Pádraig is the top Tiger tamer, reckons Nicklaus

GOLF legend Jack Nicklaus has singled out Pádraig Harrington as world number one Tiger Woods’ closest current rival but believes the game will be dominated by Chinese players in the future.

Woods remains peerless among his contemporaries with 14 major victories, 11 more than Harrington, Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els and Vijay Singh, and only four short of Nicklaus’s all-time record.

However, since a knee injury forced him to miss last season’s Open and US PGA, Woods has not won any of golf’s premier events.