In 1945, he won 18 tourneys and also won 11 in a row that year. He was the Tiger Woods of that era, no doubt.
Wow, that's pretty incredible. He retired at age 34 to do charity work. Still ended up with 52 wins and 5 majors. He would have continued to dominate had he elected to continue, and probably would easily hold the all time wins mark ahead of Jack (I think Jack has 80). He would have also ended up in the teens in majors, maybe not the 18 Jack has, but somewhere between 13-16.
Actually Snead leads the list with 82 and Jack is second with 73. Critics have always diminished his 45 record because it was at the end of WW II against supposedly lesser competition. I don't care who you're playing, 11 straight is damned impressive. In his prime he played against some of the all time greats, e.g., Hogan, Snead, Sarazen, Hagen, et al
Everytime they show the graphic of Jack's victories against Tiger's numbers (especially after a Tiger victory), I could have sworn it was 80. But I see now that it is indeed 73. What a punk, he wasn't nearly as good as first thought....lol
A couple of other interesting, little known stats about Jack. 19 runner up finishes in majors and 58 runner up finishes in Tour events, both records I believe. A punk indeed :lol:
