Okay, Thew and I have had an off-blog conversation on Tiger's dominance. It was inspired by a PTI question, "who is more dominant, Tiger Woods or Roger Federer?" I think that it is an interesting debate...made harder by Sunday at Medinah.
There are many ways to describe dominance. Tiger is now 12-for-12 when leading in the last round of the majors. The three guys in the last two twosomes finished 2-over, 1-over and 2-over.
Sundays at a Major are about as close as one gets to mano-a-mano in golf. And in these circumstances, Tiger has been dominant. I think the big factor here is between the ears. Tiger manages to not only remain focused, but causes his opponents to lose focus. The pattern is too consistent to dismiss.
Is Tiger the greatest of all time? I have not been willing to say that, but maybe he is.
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