Golf is a unique sport in that its players aren’t competing against each other In golf your competition is the course the weather conditions your emotions and attitude and sometimes history itself Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods are undoubtedly two of the best golfers ever They played in different eras used different equipment competed on different courses and faced different levels of scrutiny Yet both achieved levels of greatness most can only dream of attaining Which one was better It’s an argument without a right or wrong answer We’ll tell their stories and lay out the facts Introduction
Jack or Tiger You Decide
Tiger Woods launches a tee shot during the second round of the 1997 Masters
Chapter 1 OFF THE TEE Golf fans were eager to see how Tiger Woods would fare in his first major tournament They had been hearing stories about the 21-year-old prodigy for years Woods had turned pro in August 1996 and won three Professional Golfers Association PGA Tour events in his first eight months In April 1997 he stood on the tee box at the Masters Tournament The Masters is one of professional golf’s four major championships It is played at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia every year and the winner receives an iconic green jacket as a prize Woods’s booming tee shots electrified the crowd at the Masters He averaged 323 yards off the tee during the tournament 25 yards longer than any other player
