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Woods voted top athlete of the decade
AP ^ | 12/16/09 | AP

Posted on 12/16/2009 7:26:21 AM PST by AtlasStalled

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To: icwhatudo
Woods led all cheaters with 14.

I think the woodwork (sorry) has 4 more to come out.

18 total.

Leaving Elin to be the 19th hole...

81 posted on 12/16/2009 8:39:06 AM PST by null and void (We are now in day 329 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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To: w1andsodidwe

I think the pros are required to walk, but they don’t have to carry their clubs. They should. Being able to hit the ball when tired is part of the deal. It’s like basketball. Lots of people can hit free throws — hitting free throws after running up and down the court for 20 minutes, while your legs are shaking and your heart is going 140 beats/minute is another matter entirely.


82 posted on 12/16/2009 8:41:25 AM PST by ichabod1 ( I am rolling over in my grave and I am not even dead yet.)
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To: dead

LOL!!! Photoshop speaks a beautiful language. Damn that’s funny!


83 posted on 12/16/2009 8:42:05 AM PST by ZX12R
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To: fhayek

Because he cheats. He uses steroids.


84 posted on 12/16/2009 8:42:33 AM PST by ichabod1 ( I am rolling over in my grave and I am not even dead yet.)
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To: NYC GOP Chick

It’s gotta have scoreboard. Golf has scoreboard, but they count backward, so I dunno. Go figure.


85 posted on 12/16/2009 8:44:48 AM PST by ichabod1 ( I am rolling over in my grave and I am not even dead yet.)
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To: AtlasStalled
"Tiger Woods has been voted Athlete of the Decade by members of The Associated Press

Last ditch effort for first Woods interview.
86 posted on 12/16/2009 8:49:48 AM PST by Gun142 (Where Will You Be When You Get Where You're Going? -- Jerry Clower)
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To: mcmuffin

I had a subscription to GD for a few years, but eventually lost interest in reading it.

Anyways, curious that the issue with the two idjits on the cover prominently features an article on how to “outsmart” people.


87 posted on 12/16/2009 8:50:00 AM PST by Canedawg (Bring lawyers, guns and money.)
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To: AtlasStalled

Jeez, how many years did it take him to do 14 holes?

He’s not even done yet!


88 posted on 12/16/2009 8:51:53 AM PST by rlmorel (We are traveling "The Road to Serfdom".)
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To: BP2

LOL...I wonder what that dog was licking off of his face...


89 posted on 12/16/2009 8:54:59 AM PST by rlmorel (We are traveling "The Road to Serfdom".)
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To: rwfromkansas

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.


90 posted on 12/16/2009 8:55:47 AM PST by EdnaMode
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To: mcmuffin

ROTFLMAO!


91 posted on 12/16/2009 8:56:33 AM PST by rlmorel (We are traveling "The Road to Serfdom".)
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To: AtlasStalled; xzins; blue-duncan
Athlete?

These sissies don't even carry their own clubs.

If golf was a timed event where you had to run from hole to hole and carry your own clubs, then it would be athletic.

Give these guys one hour to do 18 holes and make them carry all their clubs and I bet their scores would be comparable to mine.

92 posted on 12/16/2009 9:02:44 AM PST by P-Marlowe (LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
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To: AtlasStalled

Would guess it is more about money than anything else. Woods did raise the bar for golf skills, increased sponsor’s money, increased golf product sales and overall interest in the game. At the same time, he just recently lowered the bar for honesty and faithfulness and most other decent human values. And for many the skill he demonstrated and the tournaments he won are more important than decent human values. That is state of our Nation today.


93 posted on 12/16/2009 9:10:30 AM PST by mulligan
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To: rwfromkansas

“Bowling gives more of a workout...”

You must be a vigorous bowler, or you ride around in an electric cart. If you walk, it’s about five miles for eighteen holes, if you go pretty straight tee to green. I used to caddy when I was a kid, and I continued to carry my own clubs until into my fifties, when I started to pull a cart most of the time. Try doing that. It’ll give you a pretty good workout.

“I would NOT call myself an athlete or even golf a sport.”

Try to find someone who is not athletic who can drive a golf ball 300 yards. Or hit a wedge 135 yards, much less land it where it is supposed to go. It’s takes tremendous concentration, coordination, and timing to pull it off.


94 posted on 12/16/2009 9:13:23 AM PST by freethinker_for_freedom
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To: Lady Jag
It is near the Christmas break of the school year. The students have turned in all their work and there is really nothing more to do. All the children are restless and the teacher decides to have an early dismissal.
 
Teacher: "Whoever answers the questions I ask, first and correctly can leave early today."
 

Little Johnny says to himself "Good, I want to get outta here. I'm smart and will answer the question."
 
Teacher: "Who said 'Four Score and Seven Years Ago'?"
 
Before Johnny can open his mouth, Susie says, "Abraham Lincoln."
 
Teacher: "That's right Susie, you can go home."
 
Johnny is mad that Susie answered the question first.
 
Teacher: "Who said 'I Have a Dream'?"
 
Before Johnny can open his mouth, Mary says, "Martin Luther King."
 
Teacher: "That's right Mary, you can go."
 
Johnny is even madder than before.
 
Teacher: "Who said 'Ask not, what your country can do for you'?"
 
Before Johnny can open his mouth, Nancy says, "John F. Kennedy."
 
Teacher: "That's right Nancy , you may also leave."
 
Johnny is boiling mad that he has not been able to answer to any of the questions.
 
When the teacher turns her back Johnny says, "I wish these bitches would keep their mouths shut!"
 
The teacher turns around: "NOW WHO SAID THAT?"
 
Johnny: "TIGER WOODS. CAN I GO NOW?"


95 posted on 12/16/2009 9:13:24 AM PST by andy58-in-nh (America does not need to be organized: it needs to be liberated.)
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To: Tunehead54

Beat me. ;-)’


96 posted on 12/16/2009 9:14:37 AM PST by andy58-in-nh (America does not need to be organized: it needs to be liberated.)
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To: AtlasStalled

I’m sure his wife agrees....


97 posted on 12/16/2009 9:21:01 AM PST by b4its2late (Before you can control a horse, you have to break it. Sound familiar?)
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To: freethinker_for_freedom

I had forgotten about all the walking...that is a good point.

I didn’t use a cart or anything. I walked it.


98 posted on 12/16/2009 9:22:36 AM PST by rwfromkansas ("Carve your name on hearts, not marble." - C.H. Spurgeon)
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To: Lady Jag

Fox News and CNN have reported that Elin Nordegren moved to the top of the leader board on the PGA Tour yesterday after “beating” the world’s number one golfer. The news came after the world’s previous number one golfer inadvertently played the wrong hole


99 posted on 12/16/2009 9:24:54 AM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: AtlasStalled

Woods, athlete of the decade.

Obama, Nobel Peace Prize.

Quite a few pickers are broken.


100 posted on 12/16/2009 9:28:05 AM PST by carolina71
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