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Forum Thread of the Day: “Which was better: The 1986 or 2019 Masters?

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Today’s Forum Thread of the Day comes from OBbogey5 who has divided our members with his question concerning which Masters was best between the 1986 event and last week’s championship. Our members share their views with some compelling reasons included behind their argument either way.

Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.

  • RobotDoctor: “To me, the ’86 Masters is the best ever being how Nicklaus stormed back and shot 30 on the back 9 taking out Norman, Ballesteros and Kite. Nicklaus wasn’t playing well and was labeled as too old. With Woods, he has overcome health issues, personal issues and self-doubt. Maybe my sentiment with ’86 is my admiration for Nicklaus. Maybe the 2019 Masters is the most incredible. I need time to digest what just happened in the grand scheme of things.”
  • DLBTide7: “Today was the better Masters for me, personally. To come back from the depths of darkness that once surrounded Tiger is an amazing accomplishment.”
  • BearQ: “Tiger for me. Something to consider… Factor in the worldwide media blitz Tiger deals with in 2019. The added substantial pressure because the overall viewing audience is 100x bigger. If he lost it somehow it would be magnified MUCH more than a Jack L. Even with the bad health and other issues he’s overcome, a 2nd today and he would get RIPPED by many of the jack fans (not all of them). Dudes whole life was destroyed not long ago in every regard. Outside of Jack being older and playing amazing out of the blue, in ’86 he simply wasn’t dealing with the motherload of hate/pressure and several other factors that Tiger wakes up to. A writer or two writing Jack off pre ’86 is childs play compared to the criticism of TW. I’ve written this before, today and again. It’s the biggest day in golf history to me all things considered. There has never been a day more people have known who won a golf tournament. IT’S EVERYWHERE!”
  • RobertBaron: “86 also has the iconic “Yes sir!” call coupled with the great image of Nicklaus walking his putt down with the putter raised. I was watching 19 while working so I definitely missed stuff on Sunday but it seems to me there really wasn’t an iconic call during the broadcast nor was there an iconic Tiger moment during play like a huge fist pump or some crazy shot he pulled off. So advantage 86 in that category.”

Entire Thread: “Which was better: The 1986 or 2019 Masters?”

Gianni is the Managing Editor at GolfWRX. He can be contacted at gianni@golfwrx.com.

9 Comments

9 Comments

  1. Bob

    Apr 17, 2019 at 10:40 pm

    I hardly remember Woods’ back 9 last Sunday. But I do remember most of Nicklaus’, even 33 years later. 1986 was better.

  2. M-HERD4

    Apr 17, 2019 at 5:59 pm

    86 Masters hands down the best.

  3. Jordan

    Apr 17, 2019 at 2:57 pm

    This is like asking if people like basketball shoes being made into Golf shoes vs the traditional leather wrapped spikes. Its a generational thing. My oldest memory of Jack Nicklaus was playing as him in Jack Nicklaus 5 on my new Dell Windows 95 PC. So there’s that.

  4. Jon

    Apr 17, 2019 at 2:14 pm

    1951, Hogan after getting hit by a Greyhound bus.

  5. Milton Gombo

    Apr 17, 2019 at 11:16 am

    Jack in ’86- Can’t believe what I’m seeing here!
    Tiger in ’19- Can’t believe what I’m seeing here!
    Phil’s jump in ’04- Most exciting of all.

  6. Terry, this is not a Game

    Apr 17, 2019 at 10:55 am

    Can we let them both be what they are? They aren’t similar in any ways other than they both won a major after a long drought.

    • Jose Pinatas

      Apr 17, 2019 at 12:07 pm

      This is spot on. There should be no comparison. One was in 1986, one was in 2019.

  7. F

    Apr 17, 2019 at 10:51 am

    They are the same.
    30 years apart like this, it’s a whole different generation and a half, so it impacts different people.
    The young’uns love TW’s more because they never saw 86, and that’s OK
    Personally, they are both amazing, regardless of whatever. Just amazing that superhumans exist to do these feats

  8. Jamie

    Apr 17, 2019 at 9:57 am

    1975 Masters.

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