Originally posted by Boiler20:
I'll give you 'best that ever was', but not by much. Without this guy to duel against in the last 2/3rds of his career, Jack isn't quite the same luminary, and his great friend and rival isn't either. Nicklaus never had to compete against a Jack Nicklaus, mind you.
And without the longevity of this golfer's competitiveness, we would never have been electrified as a world-wide golf community as one in 2009 at Turnberry. If only his amateur friend / caddie had spoken up about being in the moment and probably pumping full adrenaline, we may have witnessed a contender for greatest sporting feat in history, along the lines of Nicklaus' major count, Wayne 'The Great One' Gretzky's smashing all hockey scoring records by 40-60%, Michael Phelps gold medal count, as well as Mark Spitz', and a few others.
Yes, I'm biased as he's a fellow KC-boy, Royals, Jayhawks and Chiefs fan, but his feats are framed fairly well in these two links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0ao-M3wx8Y
and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L61gsA1rJfs
This post was edited on 4/8 7:35 PM by Boiler20