After a horrendous first round (by Tiger’s standard) and a so so second round, Tiger came roaring back to win the 2008 Arnold Palmer Invitational in dramatic fashion. I am impressed with his skills, charisma, mental toughness and fighting spirit. Is Tiger the most dominant athlete ever? What do you think?
1…. Tiger Woods -10 F -4 70 68 66 66 270
2…. Bart Bryant -9 F -3 68 68 68 67 271
T3…. Cliff Kresge -7 F -3 67 68 71 67 273
T3…. Sean O’Hair -7 F -1 72 69 63 69 273
T3 …. Vijay Singh -7 F -1 66 65 73 69 273
Tiger Still Perfect After Stunning Finish
AP
Posted: 2008-03-16 19:04:45
Filed Under: Golf
ORLANDO, Fla. (March 16) – Tiger Woods made a 25-foot birdie putt on the final hole Sunday to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational by one shot, extending his PGA Tour winning streak to five and keeping intact a perfect season in golf.
In his biggest challenge since this streak began seven months ago, Woods outlasted 45-year-old Bart Bryant and won with a birdie putt on the final hole for the first time in seven years. He turned and slammed his cap to the ground, letting out a roar to celebrate his 64th career victory, tying Ben Hogan at No. 3 on the PGA Tour’s career list.
Palmer stood behind the 18th green with thousands of sun-baked fans who have come to expect nothing less from Woods. The King smiled and nodded his head, a royal approval of a captivating conclusion at Bay Hill.
Woods closed with a 6-under 66 and won Bay Hill for the fifth time in his career, becoming the first player in PGA Tour history to win four tournaments at least five times.
Next up is the CA Championship at Doral, which he has won six times. No wonder some are starting to question whether he will lose again.
Source: AOL Sport
Your friend, that dirty and smelly s*b stopped blogging. Why? Arrested already?
If you’re hoping for Tiger to sponsor SP events, good idea!
Most dominant ever ? Take a look at the stats and record of Wayne Gretzky…Four seasons of over 200 pts when a 100pts season is considered a feat. 50 goals in 39 games, 92 in a season when getting 50 in a season is considered exceptionnal. That’s what I call domination…
A golfer is everything but an Athlete in my opinion .
A chess player or Golf player has to be in decent physical shape , but in my culture , an Athlete is someone who makes physical performances and a golfer doesn’t do that .
A footballer does , a tennisman does etc.. any Olympic sport practicer does .
Arguably , even race drivers (Formula 1 or Rallye for instance ) make physical performances ( in term of stamina /endurance ) , but a golfer ? not really IMO , even though Golf is classified as a sport .
If you call golfers athletes i think we should start calling chessplayers dartsplayers snooker and pool players athletes as well. To me somehow that sounds wrong. So Tiger Woods most dominant athlete ever? To me? No way!
Have to mention Roger Federer, who is much younger than Woods and still has his prime in front of him. This can change in the future, but today Fed rules.
I think some of the early comments miss an important point about athletic competition. At the highest level of any competitive activity which involves the human body it takes a combination of mental and physical abilities to be the best.
Most sports emphasize strength, power, or speed or combinations thereof, but other types of sports place a premium upon coordination and concentration. So, yes, top notch competitive drivers – even the very quick short events like a quarter mile drag are athletes.
Tiger Woods shown that despite stifling heat over 4 days, he can produce his very best play at the most crucial moment – that is why he is the dominant golfer of his time. There are scores of top pro golfers who can match his play for one day, but hardly any who can stay with him over 4 days – sort of like how a top GM can lose an occasional game to a lesser GM or IM, but in a match over 10+ games it becomes very unlikely.
Whether he is the dominant athlete ever is harder to know. Can’t really compare his achievements with those of team sport athletes. Also golf is in a way unique in that the players are competing not just relative to each other but against the course.
I don’t find golf unique in competing against the course, this is very common in sport (all kinds of race: coming first, perform longest, highest, most precise, fastest, etc.).
Certainly you have to consider guys like Babe Ruth, Jim Brown, and Wilt Chamberlain, along with maybe the 1st 4 pro years of Mike Tyson
Lets see if he lasts as long as Mr.KASPAROV!
Lest we forget MR. JORDAN
Most dominant athlete I ever seen was here in Chicago, Michael Jeffrey Jordan! He played at times with 4 ordinary joes on the basketball floor and could take a team on his back and win 6 NBA Championships! Mike was simply Superman! he scored 55 points with the flu. Trailing by 2 points in his last NBA Final stole the ball then proceeded to dunk over a bigger man Carl Malone and get fouled sending him to the free throw line to win the game with no time left, his free throw won The Championship! He has too many individual records to mention here. But I cant resist his rookie season winning the slam dunk Championship with a awesome soaring slam dunk that started from the free throw line. They dont usually build statues at the site of where an athelete played, but theres one at The United Center of Mike in Chicago.
Absolutely not!! Joe Lewis, the boxer that held the heavyweight championship of the world for the longest period of time…and defended it often…was perhaps the best overall athlete.
But, the question is silly. Every sport has their “shining ‘stars’ ” and you just can’t compare Joe Lewis with Tiger Woods or other greats like, in our sport…Morphy, Fischer, etc.
NO way…compared, overall, Joe Lewis was a far better “athlete.”
Silliest question posted in months because it’s like asking:
WHich is better apples or oranges?
The best athlete is the Hacklschorsch.
Sorry, I couldn’t resist. 😉
It looks like Tiger needs more fiber in his diet. He is pushing too hard!
Edwin Moses
Whoever it was….
The greatest athlete is (was) an AMERICAN and not an import.