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Chamillitary Click:
http://sports.yahoo.com/golf/pga/news?slug=ap-athleteofthedecade&prov=ap&type=lgns


--- Quote ---As sports go, it wasn't close: Tiger Woods was famous for his golf long before he became infamous for his personal life.

For 10 incomparable years, no one ruled a sport like Woods. He won 64 tournaments, including 12 major championships. He hoisted a trophy on every continent where golf is played. And those 56 titles in one decade on the PGA Tour? Consider that only four of golf's greatest players won more in their entire careers.

Even as a shocking sex scandal changed the way people look at Woods, the records he set could not be ignored.

AP - Dec 16, 10:00 am EST 1 of 9 Golf Gallery  Woods was selected Wednesday as the Athlete of the Decade by members of The Associated Press in a vote that was more about his performance on the course than the self-described transgressions as a person.

"The only reason I wouldn't vote for Tiger Woods is because of the events of the last three weeks," said Mike Strain, sports editor of the Tulsa (Okla.) World. "And I didn't think that was enough to change my vote. I thought he was a transcendent sports figure."

He received 56 of the 142 votes cast since last month by editors at U.S. newspapers that are members of the AP. More than half the ballots were returned after the Nov. 27 car accident outside his Florida home that set off sensational tales of infidelity.

Lance Armstrong, a cancer survivor who won the Tour de France six times this decade, finished second with 33 votes. He was followed by Roger Federer, who has won more Grand Slam singles titles than any other man, with 25 votes.
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congradulations to the name; glad to see his off the course controversy didn't affect the vote.

Federer & Armstrong are very worthy runners-up & i wouldn't have argued to see one of them win it; even Phelps.

Shallow:
Federer beats out Tiger real easy in my mind. For one he's actually an athlete. And two he's just as much dominant as Tiger. This isn't a hit on Tiger. This is a jab at Golf. I don't care who it was. If a Golfer is selected as best athlete then we have a problem. The litmus test should be if the average sports writer can play a sport from good to very well then it should be disqualified from discussion. OJ Simpson did what Tiger does after he retired. Maybe not nearly as well as Tiger, but let's see Tiger do what OJ did in his prime after he retires. It's not even close. I'd rather have Tom Brady win the award than a Golfer.

Chamillitary Click:
for me, if you play a sport, you're an athlete.

Golf = sport.

7even:
someone who's good at curling = athlete?

Chamillitary Click:

--- Quote from: 7even on December 17, 2009, 12:16:04 PM ---someone who's good at curling = athlete?

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yeah lol.

if you compete in the Olympics, you're an athlete lol.

maybe not top of the line, sprinter, jumper, football player, but you're an athlete.

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