Test Your Knowledge With Our Tiger Woods v Jack Nicklaus Quiz... Who Is The Greatest Golfer Of All Time?
Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods are two of the greatest golfers to play the game, but how much do you know about their careers? Test your knowledge with our quiz


If you asked any golf fan to list the greatest golfers to ever play the game, you would almost certainly find Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods vying for top spot. Their accolade-laden careers speak for themselves, but often when debating the topic many of us struggle to agree on who sits at the top of the tree.
Finding a definitive answer to this question can be tricky, especially when comparing two players who dominated the game in their own respective eras, but sometimes drilling down into the data can help to provide a little clarity.
So, how well do you know the careers of Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods? Could you differentiate between the extensive achievements of one when compared to the other? Well, here is your chance to prove it... it might even help you to decide who you think is the greatest player of all time!
Jack Nicklaus vs Tiger Woods Quiz
When comparing the records of two legends, it's important to consider a range of contributing factors. The most obvious is that the two players were at the top of their games years apart from each other, and you could argue that landscape of professional golf was different when comparing those decades.
It's also difficult to compare the levels of competition offered up against the two giants, and when you consider that Nicklaus made over 200 more PGA Tour appearances than Woods further questions are raised around the parity of the data for comparison purposes.
Perhaps the best thing to do is simply appreciate the colossal achievements of both players and respect the legendary status that they deservedly earned through a rare and incomprehensible consistency at the top level of the game.
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