"Tiger Woods had an unprecedented equipment advantage over field" says G-Mac
Eddie Pepperell then chimes in: "Tiger Woods could beat me using a square golf ball."
Graeme McDowell believes Tiger Woods "had an unprecedented equipment advantage over the field" in the summer of 2000 simply because he was using the Nike Tour Accuracy golf ball, one of the first solid core balls prior to the Titleist Pro V1.
During the summer of 2000 as McDowell speaks about in his latest tweet, Woods won the US Open, Open Championship and US PGA Championship before landing the WGC-NEC Invitational all within the space of three months.
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It was some of the most scintillating golf the PGA Tour had ever seen, as Woods would ultimately go on to win The Masters in April 2001 to complete golf's career grand slam.
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Woods is the second player to have won the career grand slam three times along with Jack Nicklaus, and he is the only professional golfer to win four majors in a row.
While McDowell does admit Woods is the greatest golfer of all time in his tweet, he does consider other PGA Tour pros who were not given access to such solid core golf balls were at a big disadvantage in the middle of the 2000 season.
Tiger is the greatest of all time for sure, but in the summer of 2000 he had an unprecedented equipment advantage over the field. Nike had developed the Tour Accuracy, one of the first solid core balls, pre cursor to the Pro V1. Early adoption and huge leaps. https://t.co/0rmB9enzZe
— Graeme McDowell (@Graeme_McDowell) February 21, 2022
"Tiger is the greatest of all time for sure, but in the summer of 2000 he had an unprecedented equipment advantage over the field," tweeted McDowell, who won the 2010 US Open.
"Nike had developed the Tour Accuracy, one of the first solid core balls, pre cursor to the [Titleist] Pro V1. Early adoption and huge leaps."
McDowell was responding to Golf Channel contributor Ron Sirak's tweet, which read: "IMO, if equipment hadn't become more forgiving around 2000, Tiger Woods would have been even more dominating.
"Lower spin ball and bigger sweet-spot driver negated some of his ball-striking advantage."
At times (lately for sure), I’ve suspected that Tiger could beat me using a square golf ball.
— Eddie Pepperell (@PepperellEddie) February 21, 2022
Eddie Pepprell, fresh off a hilarious tweet about the Saudi Golf League 24 hours previous, chimed in off the back of G-Mac's tweet in the only way he knows how.
"At times (lately for sure), I've suspected that Tiger could beat me using a square golf ball."
McDowell would later follow up after having received plenty of comments about his initial tweet on Woods.
Love replies to my Big Cat opinion below, especially @PepperellEddie. Problem when you mention the GOAT is that any slight sign of negativity gets criticized. My tweet related to equipment only in 2000, not skill levels. Look up the story. It’s a great one.
— Graeme McDowell (@Graeme_McDowell) February 21, 2022
What do you make of McDowell's comments about Woods' golf ball "advantage" in the summer of 2000? Do you go along with those sentiments or do you think it would not have mattered in the slightest given how well Tiger was playing? Share your thoughts over on GolfMagic's social media channels.
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