But theres been nobody as good as Tiger. There were the brutal struggles after that which led many to wonder why he was even trying to come back at all. Arjun Athreya is a senior writer at Essentially Sports and has been contributing Before Tiger, winners would often get $180,000 for a win. He has a career winning percentage of25 percent; Jack's winning percentage through the end of 1979 was 18 percent. The 2022 Masters can be an opportunity for Woods to tie it up, and maybe even surpass the 82-year-old later on. The count is still 18 to 14 in favor of Nicklaus. Woods has, to this point, only finished second on six occasions. Nicklaus had won the 1971 PGA, played in February as a concession to the South Florida heat, then added the 1972 Masters and U.S. Open titles. He had the claret jug in his sights at Muirfield, but he finished second by one shot to Trevino, who chipped in on the 71st hole. In 1972, the best year of Nicklaus career; a year that saw him win three out of the four majors, Nicklaus was ranked No. Nicklaus has played in six, with a 1783 record. Both are Hall of Famers and have been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nations highest civilian honor. (Not that anyone was really paying attention to a potential NicklaSlam. Tiger was untouchable in the 2000s but its easy to forget that in 2013 he won five times and was the PGA Tours Player of the Year. Nicklaus was better at Augusta during his prime. He captured 18 major titles in his career compared to Woods and his 15, up until now. Then last April, Tiger turned back the clock and won the Masters, leaving fans in tears as he pumped his fist on the 18th green Sunday afternoon at Augusta National. Tiger won his first major as a pro, the 1997 Masters, at age 21, destroying the rest of the field by a record 12 shots. The evidence suggests Tiger was beating up on inferior competition. Without Tiger Woods or Jack Nicklaus, the PGA Tour might not be what it is today. Follow along here. A year later, Tiger made the pages of the venerable sports magazine again and a more apt analogy was made: Hes the next Nicklaus, maybe better..
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