British Open 2006

[Wingate1217]

Originally Posted by strohs

Tiger's style of play on the course mandated that he have many, many 40+ foot putts, you dont hole those very often.
If he had chosen to play the course like the rest of the field, he probably would have putted "average," but would have assuredly lost strokes elsewhere (bunkers, rough, etc.).

He was dominant though

Tiger's # of putts for the tourney were 28, 28, 34, 31. My point was he had on an off day on Saturday in terms of putting. Had he achieved an average day he would have left the entire field in his wake. A two stroke victory was impressive but he could have won by 5-8 shots. By the way Tiger averaged 30 putts a round while the average for the field was 30.5. He was just a machine in hitting fairways (86%) dure to his game plan of putting the driver away. The rest of the field averaged 67%. Tiger's GIR was an outstanding 80.5%, the rest of the field 66.6%. just an awesome display.

[BB73]

Originally Posted by MililaniBuckeye

Uh, no. He may be the most dominant "player" in his particular sport, but no way is he the best "athlete". When Tiger can swim a half mile, bike 25 miles, and run six miles non-stop with no breaks in between (like I did today in the Honolulu Tinman triathlon), then we can talk about him being an "athlete"...

Maybe you don't realize that besides walking a few miles in 4 to 5 hours every day, Tiger actually has to use physical skill by swinging a club for between 6 and 7 minutes total time over the course of 4 days!

I'm surprised he can still stand up after all of that exertion.

Tiger got a lot more coverage than Floyd Landis did over the last few days, which is an real injustice. Landis, after almost 3 weeks of riding a bike over 2,000 miles, gained about 6 minutes on the best bike riders in the world, by riding in a breakaway by himself for over 80 miles on Thursday. That was on the third straight day of riding in the Alps, and the day after he ran out of gas on the last climb, seemingly ending his chances to win. The magnitude of his comeback was truly of epic proportions, one of the best I can recall in any sporting event.

[NightmaresDad]

Originally Posted by BB73

Tiger got a lot more coverage than Floyd Landis did over the last few days, which is an real injustice. Landis, after almost 3 weeks of riding a bike over 2,000 miles, gained about 6 minutes on the best bike riders in the world, by riding in a breakaway by himself for over 80 miles on Thursday. That was on the third straight day of riding in the Alps, and the day after he ran out of gas on the last climb, seemingly ending his chances to win. The magnitude of his comeback was truly of epic proportions, one of the best I can recall in any sporting event.

All that with a bad hip that needs replaced!

I had given up on him after Wednesday's stage, and it sounded like he had too. But he "went for it" like true champions do the next day and he pulled it off. A great story.

[BuckeyeNation27]

Originally Posted by NightmaresDad

All that with a bad hip that needs replaced!

I had given up on him after Wednesday's stage, and it sounded like he had too. But he "went for it" like true champions do the next day and he pulled it off. A great story.

There probably weren't people loudly breathing in the background though. Tiger has to go through that all the time.

[MililaniBuckeye]

Originally Posted by strohs

No offense Mili but I am sure he can do the same, and more than likely he can do it a lot faster

I flat out gaurantee you he can't...

[BuckeyeTillIDie]

Golf is a game of concentration. Annoying sounds like camera phones (yes, they make annoying sounds) can cause a big distraction during a backswing.

Also, Tiger may not be able to run miles and all that stuff, which is very hard and those that can are tremendous athletes. But I'd bet anything that someone who is good at triathlons and such cannot shoot a 65 at the British Open.