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Bigger Masters Win?

I'm going with Tiger just because of the age defying aspect, and him just being the greatest to ever do it. The Rory masters I think goes down as the most exciting masters of all time from what I have seen at least. However, I think that the only reason the win is so great in the first place was because of the constant blundering that he kept producing. If he doesn't blow up on 13 this would have become a pedestrian coronation. Still the monkey off the back and still a tremendous feat to win the grandslam. However, it wouldn't have that legendary status that it does now.
 
A tough question for Monday but I'd say Tiger's win was a bigger feat due to Tiger having a bigger hill to climb to get into shape after injuries and age. Rory had/has his issues and even with his back and forth (with score, doubles, darts, water...everything), Tiger's win in 2019 was incredible.
 
I think importance to the player's legacy gives the edge to Rory. If he doesn't win, and never wins, it is always a mark against him. Winning erases all that. Grand Slam winner, no question, elite company (he was elite company before, but with no asterisk now). Would it have been better without the playoff, without the 18th green gaff? Definitely.

Tiger winning was a great story, but it is just another added to the list. Important sure, but I don't think it defines him or is as important as Rory winning the Slam and cementing that legacy.

I know nothing though.
 
i'll go with Rory with a tip of the cap to recency effect. it is a much, much bigger moment for his career and the current golf scene.
Tiger's first 4 wins at August almost seemed inevitable, where this for Rory was a huge redemption after so many years of falling short.

it was just such a Rory way to win, too. charging, blowing it, charging again, unbeatable lead, blowing it, wedging it worse, putting to win...err miss, then the dart in overtime.
 
I think it’s Rory because of the weight of the last 11 years, and the joining of the rare group of five to win the Slam. Tiger was certainly impressive and capped another big comeback from injury for him, but was in a limited sense a “did it again” moment.
 
JB said:
Nobody is diminishing anything over here, its why the question was asked.
I do not see how one could say Tiger needed others to collapse and Rory didnt.

I can understand recency bias. But I dont understand how Tiger needed others to choke, yet shot under par and Rory didnt.

Top 10 in 2019 Masters.
Tiger shot under par. Nearly every guy below him also shot under par.
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Holding Rory to a standard that he didn't win going away or needing a playoff because of dropped shots, in the context of this question, is just not something I can do. Nor do I think it's fair. Tiger did win the 2018 Tour Championship so it wasn't like he was in a drought.

Tiger's win didn't change his place on any list. Rory's win put him on a list with only 5 golfers ever.
 
blugold said:
Holding Rory to a standard that he didn't win going away or needing a playoff because of dropped shots, in the context of this question, is just not something I can do. Nor do I think it's fair. Tiger did win the 2018 Tour Championship so it wasn't like he was in a drought.
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Again, nobody did that though. You said Tiger's was diminished because he needed the choke and it was pointed out that nearly every player in the top 10 was under par for the round.

Tiger hadnt won a major in over a decade.
Hadn't won the Masters in 14 years.
And Rory too, just won the Players.

I dont think that is diminishing shorty's win. I think saying others had to choke around him as the reason Tiger won is diminishing for some odd reason.
 
My initial thought was Tiger. Him winning in ‘19 was a monumental moment in sports. People with barely an acknowledgment of golf were following it.

But I agree with a lot of what’s been said. Roy’s win is bigger. His struggles. Demons. Near misses. Epic collapses. That’s just the Sunday round. He went through over a decade of those.

I will say it took the Bryson pairing. And maybe more important the run by Rose to get into position for the playoff to make this be a bigger win than Tigers.
 
JB said:
Again, nobody did that though. You said Tiger's was diminished because he needed the choke and it was pointed out that nearly every player in the top 10 was under par for the round.

Tiger hadnt won a major in over a decade.
Hadn't won the Masters in 14 years.
And Rory too, just won the Players.

I dont think that is diminishing shorty's win. I think saying others had to choke around him as the reason Tiger won is diminishing for some odd reason.
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My "Tiger need people to choke" was in response to "Rory almost gagged it away". Adding final round context to one but not the other just didn't seem fair.

I just added the 2018 TC win to counter the, "nobody saw Tiger coming" narrative.
 
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Hawk said:
TIger and it's not really close imo.

Rory's win was special, but Tiger's win is on a different level.
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Ditto!
 
Tiger's win in 2019 is far more impressive considering health issues etc.

Rory is in his prime and finally got it done. His win may have been more dramatic though.
 
I enjoyed Tiger's more because I grew up watching him. But Rory's was incredible in it's own way, from both a performance and history perspective. I would also argue that Rory's probably meant more to him given what was on the line because there was literally no grey area for him.
 
For the golfer themselves, Rory's win meant more than Tiger's. Tiger's legacy had been secure for a decade before that win, he could have finished 47th and nothing would change. For Rory, that win meant EVERYTHING.

But for golf fans and the sport in general, it's Tiger. When he sunk the putt to win and started walking back up 18, he had a mass, spontaneous movement of people just following him, without even understanding what they were doing. It looked like Moses leading his people out of Egypt. Rory's an all timer, but a Rory win will never lead to that kind of fanaticism.
 
Hard to judge here since we’ve had time to reflect on tigers win. I think at the moment it was Tiger, it was the signal that he was back and could go on another run but reality is it didn’t happen.

If this victory leads to more majors for Rory then this would be the bigger win. Monkey off his back, let’s see what else he can accomplish.
 
Tiger 2019- He had been basically written off at that point.
 
1986. Nicklaus.

Oh wait. That wasn't a choice.
But should have been.
 
1860VS said:
1986. Nicklaus.

Oh wait. That wasn't a choice.
But should have been.
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This wasnt asking what is the best win.
So no, it should not have been a choice.
 
Can see it both ways, and maybe it is recency bias, but I am going Rory. Had gone over a decade between winning a major and completes the career Grand Slam. That puts him in rarified air and might be the spring board to more majors (we won't know for a while on that).

Tiger, it was a cherry on top of one of the greatest careers in golf. Without that win, we all still think of Tiger as either the best of all time or at the least one of the very best of all times.

If Rory doesn't win this one, he is remembered more for his failures than his victories.
 
I might give the edge to Tiger's win. Counted out, but pulled something amazing together to rollback time that Masters. Rory's win perhaps played a bigger role in his career, was a loooong time coming and gave us a ton of excitement to watch, but he's still very much playing at a very high level and it was always within reach. Tiger's just seemed like he pulled off the impossible.
 
For me it was Rory's. People who grew up Tiger fans and watched him in his prime will likely say Tiger, but Rory's was much more career defining. I do think it is interesting though, if he would have secured the Grand Slam at a different venue/major, I dont think it would be as big of a deal. Something about securing it at the Masters makes it much more larger than life.
 
Rory's win. He could have just quit trying. But he battled it out to the very end. Pushing hard to finally get the Grand Slam. 11 times before & it couldn't be done. He was not going to be outdone this time around.
Besides, Tiger had already won a green jacket
 
I think it sounds funny...Rory's win is the bigger historical accomplishment. But much like we look back on the 86 Masters, that's how Tiger's win in 19 is going to be.
 
ddec said:
I think it sounds funny...Rory's win is the bigger historical accomplishment. But much like we look back on the 86 Masters, that's how Tiger's win in 19 is going to be.
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That is where I am.
86, 2004 and 2019 are the top 3 in my head, which sounds like it takes away from Rory's but its certainly not meant that way.
 
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