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Woods voted top athlete of the decade
AP ^ | 12/16/09 | AP

Posted on 12/16/2009 7:26:21 AM PST by AtlasStalled

Tiger Woods has been voted Athlete of the Decade by members of The Associated Press, his 10 years of incomparable golf outweighing nearly three weeks of a salacious sex scandal.

Just like so many of his 64 victories worldwide and 12 majors dating to 2000, it wasn't much of a contest.

Woods received 56 of the 142 votes cast by AP member editors. More than half of the ballots were returned after his Nov. 27 car accident which set off the sensational tales of infidelity that have tarnished Woods' image.

Lance Armstrong, a cancer survivor who won the Tour de France six times this decade, finished second with 33 votes, followed by tennis Grand Slam champion Roger Federer with 25 votes.

Woods had more PGA Tour titles in one decade than all but four of golf's greatest players won in their careers.

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1 posted on 12/16/2009 7:26:22 AM PST by AtlasStalled
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To: AtlasStalled

Woods led all cheaters with 14.


2 posted on 12/16/2009 7:27:13 AM PST by icwhatudo ("laws requiring compulsory abortion could be sustained under the existing Constitution"Obama Adviser)
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To: AtlasStalled

Athlete....lol.

All he does is swing a club.


3 posted on 12/16/2009 7:27:47 AM PST by rwfromkansas ("Carve your name on hearts, not marble." - C.H. Spurgeon)
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4 posted on 12/16/2009 7:28:31 AM PST by paulycy (Demand Constitutionality.)
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To: AtlasStalled

Athlete? Golf? lol!


5 posted on 12/16/2009 7:28:51 AM PST by Huck (The Constitution is an outrageous insult to the men who fought the Revolution." -Patrick Henry)
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To: rwfromkansas

Golf is what I call a “skilled leisure activity”. You look at a pig like John Daly or a runt like Corey Pavin, and it’s quite arguable that golfers are not athletes.


7 posted on 12/16/2009 7:29:28 AM PST by ErnBatavia (It's not the Obama Administration....it's the "Obama Regime".)
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To: AtlasStalled

What a man...what a man!!


8 posted on 12/16/2009 7:29:58 AM PST by GoldenPup
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To: Huck

More proof that the AP is a host of idiots.


9 posted on 12/16/2009 7:30:26 AM PST by MBB1984
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To: Huck

When I was a kid, I played golf. I would NOT call myself an athlete or even golf a sport.

Bowling gives more of a workout.

At the same time, it is a good activity that at least gets you out of the house.


10 posted on 12/16/2009 7:30:26 AM PST by rwfromkansas ("Carve your name on hearts, not marble." - C.H. Spurgeon)
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All he does is swing a club.

that's not true. he walks alot too.
11 posted on 12/16/2009 7:31:01 AM PST by absolootezer0 (2x divorced, tattooed, pierced, harley hatin, meghan mccain luvin', smoker and pit bull owner..what?)
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To: AtlasStalled

So that’s considered a “sport” now? Amazing!


12 posted on 12/16/2009 7:31:57 AM PST by al_c (http://www.blowoutcongress.com)
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To: rwfromkansas
Athlete....lol.

Hey, he does do quite a bit of aerobic exercise.
13 posted on 12/16/2009 7:32:04 AM PST by ZX12R
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...no biggie...we live in an age where Obama can get the Nobel Prize for his “intentions”


14 posted on 12/16/2009 7:32:51 AM PST by STONEWALLS
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Golf is a great way to get excercise if you walk and good great way to enjoy alcohol with friends. LOL


15 posted on 12/16/2009 7:32:59 AM PST by GUNGAGALUNGA (Democratus Suckus Teatus is the Latin root for Democrat and it means to tax)
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To: rwfromkansas
At the same time, it is a good activity that at least gets you out of the house.

I think Tiger found another sport that does the very same thing...

16 posted on 12/16/2009 7:33:15 AM PST by rjsimmon (1-20-2013 The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: AtlasStalled

When did golf become an actual sport?


17 posted on 12/16/2009 7:33:20 AM PST by NYC GOP Chick
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...no biggie...we live in an age where Obama can get the Nobel Prize for his “intentions”


18 posted on 12/16/2009 7:33:25 AM PST by STONEWALLS
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19 posted on 12/16/2009 7:34:06 AM PST by TornadoAlley3 (Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
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To: ErnBatavia

What about Nascar drivers


20 posted on 12/16/2009 7:34:06 AM PST by al baby (Hi Mom sarc ;))
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