Third best player of all time?

[JD3]

Woods

 

Nicklaus and Hogan above (debatable whose 1 & 2, JN has the most majors, BH had injury and due to scheduling conflict btw PGA and British most of his career played 1 less major/year)

[Mark_888]

Nicklaus is 3rd.

[johnnypro]

The 3rd best of all time is certainly debatable. I voted Hogan but I can see a case being made for others.

 

But......anyone who challenges Jack and Tiger as 1 and 2 (in whatever order you please) is either trying too hard to be controversial or needs to join the departed on The Leftovers.

[JoeyD12]

Tiger

[Your-away!]

Ben Hogan

 

(if you think its anyone else...well your wrong :wave: )

[Shilgy]

Nicklaus is 3rd.

Well he does have the third most wins.

[heavy_hitter]

Woods

 

Nicklaus and Hogan above (debatable whose 1 & 2, JN has the most majors, BH had injury and due to scheduling conflict btw PGA and British most of his career played 1 less major/year)

 

Woods is in the Top 5. I don't know if he is top 3. Bobby Jones I think is better than Tiger. Short golf career and still the best of his era.

[shotmark]

I'm no Tiger fan but would say he was easily good enough to win this accolade.

[shotmark]

Ben Hogan

 

(if you think its anyone else...well your wrong :wave: )

 

You're?

[bscinstnct]

Woods

 

Nicklaus and Hogan above (debatable whose 1 & 2, JN has the most majors, BH had injury and due to scheduling conflict btw PGA and British most of his career played 1 less major/year)

 

Woods is in the Top 5. I don't know if he is top 3. Bobby Jones I think is better than Tiger. Short golf career and still the best of his era.

 

Not sure if I'd put Tiger in the top 5. You have Jack, Jones, Snead, Hogan, and Reed.

 

Maybe top 10 but he would need to win a few more majors and I just don't see that happening.

[Hankshank]

Tiger was too good.

[Shilgy]

Going by the numbers it has to be

#1 Snead 82

#2 Tiger 79

#3 Jack 73

 

That is the most wins as listed by the tour.

 

Somewhat revisionist says the list should be

#1 Tiger 79

#2 Snead 77

#3 Jack 71

 

Based on individual results only. And who really cares if you won a two man team event?

[cdnglf]

Going by the numbers it has to be

#1 Snead 82

#2 Tiger 79

#3 Jack 73

 

That is the most wins as listed by the tour.

 

Somewhat revisionist says the list should be

#1 Tiger 79

#2 Snead 77

#3 Jack 71

 

Based on individual results only. And who really cares if you won a two man team event?

 

#1 Roberto De Vincenzo

#2 Gary Player

[Shilgy]

Going by the numbers it has to be

#1 Snead 82

#2 Tiger 79

#3 Jack 73

 

That is the most wins as listed by the tour.

 

Somewhat revisionist says the list should be

#1 Tiger 79

#2 Snead 77

#3 Jack 71

 

Based on individual results only. And who really cares if you won a two man team event?

 

#1 Roberto De Vincenzo

#2 Gary Player

Absolutely-for wins anywhere. Most of their claimed wins were certainly on very small tours. But if two man wins count why not? Was Johnny Farrell or Weiskpopf really better than Couples? Their peers did not think so as neither are in the Hall. The numbers are getting smaller and smaller in general for individual players because there are more of them.

[Ashley Schaeffer]

Going by the numbers it has to be

#1 Snead 82

#2 Tiger 79

#3 Jack 73

 

That is the most wins as listed by the tour.

 

Somewhat revisionist says the list should be

#1 Tiger 79

#2 Snead 77

#3 Jack 71

 

Based on individual results only. And who really cares if you won a two man team event?

 

#1 Roberto De Vincenzo

#2 Gary Player

 

Well, then:

#25 Bob Stevens (perennial Club Champion at Muddy Hill, C.C. and Pro-Am points leader in the greater Peoria, Illinois area).

#32 Danny "The Dog" Daniels (Winner of multiple Saigon City Championships and many other tournaments throughout much of the Golden Triangle including the Cambodian Masters).

[Mark_888]

Going by the numbers it has to be

#1 Snead 82

#2 Tiger 79

#3 Jack 73

 

That is the most wins as listed by the tour.

 

Somewhat revisionist says the list should be

#1 Tiger 79

#2 Snead 77

#3 Jack 71

 

Based on individual results only. And who really cares if you won a two man team event?

 

Wait a minute. What about wins on the putt-putt tour?

[Hawkeye77]

Ben Hogan

 

(if you think its anyone else...well your wrong :wave: )

 

You're?

 

Now, now - his screen name suggests he is on a different path!

[3jacker]

Nicklaus.

There isn't anyone even close if you go on record and overall performance.

[Mark_888]

Nicklaus.

There isn't anyone even close if you go on record and overall performance.

 

Ummm. We are voting for 3rd best. Read the thread title.

 

But I am glad you agree with me that Jack is 3rd best.

[Mych]

It's either Happy Gilmore or Danny Noonan.

 

[dan360]

1. Jack Nicklaus. Duh.

2. Tiger Woods. Coulda Woulda Shoulda. Best you get is 2 Eldrick.

3. Bobby Jones. Oh my, for what would've been if he'd played into his 30's...

4. Arnold Palmer. Maybe not top 5 stats, but #1 in our hearts with no comparison. I hope heaven is as nice as you are, King.

5. Walter Hagen. Again, coulda woulda shoulda. He left on his own terms to play silly season golf. What might've been.

6. Sammy Snead. Probably should be higher but it's tough competition. He'd be my #1 pick in a bar fight off this list fwiw... a young Arnie right there with him though...

[cdnglf]

Going by the numbers it has to be

#1 Snead 82

#2 Tiger 79

#3 Jack 73

 

That is the most wins as listed by the tour.

 

Somewhat revisionist says the list should be

#1 Tiger 79

#2 Snead 77

#3 Jack 71

 

Based on individual results only. And who really cares if you won a two man team event?

 

Wait a minute. What about wins on the putt-putt tour?

 

People get pretty excited about the 1930 British Am, which was mostly guys who couldn't make the putt-putt.

[lowheel]

Nicklaus is 3rd.

 

LOL justify this please. This should be fun. ill get the popcorn...

[lowheel]

Going by the numbers it has to be

#1 Snead 82

#2 Tiger 79

#3 Jack 73

 

That is the most wins as listed by the tour.

 

Somewhat revisionist says the list should be

#1 Tiger 79

#2 Snead 77

#3 Jack 71

 

Based on individual results only. And who really cares if you won a two man team event?

 

Like a dog with a bone with those team events... we get it

 

Now do majors...

[lowheel]

Woods

 

Nicklaus and Hogan above (debatable whose 1 & 2, JN has the most majors, BH had injury and due to scheduling conflict btw PGA and British most of his career played 1 less major/year)

 

Woods is in the Top 5. I don't know if he is top 3. Bobby Jones I think is better than Tiger. Short golf career and still the best of his era.

 

Not sure if I'd put Tiger in the top 5. You have Jack, Jones, Snead, Hogan, and Reed.

 

Maybe top 10 but he would need to win a few more majors and I just don't see that happening.

 

[3jacker]

Nicklaus.

There isn't anyone even close if you go on record and overall performance.

 

Ummm. We are voting for 3rd best. Read the thread title.

 

But I am glad you agree with me that Jack is 3rd best.

 

Doh. YOu're right.

 

Jack was 1st, 2nd and then 3rd.

[powerpushfade]

Nicklaus 55+54=109 points

Woods 65+42=107 points

Snead 75+21=96 points​

 

One point for a tour event and three for a major. There is your top three.

[chrismikayla]

Tom Watson. Took down Jack when he was at his peak

[jaymayor]

Anthony Kim

[Forged4ever]

Regarding Bob Jones and the theoretical of "what if he had Played into his 30's," well, not only did HE state this however those closest to him have written about it and that is that he was unraveling mentally/psychologically and the pressure of his "grand slam(two of em were friggin Ams for chrissakes?)" year rendered him a mental mess and he admitted that he could not and did not want to continue in the "pressure cooker(his words)" that was his life.

 

AND HE WAS A FACKIN AM!!!

 

The guy was a basket case and KNEW that he was mush mentally and yes, I do believe that he felt that he'd just done the undoable, and what more was there to accomplish, however I cannot help but believe that Jack, Tiger, Hogan, et al, would have either reset their goals to do it again and repeat or as Mr. Palmer responded when I asked him what would he have done and he smiled and said, "I'd have turned Pro, kicked their butts(his actual word) and gotten paid for it."

 

I don't think that you'll find one in that Top-10 who would've walked away-

 

Versus say Byron Nelson, who simply had set as his goal, to make enough money to buy the ranch of his and his wife's dreams and he has stated before that he could've recharged, reloaded and come out again and racked up more victories as he felt that his game, both mentally and physically, was better than it had ever been.

 

This is just my .03 worth though I believe that Jones' self doubt and insecurities, which I could never understand and as an armchair arsehole I attribute them to the "Colonel(his dad)" who could and was a dick and he rode Bob Jones hard, had taken him to the mountain top's cliff, and in his mind there was only one way that he could go as a competitor.

 

It's a damn shame cuz the boy did have a pretty swing~

 

Even Playing as an Am, with no financial pressures, was not enough of a safety net for Jones-

 

And then the USGA allows him to peddle all of his vids/movies and books and remain an Am while they screwed Harvey Ward to the wall.

 

Putzes....

 

Stay well my Friends??

RP