Yeah, Tiger was so much better than anyone else that it was just incredible to watch. The decade he had from 1999-2009 will never be matched in golf. He was doing stuff that was unimaginable for a long time. People don't win majors by 5+ strokes like he did.
At first, it wasn't clear he was a huge dick either. Professional golf really sucked before him. It was all a bunch of stuffy, boring, middle age white guys. Like this guy:
Tiger was so different from that. It's funny to look back on that now, because he's clearly an asocial dork, but he was full of swag and coolness compared to the dudes on the late 90s/early 00s PGA Tour.