TONKS VS. TIGER
WHO IS THE GREATEST GOLFER OF ALL TIME?
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With every victory Tiger Woods adds to his amazing resume, the question gets asked, "is Tiger the greatest golfer of all time, or does that honor belong to the president of ISUCKATGOLF, Ken Tonks? Here we'll compare the two and offer some eye opening stats on these two phenominal players.
(Hi-lighted "Ken "Par" Tonks Mauve" or "Tiger Sunday Red"areas indicate edge to that player. Green indicates what we consider a more useful statistic for comparison.)Comparison as of June 17, 2008.
Category |
Ken "Par" Tonks |
Eldrige "Tiger" Woods |
Tale of the tape |
Born Dec 12, 1960. 5'10 and 1/2 ", 170 lbs. (appears much taller for some reason) | Born Dec. 30, 1975. 6'1", 185lbs |
# of years playing golf |
35
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30 |
Handicap |
2-3
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-3 |
PGA Tour Losses |
0
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approx. 147 |
| PGA Tour Wins | 0 | More than zero |
| Majors Won | 0 | 14 |
| Majors Lost | 0 | 35 |
| # of kids | 2 | 2 |
| # of super models | 0 | 1 |
| # of clubs in their bag | 16 | 14 |
| Driving distance | 280+ | 287.7 |
| Driving accuracy | 7% | 58.93% |
| Putts per round | 28.62 (approx.) | 28.63 |
| Strength of competition | Dave(T Kidd), Mickey, One-eyed Pete, "The Gimpster", and Big Hank ("Shanks") | Phil, Ernie,Vijay,Padrig, Scott, Stricker, Rocco... |
| 9 hole course records held at Tamarack G.C. in East Brunswick NJ | 1 (33) | 0 |
| # of Beers consumed during avg. round. | 4-6 | 0 |
| # of bad knees | 0 | 1 |
It's easy to see from the above chart that both these guys have phenomenal games and the question of who's the greatest of all time may never be answered. The best we can do is call it a draw.
They say a tie is like kissing your sister, but in this case your sister is really ugly.
See a slightly more serious comparison at Jack vs. Tiger.
