Federer's 17 tennis majors or Tiger Woods' 14 golf majors?

 Completely different sports, both of which I have played competitively, so I have some knowledge in both sports. In golf, you don't see runs like Federer's run at majors from 2004-2008. You won't see people three-peating at golf majors. You don't have people like Nadal who have won 9/10 of the last French opens. Think of the big four's hold on Majors since 2004. Only 5 others have won the past 45 grand slams. So with this said, there is really only a pool of 4 players who will win at grand slams. Federer happens to have won 16 since 2004. 
 In golf, there is no big four. The players' consistency is much lower. With that being said, for Tiger to have won 14 majors, he had to have won against a field that was much more even. He won 14 times on courses where the conditions (speed of greens, thinkness of rough, wind, rain) varied tremendously. In golf, there is much more room for randomness. Louis Oosthuizen made an albatross at the 2012 Masters, which put him in contention for the title. He could not replicate that shot if his life depended on it. It was just luck. The thing with golf is that everyone has different levels of luck on different days, most of it having to do with putting.
 I don't know if that makes a lot of sense, but it is hard for me to explain. There is no answer, you could argue either way. Besides, Tiger Woods's major wins is not why he is Tiger. Everyone knows Tiger because he changed golf like no other. Jack Nicklaus, the greatest golfer in history, has 18 major wins. He played against a much tougher playing field, consisting of multiple major winners such as Player, Palmer, Watson, Seve, etc. 
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