I don't think we can take an informed opinion from this question without some actual analysis of the statistics (which I have never seen anyone do). People always talk about this question, comparing Jack to Tiger, but never back up their opinion with any facts. I've started to try to do a little research here, but have a hard time finding any good #s from Nicklaus' prime. PGA tour website has statistics like scoring averages back to 1980, but that isn't far enough back ... Jack was 40. Has anyone ever seen some good statistics from before 1980? I wouldn't mind doing some kind of statistical analysis here, but I need the data to do it.

At least one thing I can do is look at major finishes for the top golfers ... wikipedia has that.