Is Tiger the Greatest Athelete Ever?

[Three Jack]

Rick Rhoden- NEVER PLAYED ON THE PGA TOUR!!!!:

Life after baseball: a second career in golf
Since retiring from baseball in 1989, Rhoden has spent a lot of time on the golf course. He has qualified for the United States Senior Open, and has become a dominant player on the Celebrity Players Tour.

He has also played a number of Champions Tour events and has three career top-10 finishes: T-5 in the 2003 Allianz Championship, T-6 in the 2006 3M Championship and T-8 in the 2005 Constellation Energy Classic. His career earnings on the Champions Tour exceed $250,000. He became conditionally exempt for the 2006 season.

He currently lives in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.

[Three Jack]

And Jack Wagner - NEVER PLAYE DON THE PGA TOUR!

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He appeared as Tony in the touring company of West Side Story in 1987.
Portrayed Dr. Jekyll/Hyde in a run of the musical Jekyll & Hyde.
Jack won the 2006 American Century Celebrity Golf Championship and is arguably considered the best natural player amongst Hollywood golfers. His wife Kristina and their children were there to support him when he was presented his award.
He was on Wheel of Fortune where he was part of the large one day winning team, getting $142,550 in cash and prizes which was donated to charity.
Jack also has a new album out called Dancing in the Moonlight. The title track is a cover of the popular King Harvest tune.
Wagner's song All I Need happened to inspire the Motley Crue song "You're All I Need

[Three Jack]

Why argue if you don't know the truth? I couldn't read beyond this. Sorry

[The Lovedoc]

KBSooner is the best athelete

[Kntswim]

If you asked the three athletes Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretskty and Roger Federer what is the MOST DIFFICULT sport to play I can tell you without a doubt that they would say golf as I have heard all of them and countless other great athletes say the same thing. Also remember that at one time MJ had hoped to play pro golf and the closest he will ever get is the celebrity tournaments.

[wayne1218]

Waiting.................

Perhaps the Celebrity tour????? WOW!!! That's huge!!!

Former NFL quarterback Mark Rypien once played in the Kemper Open. The Dallas Cowboys' Tony Romo unsuccessfully tried to qualify for the U.S. Open (with Drew Bledsoe on the bag). And Rich Barcelo, who played in the Little League World Series as a kid, is a member of the PGA Tour.

John Brodie: A quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers from 1957 through '73, Brodie threw for 31,548 yards and tossed 214 TDs in 201 career games. In 1970, he was named the NFL's Most Valuable Player. In 1990, he turned to competing on the Senior PGA Tour with some decent success. He earned a half-dozen top-10 finishes over the next three seasons, including his lone career victory, in 1991 at what is now the AT&T Classic.

Sam Byrd: An outfielder for the New York Yankees and Cincinnati Reds by trade, Byrd quit professional baseball in 1936 to take a crack at the PGA Tour. Smart move. Although his career on the diamond wasn't too memorable -- he batted .274 with 38 HR in eight full seasons and is known best as the pinch runner for Babe Ruth late in games (earning him the nickname "Babe Ruth's Legs") -- Byrd made more of an impact on the links. He won six tour events between 1942 and '45, including besting Byron Nelson at the Texas Open that final year, when Nelson won 18 tournaments.

Rick Rhoden: In 16 seasons as a pitcher with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Yankees and Houston Astros, Rhoden compiled a 151-125 career mark. He was also among the game's best-hitting hurlers, turning that swing into a professional golf career after retiring from baseball. Starting as a pro on the celebrity tour, Rhoden became a part-time member of the Champions Tour in 2005 and played a full schedule last season. He earned $142,714 in 15 starts, including a season-best T-6 at the 3M Championship, leaving him 76th on the money list. He has yet to compete in a Champions event in 2007.

Frank Conner: Along with Ellsworth Vines, Conner is one of only two men to compete in both the tennis and golf versions of the U.S. Open. An All-American in tennis, he supported himself on mini-tours and by instructing others while making the five tries at Q-school it took for him to make his way onto the PGA Tour. Although Conner never won on the PGA or Senior tours, he did triumph at the 1982 King Hassan Open in Morocco and the unofficial 1988 Deposit Guaranty Classic. His hole-in-one at the 1979 PGA Championship is one of 35 in the year's final major since 1970.

Ralph Terry: Another former big league pitcher, Terry played for four teams during his career, most notably the Yankees, with whom he won back-to-back World Series titles in 1961 and '62. The latter season was his most noteworthy; he went 23-12 with a 3.19 ERA, though he is best-known for allowing a Series-winning home run to the Pirates' Bill Mazeroski in 1960. Terry later became the first former pro athlete to become a full-time member of the Senior tour, with a career-best finish of T-17 at the 1990 Newport Cup.

• Esteban Toledo: Toledo was a professional boxer with a 12-1 record when he was forced to retire after his appendix burst. He began tending bar at a nearby country club, playing golf on Mondays and, as he says, "I just don't know, I got very good at it." Now a member of the PGA and Nationwide tours, Toledo ranks 190th all-time in career earnings, with $3,606,324.

• Babe Didrikson Zaharias: A three-time All-American basketball player and three-time Olympic medalist in track and field, Babe is widely considered to be one of the greatest female athletes ever. It wasn't until after these accomplishments, however, that she took up golf -- and with equal, if not greater, success. Called "one of the 10 best golfers of all time, male or female," by Bobby Jones, Zaharias won 41 career LPGA events, including 10 major championships (which still ranks fourth on the all-time list).


Any more questions three jack? Now show me all the golfers who went on to make a living in other big 4 sports after being on the tour.

[kbsooner21]

KBSooner is the best athelete

I never knew you've seen me lineup in the 40 yard dash and leave Chuck in the dust

[The Lovedoc]

3jack...since you are in here... Our joba vs dice gay bet can't happen.... joba in the pen

[buddyluv1968]

HELL NO.... Most dominant in one sport maybe I can accept that argument... The NBA, NFL, Baseball, Hockey, Tennis! Hell in wrestling there was a Russian that went underfeated for years till Ulon Gardner beat him.... Hell if Tigers the best you can honestly say that Phil Mickleson the second... Give me a F**king Break!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[wayne1218]

Any more questions three jack? Now show me all the golfers who went on to make a living in other big 4 sports after being on the tour.

[wayne1218]

Anyone else ever heard of John Brodie?

[GrandPa]

I disagree. A Mlb player and a soap actor could beat 1/4 to a 1/3 of the guys on tour. I wouldn't be so sure of that. Michael can play baseball too. What else does Tiger do again?

If he doesn't play the game well, or at a major league level, does that still count?

Hell, I can play baseball, but I can't hit the curveball either.

[GrandPa]

There was a time when the winner of the Olympic decathlon was considered the world's greatest athlete (Jim Thorpe, Bob Mathias, Bruce Jenner, Daley Thompson---the more well-known winners). Just to throw another name out---didn't Dave Winfield start @ 3 Div 1 sports, football, baseball, & basketball while @ Minnesota? Tiger will probably win 25 majors (or more) & 100 or more tournaments, but the greatest athlete of all-time he's not & I am a huge Tiger fan. Didn't Hale Irwin start in the secodary in football for Colorado? Tiger's a better athlete, but when he was @ Stanford, what other sport could he have at least made the team for? And I said to myself I wouldn't get in on this discussion...........

This is a great post.

[wayne1218]

If he doesn't play the game well, or at a major league level, does that still count?

Hell, I can play baseball, but I can't hit the curveball either.

He has to be on a ML Roster just as another has to be on the PGA Tour ... and i'm not talking about for 1 day either. That is the perception, we all played little league baseball or shot hoops around in the yard yet we find golf so hard. That is because we are not professional athletes. Many athletes have taken up golf after their career is over and their body is toast and many have proven they can still compete in golf at a nice level. A golfer doesn't have that diversity because their game is more mental than it is physical. Plenty can hit a golf ball too but most don't have the mentallity for it and tiger's mentallity is unmatched in his sport.

[BigLuke]

No, that would be Michael Jordan. The best professional athlete ever