An anonymous PGA Tour golfer scoffed at how the rising stars in professional golf are so frequently compared to Tiger Woods, saying the notion that the likes of Jordan Spieth, Jason Day and Rory McIlroy are even within sniffing distance of the golfer’s greatness is an “embarrassment.”
“He was the needle. He’s not around anymore. We don’t know if he’s coming around again,” the anonymous golfer told ESPN’s Michael Collins. “We hope [he will], but we can’t count on that. Now you take the Jordan Spieths, you take the Jason Days, you take these young guns, they’re still not Tiger. Nobody’s ever going to be Tiger. We know that. Lotta people don’t know that. But they’re not going to be.
“The great play of Jason Day, the great play of Jordan Spieth, the great play of Rickie Fowler — combined, they’re not Tiger. … They’re just not. Tiger is Tiger. It’s a Michael Jordan. You cannot compare.
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