09-06-2006, 07:08 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Kalispell, Montana
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Tiger Woods is on fire
5 tournament victories in a row? Are you kidding me?
He's on an unbelievable run. I guess that's what missing the cut for the first time in forever will do for the guy!
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09-07-2006, 11:41 AM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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Tiger just wrapped up his 8th PGA Player of the Year award in the last 10 years. We are witness to greatness - savour his career. He will go down in history as one of the greatest sportsmen of all time.
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09-07-2006, 01:31 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by troutman
He will go down in history as one of the greatest sportsmen of all time.
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I'm not debating the quote, but is golf a sport? Billiards?
I would tend to say yes to golf, but no to billiards, but I can't give a specific reason why.
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09-07-2006, 01:56 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: sector 7G
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you don't have to walk 10km to play a game of pool?
I was going to start a similar thread, Dis. The only person who can beat Tiger these days is my character on the Tiger Woods PGA 2006 game.
It's gotta scare the crap out of the competition that it isn't just the long driver that he's using to beat them up with, he can put that away and skewer you with his iron game as well.
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09-07-2006, 02:56 PM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobblehead
I'm not debating the quote, but is golf a sport? Billiards?
I would tend to say yes to golf, but no to billiards, but I can't give a specific reason why.
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I think Tiger has made it a sport. He works out and lifts weights like crazy, and most golfers now have to follow suit if they want to be competitive.
Normally though, I would not consider a game a sport if it does not make you sweat, or raise your heart rate over a certain threshold, or if your score is based in any part on artistic merit. Ex. darts, bowling, billiards, figure skating, platform diving, auto racing.
I do wish fans were allowed to make noise on the golf course and at the tennis court. Athletes should be able to block out the noise.
Last edited by troutman; 09-07-2006 at 03:00 PM.
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09-07-2006, 03:55 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by troutman
I do wish fans were allowed to make noise on the golf course and at the tennis court. Athletes should be able to block out the noise.
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If there was a steady noise then it probably wouldn't be an issue. I know from playing sports, if there is a crowd I can tune it out, but if there are only a few people I tend to notice it.
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"The problem with any ideology is that it gives the answer before you look at the evidence."
—Bill Clinton
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge."
—Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, former Librarian of Congress
"But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity"
—WKRP in Cincinatti
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09-07-2006, 04:06 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Virginia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by habernac
you don't have to walk 10km to play a game of pool?
I was going to start a similar thread, Dis. The only person who can beat Tiger these days is my character on the Tiger Woods PGA 2006 game.
It's gotta scare the crap out of the competition that it isn't just the long driver that he's using to beat them up with, he can put that away and skewer you with his iron game as well. |
I think it is his putting that is killing everyone on this streak. He seems to be really in the zone for those 20-30 ft putts.
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09-07-2006, 04:20 PM
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Appealing my suspension
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Just outside Enemy Lines
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No doubt Woods is absolutely on fire these days. The advances in golf equipment have given everyone on the planet the oppurtunity to improve their game. But the fact remains that Tiger Woods is always a step ahead of his peers. The way he has dominated the sport is enough to convince me that he will go down as the greatest ever in the game. Whether or not you consider that game a sport is another topic.
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09-07-2006, 04:23 PM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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Its a sport but you dont have to be a total athlete like guys in the NFL, NHL, NBA or MLB.
Tiger Woods does dominate the game however and should be considered one of the greats.
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