Tiger Woods is the greatest athlete of our time.

[tlongII]

Earl Woods felt that Tiger would have been a world class track athlete if he chose that sport.

[BeerIsGood!]

Every pop warner dad thinks his kid could have been a world class athlete. Tiger is clearly on his way to being the greatest golfer of all time, no doubt. I just don't see world class athlete when I see him. I've seen him in person, and I just can't imagine that guy running a 5 minute mile or 100m in sub 10 seconds. If he won a National Championship as a sprinter at Stanford, then maybe.

[cherylsteele]

Is golf a sport? If so it's the only sport I can think of that I can play WHILE drinking beer (and not spill it or vomit).

I guess you have never been to the bowling alley lately huh?

[BeerIsGood!]

I guess you have never been to the bowling alley lately huh?

I go bowling occassionally, but I would never, NEVER consider bowling a sport. Bowling is a recreational activity akin to billiards.

[Phenomanul]

I go bowling occassionally, but I would never, NEVER consider bowling a sport. Bowling is a recreational activity akin to billiards.

They are games...

[MaNuMaNiAc]

Its obvious that what the person who started this thread meant was "sportsman" rather than "athlete". The people who continue to argue for Tiger being the greatest "athlete" in history don't have a logical leg to stand on. First they claim Tiger is the greatest "athlete" because he dominates golf so profusely, which is obviously what makes him a great sportsman, not athlete, and then when this is pointed out to them they revert to "well... but Tiger could have been a great track athlete if he wanted to". Are we talking what he is, or what he could have been??

Tiger is on track to becoming the greatest golfer to ever play the sport, this I don't think anyone can argue with. But golf does NOT require great athletic prowess.