{"id":38760,"date":"2025-07-04T18:47:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T18:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/38760\/"},"modified":"2025-07-04T18:47:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T18:47:09","slug":"tiger-woods-response-when-asked-if-jack-nicklaus-was-the-greatest-golfer-of-all-time-instead-of-him-in-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/38760\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiger Woods’ response when asked if Jack Nicklaus was the greatest golfer of all time instead of him in 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus remain hugely significant in the golfing world despite their lack of appearances on the course in recent times.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nicklaus<\/a> has long since retired from golf, while his fellow legend Woods<\/a> has been seriously impacted by injury in recent years.<\/p>\n

Woods was once told by Nicklaus to use a golf cart<\/a> to help with his struggles, but the former has continued to ignore that advice.<\/p>\n

He was able to compete in the inaugural TGL tournament this season, but a 2025 PGA Tour start has yet to be recorded.<\/p>\n

Both are legends of the game in their own right, but it hasn\u2019t stopped the debate over which of the pair is the greatest of all time.<\/p>\n

\"GolfPhoto credit should read JEFF HAYNES\/AFP via Getty ImagesWhat Tiger Woods once said about Jack Nicklaus being the greatest golfer ever ahead of him<\/p>\n

It is indeed Nicklaus who leads the way for major championship wins, boasting 18 compared to the 15 of Woods, with that tally placing him top of the all-time list.<\/p>\n

And Nicklaus\u2019s record was referenced by journalist Charlie Rose during an interview with Woods in 2016, in which he asked the question: \u201cHow do we measure the best to ever play golf?<\/p>\n

READ MORE:<\/strong> The one reason Tiger Woods may extend his playing career on the PGA Tour has been suggested by Brad Faxon<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cIs it Jack, simply because he has 18 majors or is it general appraisal, simply that that person had more talent and applied it better than anybody?\u201d<\/p>\n

Woods responded: \u201cThat\u2019s a great question. It is so hard because we never got a chance to play against each other, except for that one time, where we played with each other in 2000.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut when you cross generations it\u2019s very difficult to see who is better than the other, in all sports. But I just think that, for me, I would take my skills up against Jack any day and I am sure he would feel the same way.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

How Tiger Woods responded when asked if he thinks he will win 18 majors<\/p>\n

Woods was then immediately tasked with sharing his honest thoughts on whether he\u2019d ever emulate Nicklaus in the major championship sphere.<\/p>\n

Asked if he believes he will get to 18 majors in his career, Woods responded candidly: \u201cTo be honest with you, no.\u201d<\/p>\n

READ MORE:<\/strong> Jack Nicklaus says what would have happened to his career had he not won the US Open at Oakmont in 1962<\/a><\/p>\n\nPlayer<\/strong><\/td>\nThe Masters<\/strong><\/td>\nUS Open<\/strong><\/td>\nThe Open<\/strong><\/td>\nPGA<\/strong><\/td>\nTotal<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nJack Nicklaus<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nTiger Woods<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Jack Nicklaus vs Tiger Woods major championship wins<\/p>\n

Rose then queried: \u201cYou have accepted that?\u201d to which Woods replied: \u201cI have accepted that I am going to get more.\u201d<\/p>\n

The golfing legend has managed to win a major championship since that confident claim, having triumphed at The Masters in 2019.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

In an unforgettable comeback at Augusta National, the American beat compatriots Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka and Xander Schauffele by a single shot.<\/p>\n

Koepka loved seeing Woods win The Masters<\/a> that year despite his runner-up finish, with the latter\u2019s success representing his fifth at Augusta National, one behind all-time leader Nicklaus.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus remain hugely significant in the golfing world despite their lack of appearances on…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":38761,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[1430,31150,62,10130,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-38760","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf","9":"tag-jack-nicklaus","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tiger-woods","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114796459046722031","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38760\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}