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The Best Of The Best

We polled more than 30 PGA Tour players to get their take on who is the best now and of all time in six aspects of the game: driving, putting, short game, bunker play, iron play and mental game. Here are the results

April 23, 2012
Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus

Mental Game: All Time

Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus. The players were split on this one -- and for good reason. "Hands down, with no question, Woods and Nicklaus," Brandt Jobe said. "It's hard to compare anyone to those two." Added Bill Lunde: "Tiger isn't showing it like he was, but we all know what he's capable of and Jack because he has the record for (major) wins. To be able to do that, yeah, a lot of it is ability, but that is as much of a mental test as it is talent and athleticism."
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