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» birdieaddict - Tiger is most intimidating?

I think one of the points being missed here is fact that all of the athletes mentioned here were or are remarkable in their own respect. What distinguishes, or more to the point, what sets him apart from the rest is that Tiger changed the entire face of his sport. The line of demarcation between the pre-Tiger years and the post is night and day. No player in recent memory has forced his fellow competitors to look both inward and outward so profoundly. I may be getting away from the crux of the conversation a little, but before Jordan basketball was basketball, and basketball is still b-ball. Take a look at golf ten years ago, there is so much more money now(thanks to Tiger...heck he even forced the powers that be to re-design Augusta..everyone on tour should be thanking their lucky stars above that this man came to dominate. Tigers' domination comes in that form, the fact that they all know he is the best in the world on almost any day he dons a pair golf spikes.

-- posted by birdieaddict