It's hard to compare without being able to see him play. These guys are still that good and Climo stands head and shoulders above them. These guys are still that good and Climo … When I control for inflation. Paul McBeth beat a very strong Jonesboro Open field by three strokes while averaging 1062-rated golf. Babe Ruth or Prince Fielder. to calculate Climo’s and McBeth’s earnings in 2019 dollars. Look, he's great, I'm just making an argument that it's not so cut and dry. With limited disc technology, he dominated the sport by winning 12 disc golf world championships (then he moved to masters). Remember that Climo was on top for 9 straight years. One more thing. Climo’s are $558,765 and McBeth’s $469,624.
Climo was undoubtedly the Champ although we saw less of that ourselves as the total domination had ended by that period and other contenders were coming through. Edit: looks like I'm getting downvoted because people have feelings about Paul. It is asked in every sport when a new great comes along. u/ibeaninjafool. That doesn't mean that current top pro's wouldn't all beat Climo in his prime though. There's still lack of data to compare Climo and McBeth at their peaks. Before Jonesboro, McBeth trailed Climo by $3,430.59. Lack of visibility.
He would get better quickly and be competing for first. It's mind blowing to think that someone could win 12 world titles in any individual sport. It's difficult to win at the Open level, no matter when or where you're playing. Barry had a really hard time beating KC for a lot of years, and Barry is considered one of the best of all time to every throw a disc. His discs (KC) were the most sort after lines, his signature discs were superb. A good part of it honestly has to do with video not being abundant for KC. I wonder if it discouraged some people from going pro. You’d think being World Champ more than 10 times would make him god Status, but it doesn’t seem like people recognize him like similar greats in other sports such as Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretzky or Babe Ruth. A bit of cross-era supporting evidence of how good Kenny was - we can see on recent video how good Barry Schultz still is.
The player base at the time was lower but the top players I feel would still be the top now. Climo did not slow down until after his final Open world championship in 2006. Survey: Was Climo a better golfer than McBeth? Tune in to the 2nd round action from the 2015 United States Disc Golf Championship from the Winthrop Gold course in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Climo’s are $558,765 and McBeth’s $469,624. He would get it eventually but it would take a while. Ricky Wysocki has over $360,000 in earnings and should pass Climo in a year or two, while Paul Ulibarri has a chance, as well, but is farther back at a little over $270,000. However, the win is not his biggest accomplishment of the weekend, because with his $3,510 payout he surpassed Ken Climo in career tournament earnings and became the new PDGA all-time cash leader. Just as in ball golf, after Arnold and Jack, the competition rose because of the popularity. names aside it is still the same question. Joe Montana or Manning. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, Press J to jump to the feed. The following year (2014) Will Schusterick & Mcbeth took first and second, and 2015 was the year Paul won. Lay out. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. And they all got beat by Climo year after year, and while in their prime. Unsponsored. Climo has been the career cash leader since 1995 (a few years before Eagle McMahon was even born! Future generations never match the dominance of the pioneers in a sport because the competition is always increasing. His competition was guys like "Crazy" John Brooks, and Steve Wisecup. People in this thread keep talking about the competition being better now and as a player from the early '90s to early 2000's I can tell you the biggest difference is the disc and plastic tech. Survey: Was Climo a better golfer than McBeth? The same could be said for Babe Ruth I guess. With limited disc technology, he dominated the sport by winning 12 disc golf world championships (then he moved to masters). Kenny is the champ no matter what, but Paul is playing VS a much stronger field and is clearly a superior player. However, the win is not his biggest accomplishment of the weekend, because with his $3,510 payout he surpassed Ken Climo in career tournament earnings and became the new PDGA all-time cash leader.1. For those 2012 onwards with wall to wall McBeth Youtube coverage and wins I'd warrant most of them see McBeth as the GOAT. What have you done for me lately? Not to be a wet blanket, but I would feel remiss if I didn’t briefly address the role of inflation in this comparison. They're still in the top 30 (20 years past their prime) on what is the hardest course they've played the tournament on, after 5 grueling days!