Tiger Woods is the greatest athlete of this generation

[kang604]

32 years old.

today passes ben hogan on the all time wins list.

only nicklaus and snead stand in his way.

5 straight victories.

13 majors.



this guy is just a machine. unparalleled focus, dedication, and he has the ability to pull off the clutch shot that is jordan-esque.

tiger woods. the truth.

 

[Franklin Richards]

Isn't golf just hitting a ball, walking to it and hitting it again? Then shoving it in a hole?

No offense but I don't think it takes much of an athlete to play golf. Gamesman yes. But not an athlete.

Especially considering that one of the players is a fat drunk and another has a gimp leg.

I'm not bashing, I'm being serious.

 

[blueblazer2]

Please all he does is just hits a ball and walks for a long time . My vote goes to Tom Brady

 

[Franklin Richards]

I'll go with Lance Armstrong.

 

[Excel]

Isn't golf just hitting a ball, walking to it and hitting it again? Then shoving it in a hole?

No offense but I don't think it takes much of an athlete to play golf. Gamesman yes. But not an athlete.

Especially considering that one of the players is a fat drunk and another has a gimp leg.

I'm not bashing, I'm being serious.

Ok, you make a great point but then...

I'll go with Lance Armstrong.

Any fool can ride a book. An athlete is someone of amazing physical condition with supreme skill in a sport; riding a bike isnt a great skill no matter how far or fast you can ride it.

Obviously, Lance and Tiger are probably the most dominant in their sport in our generation, but as a whole, they dont have anything on guys like Randy Moss, Terrell Owens, Michael Vick, LeBron James, Kobe Bryant...these are guys that are so athletic they could pick up just about sport and be effective in it...picture LeBron or Kobe as a wide out in the NFL at 6'8 and running a 4.3 with 45 inch veriticals...

Of our generation...it's either Randy Moss, Mike Vick, or LeBron.

To whoever said Tom Brady...he's not even the best at his POSITION, thats Peyton...being a great athlete doesnt require winning; unless your a boxer or biker you dont win it yourself, especially in football which is such a team sport.

 

[Franklin Richards]

I think you're selling biking short, but I'll defer.


Out of all those guys you've mentioned, I'll have to go with Kobe Bryant. The guy is just too good. And I'm a Mav's fan and HATE the Lakers.

 

[Excel]

Kobe is damn good, but LeBron's a physical freak that come around 1 in a trillion. Kobe has more finesse, but LeBrons more athletic.

 

[Jerry!]

I can't really accept golf as a sport. I guess I say Roger Federer.

 

[Scooter]

...Any fool can ride a book. An athlete is someone of amazing physical condition with supreme skill in a sport; riding a bike isnt a great skill no matter how far or fast you can ride it...

Man, you have to teach me that one! t:

And I guess most of you haven't played any golf. It is, by a wide margin, the most diffcult sport on the planet. You could play everyday for twenty years and still suck. What Tiger can do is AMAZING.

 

[StorminNorman]

Tiger Woods is the most dominant athlete of this generation, which is the only thing that should really count.

You can't compare a football player to a gymnast, a basketball player to a golfer - so there is no reason to try. Sports, in the end, is all about winning - and Tiger Woods does that more often and by a greater margin than anyone in the world in this generation no doubt.

 

[A.J.Rimmer(BSC)]

Tiger Woods, nor any golfer should be classed as an 'athlete' since they don't need to be in any physical shape to play. By that logic Phil "The Power" Taylor should be up there for his dominance in British Premiere Darts.

How about a champion snooker player?

Chess?

They win all the time, have great skill and gamesmanship. But are they athletes? No. If you want to get a real athlete with supreme skill, try Formula 1. To SURVIVE they need to be at peak fitness and driving a car at 200 mph requires a bit of skill.

 

[Excel]

Heh, the only test of an athlete would be to have them preform Olympic track and field events...take the top athletes from every spots-

Tiger from golf, Randy moss and Reggie Bush from football, Kobe n LeBron from B-ball, and Jose Reyes and Carl Crawford from baseball, and see how they do in olympic track and field events.

LeBron and Kobe would kill all of them.

 

[Scooter]

Heh, the only test of an athlete would be to have them preform Olympic track and field events...take the top athletes from every spots-

Tiger from golf, Randy moss and Reggie Bush from football, Kobe n LeBron from B-ball, and Jose Reyes and Carl Crawford from baseball, and see how they do in olympic track and field events.

LeBron and Kobe would kill all of them.

And they'd get their asses handed to them by any Olympic athlete who actually trains for that stuff.

There are plenty of guys who are more physically capable than just about any athlete on the planet. There are football players who are faster than Randy Moss, basketball players stronger than Lebron James, and boxers with quicker hands than Floyd Mayweather Jr. What sets those guys apart from their contemporaries is not their physical capabilities alone, but their mastery of the skill sets necessary to succeed in their respective sports. And Tiger is arguably the most masterful of all.

 

[Odin's Lapdog]

a truelly multi-disciplinary decathalon would be great.

they have a show in the uk which ultimately takes athletes from different sports and makes them compete in others.

they however aren't allowed to compete in their own which other people have to take part in.

as one would expect, the actual athletes (track and field) do very well because their training is very versatile. Rugby players also do generally well.

they could do an american version.

 

[StorminNorman]

Tiger Woods, nor any golfer should be classed as an 'athlete' since they don't need to be in any physical shape to play. By that logic Phil "The Power" Taylor should be up there for his dominance in British Premiere Darts.

How about a champion snooker player?

Chess?

They win all the time, have great skill and gamesmanship. But are they athletes? No. If you want to get a real athlete with supreme skill, try Formula 1. To SURVIVE they need to be at peak fitness and driving a car at 200 mph requires a bit of skill.

Go play golf on the level of Tiger Woods and then you can start judging its athletic prowess. Chess, Darts, Snooker - they aren't considered sports. Golf is. And Tiger has been the most dominant and thus the best. Period.

 

[StorminNorman]

And they'd get their asses handed to them by any Olympic athlete who actually trains for that stuff.

There are plenty of guys who are more physically capable than just about any athlete on the planet. There are football players who are faster than Randy Moss, basketball players stronger than Lebron James, and boxers with quicker hands than Floyd Mayweather Jr. What sets those guys apart from their contemporaries is not their physical capabilities alone, but their mastery of the skill sets necessary to succeed in their respective sports. And Tiger is arguably the most masterful of all.

Exactly.

 

[Franklin Richards]

Let's go the other way. Let's look at some Pro Golfers.

John Daly.


John has been on the tour since 1994. He even won the 1995 British Open.


John is an obese alchoholic.


Michelle Wie.

Wie missed the cut at the 2004 Sony Open by one stroke. She tied or beat some of the tour’s most accomplished golfers, including 2002-2003 British Open champion, Ben Curtis, and the 2003 U.S. Open champion Jim Furyk.

Wie was a 14 yr old girl who didn't weigh over a buck ten.

Casey Martin.


from Wiki..

He was a three-time all Pac-10 and was a member of the University's NCAA Championship team in 1994. He won the 1993 Sahalee Players Championship. He turned professional in 1995. In 1998, he attained a career highlight by finishing tied for 23rd at the U.S. Open, and briefly contending for the lead before falling back. In late 1999, by finishing 14th on the Nike Tour money list, Martin secured a spot on the PGA Tour.


Casey suffers from a birth defect in his left leg known as Klippel Trenaunay Weber syndrome.


Jim Rutledge

from Fairways Magazine.

With a career spanning close to three decades now in his rearview mirror, Rutledge will play at the Sony Open as a full-fledged PGA Tour member. Once he takes his first swing at Waialae CC Thursday, the 47-year-old will officially become the second-oldest rookie in PGA Tour history.


Not to mention Golf is the only game where they have a Senior Tour.




Yes, it takes alot of skill.


But so does Ping Pong and Pool.

 

[Jerry!]

Damn, you beat me to the John Daly argument.

 

[Mee]

Isn't golf just hitting a ball, walking to it and hitting it again? Then shoving it in a hole?

No offense but I don't think it takes much of an athlete to play golf. Gamesman yes. But not an athlete.

Especially considering that one of the players is a fat drunk and another has a gimp leg.

I'm not bashing, I'm being serious.

For serious.


He's definately the best golfer, maybe even of all time. But best athlete? Let's see him make a toe-tapping touchdown (say that 5 times fast) catch, or steal home, etc.


I bet John Daly would be a great Sumo wrestler.

 

[Dodger]

Let's go the other way. Let's look at some Pro Golfers.

John Daly.


John has been on the tour since 1994. He even won the 1995 British Open.


John is an obese alchoholic.


Michelle Wie.

Wie missed the cut at the 2004 Sony Open by one stroke. She tied or beat some of the tour’s most accomplished golfers, including 2002-2003 British Open champion, Ben Curtis, and the 2003 U.S. Open champion Jim Furyk.

Wie was a 14 yr old girl who didn't weigh over a buck ten.

Casey Martin.


from Wiki..

He was a three-time all Pac-10 and was a member of the University's NCAA Championship team in 1994. He won the 1993 Sahalee Players Championship. He turned professional in 1995. In 1998, he attained a career highlight by finishing tied for 23rd at the U.S. Open, and briefly contending for the lead before falling back. In late 1999, by finishing 14th on the Nike Tour money list, Martin secured a spot on the PGA Tour.


Casey suffers from a birth defect in his left leg known as Klippel Trenaunay Weber syndrome.


Jim Rutledge

from Fairways Magazine.

With a career spanning close to three decades now in his rearview mirror, Rutledge will play at the Sony Open as a full-fledged PGA Tour member. Once he takes his first swing at Waialae CC Thursday, the 47-year-old will officially become the second-oldest rookie in PGA Tour history.


Not to mention Golf is the only game where they have a Senior Tour.




Yes, it takes alot of skill.


But so does Ping Pong and Pool.

Yeah your still not convincing me. This to me all show that people had an enduring personality and have incredible skill which is what an athlete is. John Daly is just wasted potential who let his vices an addiction take over his life and ruined his career, and he's really the only golfer I know of who is fat.

But golf is an extremely difficult HARD sport. it's not just a sport where you can; hit the ball, walk up to it and hit it again. It's more than that. You have to factor in the wind, trees, bunkers. You have to hit the ball in a way so you can slice it and make it go where you want to go. You just don't HIT the ball and hope for the best. You have to take in which club to hit for what ball. How hard to hit. Deal with curves and hills in the grass.

And Putting! Dude do you know how hard putting is? Very VERY hard.

Golf is a sport. A hard, frustrating, sport. And Golfers ARE athletes. Tiger Woods is the best golfer of our generation who is going to dominate the sport for years to come.

And if golfing was so easy why aren't we all making millions on the PGA?

 

[Dodger]

For serious.


He's definately the best golfer, maybe even of all time. But best athlete? Let's see him make a toe-tapping touchdown (say that 5 times fast) catch, or steal home, etc.


I bet John Daly would be a great Sumo wrestler.

I would love to see other athelets play other sports. Tiger vs Lebron one on one in there respective sports.

 

[Mee]

That would make for a great show.

 

[Jerry!]

A lot of people are getting hung up on comparing a golfer to athletes of sports like basketball. And I don't really blame them, because whether people want to admit it or not, there is a big drop off in there.

 

[Franklin Richards]

Yeah your still not convincing me. This to me all show that people had an enduring personality and have incredible skill which is what an athlete is. John Daly is just wasted potential who let his vices an addiction take over his life and ruined his career, and he's really the only golfer I know of who is fat.

Phil Mickelson has man boobs.

But golf is an extremely difficult HARD sport. it's not just a sport where you can; hit the ball, walk up to it and hit it again. It's more than that. You have to factor in the wind, trees, bunkers. You have to hit the ball in a way so you can slice it and make it go where you want to go. You just don't HIT the ball and hope for the best. You have to take in which club to hit for what ball. How hard to hit. Deal with curves and hills in the grass.

Sounds a lot like pool with a few changes.

And Putting! Dude do you know how hard putting is? Very VERY hard.

That's why they have Mini Golf in every town.

Golf is a sport. A hard, frustrating, sport. And Golfers ARE athletes. Tiger Woods is the best golfer of our generation who is going to dominate the sport for years to come.

He is the best.

And if golfing was so easy why aren't we all making millions on the PGA?

The same reason we aren't making millions at pool, ping pong, and bowling.

 

[cyborg ninja 14]

Tiger Woods is the greatest golfer, and otherwise non-physically demanded of athlete of our generation.