Golf Heroes Series (Part 2 of 4)

Who are the Heroes. Finding them is not an easy task. But let us take two possible, Nicklaus and Woods.

Jack Nicklaus, The Golden Bear. PGA tour wins 73, overall champ 5 times, 6 Masters and the Brit Open x 3. 4 times the leading money earner and Player of the year 5 times Nicklaus he received 54 awards- World Golf Hall of Fame on its inaugurated.

Jack with the Brit Open Claret Jug 1966

                      

Tiger Woods; PGA tour wins 79, overall tour champ 4 times, 4 Masters and the Brit Open x 3. 6 times leading money earner and Player of the year 11 times Woods received 92 player awards.

Tiger’s private life and injuries brought the crash. Behaviour apologies didn’t fix much and some shareholders are reputed to have suffered losses of between $5 and $12 billion dollars.

No scandal in Jack’s private life but Golf expert Brent Kelley says (excerpt) that “never the less between the two of them Woods took more money, more scoring's, more player of the year awards more PGA tour wins and his best seasons were better. Jack Nicklaus even agrees with him”.

The hero here? Nicklaus. Why? In sport ethical conduct matters.

Jack’s Congressional Medal

PS Quote from wiki, “On April 8, 2015, Nicklaus hit his first ever hole in one at the Augusta National Golf Club at the age of 75 when participating in the Masters' Par 3 Contest, albeit on the Par 3 Course, while playing with Gary Player and Ben Crenshaw. 

Jemima J Jones