While Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus are universally considered to be the two greatest golfers who have ever lived, there remains a great debate as to which was the superior player. Does Tiger's blistering play and PGA Tour wins record take top billing, or is Jack's dominance in major championships what is most important?

One man who has no desire to engage in such a back-and-forth is Gary Player, a golf legend in his own right. Player, a nine-time major winner whose career coincided with that of Nicklaus, recently ranked his top-three golfers of all-time ahead of his 90th birthday.

His answer was definitive.

"Jack is number one, Tiger number two, and I'm number three," Player told the Palm Beach Post . "There's not even a question."

Player's reasoning?

"How I judge the best players

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