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Who is the more dominant performer?
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Posted on 01/29/2007 4:02:18 AM PST by beyond the sea
Around the ESPN.com watercooler, it's a debate that sees more consternation than "Tastes great" versus "Less filling": Who is the more dominant performer, Tiger Woods or Roger Federer?
Each stated his case with another stunning victory on Sunday, as Woods claimed the Buick Invitational for his seventh consecutive PGA Tour victory and Federer notched the Australian Open for his third straight Grand Slam title.
If anything, the two players only added fuel to the fire with their most recent wins. Golf editor Jason Sobel and frequent tennis contributor Matt Wilansky debate which player is the most dominant athlete in this edition of Alternate Shot.
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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: excellence; federer; tiger; woods
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Boy ........... this really is a tough one.
To: al baby; astounded; presidio9; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Cicero; A CA Guy; evad; dennisw; cyborg; ...
excellence ............... ping.
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posted on
01/29/2007 4:03:53 AM PST
by
beyond the sea
( All lies and jest, still the man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest)
To: beyond the sea
Headline could use some work.
To: beyond the sea
To: beyond the sea
Very tough indeed, but I'm going with Mr. Woods.
To: beyond the sea
To: beyond the sea
It looks like a nine iron shot from there Mr. Woods...
To: battlegearboat
UH Tiger is the better golfer Federer the better tennis player. Tiger takes weeks off at a time and Federer does not. You decide.
To: PBRSTREETGANG; Admin Moderator
I don't know how that happened.
;-)
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Admin Moderator .... could you please change the title of this thread to:
Who Is the More Dominant Performer? (Woods, Federer Dazzle)
Thanks in advance.
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posted on
01/29/2007 4:16:00 AM PST
by
beyond the sea
( All lies and jest, still the man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest)
To: battlegearboat
It's Tiger, easy.
Not only has Tiger won ALL the 4 slams in 12 months for a "Tiger Slam", he was won every single grand slam at least twice.
Federer hasn't even come close to wining the French Open.
Lemme know when Federer actually wins all 4 slams, let alone win them in 12 months.
To: beyond the sea
I would hate to see either one denigrated. The sports are so different. Roger is like a boxer who beats an opponent into submission. His athletic skills combine with his personal dominance of an opponent. While Tiger's excellence may intimidate and depress his opposition, he is still essentially "fighting" himself and the golf course.
Both are athletes the like of which has seldom been seen before.
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posted on
01/29/2007 4:16:19 AM PST
by
JimSEA
To: battlegearboat
LOL............ a good reason to stay in the fairway.
;-)
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posted on
01/29/2007 4:17:01 AM PST
by
beyond the sea
( All lies and jest, still the man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest)
To: irish guard
Tiger is the better golfer Federer the better tennis player. Tiger takes weeks off at a time and Federer does not. You decide.They both take time off between tournaments, but your "Tiger is the better golfer Federer the better tennis player" is true, and rather funny too.
;-)
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posted on
01/29/2007 4:18:50 AM PST
by
beyond the sea
( All lies and jest, still the man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest)
To: JimSEA
"Roger is like a boxer who beats an opponent into submission"
Except the French Open, the 4th slam, where Roger regularly gets beaten into submission by Nadal.
Way I see it, unless Roger wins all the 4 slams, and then wins them all in 12 months like Tiger did, he is not on the same level as Tiger.
To: JimSEA
Both are athletes the like of which has seldom been seen before.I agree totally.
I could never pick between the two. Both their performances and their grace on and off "the playing field" are beyond excellent.
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posted on
01/29/2007 4:21:07 AM PST
by
beyond the sea
( All lies and jest, still the man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest)
To: ShawTaylor
You're preaching to the choir.
To: beyond the sea
Tiger for now, but if Roger keeps it up for 2-3 more years, and sets some all-time records I might say Federer.
Honorable mention to soon to be Super Bowl champ, Peyton Manning.
To: beyond the sea
To: ShawTaylor; JimSEA
Way I see it, unless Roger wins all the 4 slams, and then wins them all in 12 months like Tiger did, he is not on the same level as Tiger.The way I see it you might want to check that vision.
;-)
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posted on
01/29/2007 4:23:15 AM PST
by
beyond the sea
( All lies and jest, still the man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest)
To: beyond the sea
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01/29/2007 4:23:27 AM PST
by
caver
(Yes, I did crawl out of a hole in the ground.)
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