I say Tiger Woods is now, finally, the best Golfer of all time!

[Funtime]

spurgeonryan said:

Funtime said:
You can also look at the fact that Tiger was so dominant when he was in his prime that the PGA Tour had to "Tiger-proof" their courses. He literally changed the game. Courses are hundreds of yards longer now because Tiger Woods was winning tournaments by 10 strokes. No one ever had to redesign courses to even the playing field for Jack.

Tiger in his prime was better than Nicklaus in his prime without question.

But you need to remember that golf clubs and balls have changed as well. Thinks are easier and harder these days.

Indeed. Tiger wasn't the only player using those balls and clubs, though. It was an even playing field and he was still destroying the rest of the guys by massive amounts of strokes. Back then he was the only guy smashing the ball that far, and that accurately. The rest of the players starting lifting a shit ton of weights and undergoing huge changes to their training so that they could hit like that as well.

Here's a nice article I found regarding "Tiger proofing" for the U.S. Open in particular.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/28934-us-open-tiger-proofing-of-golf-courses-has-done-just-the-opposite