RANT

Golf is rapidly becoming a more athletic sport. It has been questioned to even be a sport, but now golfers are working out in the gym up to 5 hours twice a day. Tiger Woods is the sole reason for golfers becoming athletes. His performance outweighs the competition just like Tyson outweighed competitors in the ring. Woods entered his rookie season in 1996 with the idea that he would train himself like an NFL linebacker.

People question Tiger's reign as the best player in the world because of the current level of competition. From the 60's to the 80's Players such as Jack Nickalus, Gary Player, and Tom Watson were always favoured to win the majors because of their unbelievable talent. Golf Courses are up to 800 yards longer than when those players reigned. Now however anyone in the field has a chance to win a major, because of how athletic the players are. The athleticism that a golfer must acquire to win a major is astronomical. Woods will always have the edge on his competition as he is one of the most disciplined athletes in the world and clearly the best golfer.

Tiger transformed the sport and is now permanently ahead of any other player in any given field. Arnold Palmer made golf boring to fun, and Tiger has made it fun to cool. Even the likes of Michael Jordan have praised Tiger to be the best golfer ever, and even possibly the best athlete. Golf has lacked 2 things in the past, excitement and athleticism. Tiger has brought the two and made them a mandatory part of the sport. His charisma and talent have transformed golf from a pass time to a new and exciting sport.

All I can say is Tiger Woods is the name of the game. Indeed that sounds cliche but he has made golf into a new super human sport. 350 yard drives, 68 scoring average per year, and 13 majors at the age of 30 are a few impressive accomplishments that Tiger brings to the tour every year. As Tiger says, "Records are ment to be broken, thats why they're records", and records will be made so long Tiger is in the field. Anyway all I can say is appreciate what is happening in golf right now, it may never happen again.