Jonathan Adams
Tiger Woods, The Greatest Athlete Ever?
Tiger Woods rallied from a knee injury to capture his 14th major championship in golf when he won a sudden-death match on Monday in the U.S. Open.
Woods has won “four Masters titles, the first one by 12 strokes. He has won three United States Opens, the first by 15 strokes. He has won three British Opens, the first by eight strokes. He has won four P.G.A. Championships, one of them by five strokes,” but he called his victory yesterday, “probably the greatest tournament I’ve ever had.”
Many expect the 32-year-old to be the most successful player in golf, but others are starting to ask if Tiger Woods could be the best athlete ever?
Weigh in on this one. Better than Michael Jordan? Muhammad Ali?
Posted at 10:21 AM, Jun 17, 2008 in Pop Culture | Permalink | View Comments
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I apologize if this is a double post. Firefox coughed up the submit page.
It's too soon to tell. If (and likely "when") he catches Nicklaus, he'll have a stronger case. Until then, he's arguably not even the best golfer of all time.
The other problem with this title is the presence of other "best ever in their sport" athletes in other arenas. A-Rod and Puljos might finish their careers as the best to ever play baseball. Bonds has a decent argument for that title as well. Tomlinson, Manning, or Brady might finish their careers as the best to every play football. And what of Olympic athletes? Phelps might win a dozen medals when all is said and done.
Posted by: Jacob | June 17, 2008 11:53 AM