World Series, NBA Championships, Super Bowls and MAJORS won. Still 18-15 fan boys.

> @Ghostwedge said:

> Last i checked..... most guys measure GOAT by World Series, NBA Championships, Super Bowls and MAJORS won. Still 18-15 fan boys.

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Do you really believe Bill Russell is better than Jordan?