Federer. Golf is a more demanding game mentally, but tennis is a much more demanding game physically. Without perfect control AND stamina, world class tennis is impossible. The only sport requiring less stamina than golf is baseball (position player). Tiger could well end up the greatest golfer to ever play. He is certainly on his way. But Federer is almost like a wizard.
and thus the reason for the poll, it's certainly a great discussion and some excellent points have been made for both sides it's certainly not clear cut
Thats kinda like what Tiger did in the 2000 US Open at Pebble Beach. He beat the 2nd place guy by 15 stokes! Lets see how long Federer can keep this up before we say he's more dominant that Tiger.
I was THERE for that tourney. The weather at Pebble was very capricious, Thursday early fog that shut Tiger down, BEAUTIFUL Friday with ZERO wind, then more normal (!) Pebble weather on Sat. & Sun. Tiger annihilated the field but most of the intrigue of that tourney surrounded Nicklaus, playing in his last US Open. His tee shot on 18 was truly one for the ages. And I was there to see it LIVE. :thumb:
I've always hated Tiger for not playing the Zurich classic....especially after Katrina. Mickelson was there.....
I voted Federer and this statement is why (even though clair used it as an argument for Tiger). Federer is so dominant that ONLY 1 or 2 guys in the world have a chance to beat him. And this is when he is not playing his best. A bunch of golfers can beat Tiger if he's a little off his game.
I voted Tiger. He has dominated the sport for 10 years! He is the only golfer to hold all 4 majors at the same time. Time out for a Ben Hogan commercial. Hogan won the 3 majors he played in 1953, US Open, British Open and the Masters. He did not enter the PGA Championship after his car wreck in 1950 because his legs were so mangled that he could not walk the required 36 holes on Sunday of the PGA championship at that time. He never played the PGA after 1950. Hogan won 12 majors, and he only played one British Open because it was not considered a major during his day. It became a major in the 1960's when Arnold Palmer decided to play it every year because he said it was a major, so it became a major. Hogan did not play in 15 majors during the war years, only played one British Open (which he won), and never played the PGA after 1950. In 1953 he played 6 tournament and won 4, including 3 majors, and placed top 10 in the other 2. Back to Tiger. Tiger had a 2 year slump about 2001-2003, while he changed his swing, then learned to use it. Now he's more dominant than before. He's won 7 tournaments in a row, only Byron Nelson has won more at 11 in a row. Tiger has won more majors and PGA tournaments at age 30 than anyone. Tiger is approaching the stage when other great golfers were entering their most dominant periods, their 30's. With the shape he keeps himself in, he could dominate into his 40's. WOW is all I can say. Tiger may end up with the longest period of sports dominance in history of any sport. Long live Tiger!
