Peter Jacobsen claimed that Vijay Singh was so good at playing the ball that he could actually hit the ball better than Phil Mickelson.
Singh is undoubtedly one of the greatest international golfers the game has ever seen. The Fijian won three major championships, including the Masters in 2000. It was, of course, the only major Woods Tigers did not win that year.
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Mickelson may have won half the number of majors, but Singh also managed to achieve something, an American has never done by reaching one world. In fact, it was Singh who ended Woods’ run of 264 weeks at the top of the world zero in 2004.
And it seems that Singh somehow has an edge over Mickelson when it comes to playing.
Vijay Singh could use the ball better than Phil Mickelson
Mickelson is the most successful golfer of all time. However, speaking on the Us Fourth Podcast, Peter Jacobsen claimed that Singh would surprise many with how good he was.
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“I have [tried to play left-handed]I am terrible. You know who makes it great? Vijay Singh. People don’t know this, but I played in skill challenges before with Vijay where he could swing the club around and Mike Weir, who is left-handed, or Phil and hit the eight iron better than Mike Weir or Phil Mickelson. It’s very beautiful, but I don’t know many players who can do that,” he said.
Titled one of Woods’ greatest short game drives of all time
Any player who has won multiple majors around the turn of the millennium deserves to be considered a legend of the game when you consider the height of that era.
What makes Tiger Woods even more incredible. Woods has won 18 majors of his 33rd season, having won all four majors at the same time after his victory at Augusta National in 2001.
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They could observe the electric woods in the round for some time. His highlight reel is arguably like nothing else in the history of the game.
Perhaps the most iconic shot of his career came entering the 2005 Masters when he chipped in on the 16th hole to send the patrons into a frenzy. And Jacobsen believes Woods’ short game deserves to be ranked among the best.
“When you look at someone like Tiger, Tiger turns off two different golfers. One of the things about Tiger’s book, and it’s really interesting, is he’s probably the best iron player I’ve ever seen, but he swings a different driver than he does in the iron game,” he said.
“I’ve always believed that you’re either better at hitting the ball or hitting the ball. And when you get the driver back in the air, you’ve got to hit the driver. You hit the iron on the ground. To me, Tiger is clearly the superior player in the game of hitting the ball. Why? You don’t know. Catching the ball. He’s not as effective a ball hitter as he is with his irons. Think how many times Tiger hit the ball offline.
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The likes of Singh and Mickelson sometimes have to wonder how different their careers might have looked if Woods had never emerged on the scene on the PGA Tour.
It’s almost certain that many of the older ones would have gotten one, but they clearly benefited from a completely transformed Toy Woods when he said hello to the world.