"Golf has parity"
Uh, no it doesn't.
The past era had two elite players, the current era has two elite players, and maybe a third (Thomas), if he can sustain his production the upcoming years.
Johnson has 1 major and he's 33. Sorry, thats a good career, but no one will care who was World #1 whatever year. Lee Westwood and Luke Donald are former World #1's. Respect for Jon Rahm's game, but have the season Thomas had last year, and then you enter the discussion. Same thing for Fleetwood and Matsuyama, although there's less shine, but they are still relatively young. Prove yourselves in the four biggest events, win POY. Fowler's an orange jumpsuit gimmick. A bunch of other real solid pros like Rose, Stenson, Garcia, Day, but every era has those.
Tiger and Phil deserve everyone's full respect for their careers. Two of the all time greats. I'm hopeful Tiger can still put in another 5-10 years and challenge Jack's record, he certainly has the talent to challenge the game's elite, not sure if he has the fitness for it anymore, but I'll be rooting for him, like I have since I became interested in golf. Phil can put in a good performance every now and then, but doesn't have the consistency anymore. Never was great in that category to begin with. He might entertain another time or two at a major though.
/End golf state of the union.