[rwfromkansas]

Athlete....lol.

All he does is swing a club.

[ErnBatavia]

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.

[absolootezer0]

All he does is swing a club.

that's not true. he walks alot too.

[ZX12R]

Athlete....lol.

Hey, he does do quite a bit of aerobic exercise.

[Sans-Culotte]

Any sport is kind of silly when you think about it. Hitting a ball with a club to get it in a little gopher-sized hole sounds like a waste of time. So does throwing a large ball into a basket, or hitting a ball with a club.

Also, do you American League fans who disparage golf consider the DH to be an athlete? All he does is swing a bat.

[EdnaMode]

Federer should have gotten it: he has 3 more majors than Tiger during this decade, plus these sick numbers:

1. 22 consecutive Major semifinals
2. 10 and then 7 consecutive Major finals made
3. Has won all four Slams
4. Has made the finals of each Slam at least 4 times
5. has made the semis of each Slam at least 5 times
6. 7 consecutive Wimbledon finals made (6-1)
7. 6 consecutive US Open finals made (5-1)
8. 4 Consecutive French Open finals made
9. 3 Australian Opens in four years.
10. 3 Grand Slams in a year 3 different times
11. Made all four Grand Slam finals in a year 3 different times

And he had to go through the likes of Roddick, Nadal, Agassi, Hewitt, Djokovic and Del Potro to win those titles.