Who is the best golfer in the world? It is debatable who is actually the best. There is a long list of great golfers: Tiger Woods, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Ben Hogan, Sam Snead. However, two golfers stand out above the rest These two fantastic golfers are Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus.
| Names | Major wins | PGA Tour wins |
| Jack Nicklaus | 18 | 73 |
| Tiger Woods | 14 | 79 |
The main way to judge who is the superior golfer is to see how many wins each has. The above graph shows how many major and PGA Tour wins Jack and Tiger have.
Clearly Jack Nicklaus is better, even though Tiger has more PGA Tour wins than him. Jack has won more Major Tournaments. The Majors are four different Tournaments: the Masters, US. Open, PGA Championship, and the Open Championship. These four Tournaments are very difficult to win. Nicklaus won four more than Tiger and came in second 19 times. Tiger only came in second once.
Best golfer: Jack Nicklaus
