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50 best athletes of all time
Posted on 10/18/17 at 10:00 pm
Posted on 10/18/17 at 10:00 pm
This is a GQ article.
basically, it says
21 A.T.? lol I was in shape from the time I was 25-35 too. (Never broke my back and can still deadlift over 400lbs)
Jack says, “Call me, baw”
basically, it says
quote:
Tiger Woods His arrival did nothing less than split a sport into Before and After. Before Tiger, golfers were athletes but not athletes.
Before Tiger, golfers had nicknames like Fuzzy and Duffy and Walrus and Bear, and even the healthiest were known to smoke cigarettes during the heat of competition.
After Tiger—after the introduction of the biceps and the tunneled gaze and the fist pump and the red shirts on Sunday—golf became many things it had never been before, not least of which was a spectacle of legit athleticism.
This may be Tiger's most enduring contribution to the sport—the way he changed the literal shape of the professional golfer. He was miles beyond anyone else when he arrived on tour in 1996, a 20-year-old comet, not just more dominant physically but somehow psychologically, too. (His father was a Green Beret who trained his only son with mind games meant for war.) For a decade, he thrashed a generation of golfers who had had the misfortune of coming up Before Tiger.
But the young guns today? They don't remember Before Tiger. They hardly remember Tiger at all. All they've known their whole playing lives is what came A.T.: golf as a sport of skillful shotmaking, sure, but also of powerful arms and legs, of weights and wind sprints, of psychological fitness. A sport of athletes. Everything about golf as we know it today—the power, the popularity, the money—is because of one man. At least that's the inarguable truth from where we sit in this, the year 21 A.T. — Daniel Riley
21 A.T.? lol I was in shape from the time I was 25-35 too. (Never broke my back and can still deadlift over 400lbs)
Jack says, “Call me, baw”
Posted on 10/18/17 at 11:47 pm to BRgetthenet
Tiger wouldn't have been Tiger with the competition in the sport today. With that said, his legacy is what brought that interest and level of competition.
The only reason that I hate it is because Im old school, have a beer gut, flirt with the cart girl, and like to burn heaters. That doesn't fit well with all these form fitting golf clothes they make now to fit these skinny athletes. Athletes don't belong in golfs.
The only reason that I hate it is because Im old school, have a beer gut, flirt with the cart girl, and like to burn heaters. That doesn't fit well with all these form fitting golf clothes they make now to fit these skinny athletes. Athletes don't belong in golfs.
This post was edited on 10/18/17 at 11:49 pm
Posted on 10/19/17 at 5:12 am to BRgetthenet
I think the article is spot on as far as revolutionizing the physical make up of today's modern golfer. When Jack won the Masters in '86 I was still in high school and couldn't care less about golf. I didn't get into actually watching golf until around 92-93. When Tiger really came on in '97 it was unbelievable to watch. The way he decimated fields, forced designers to change their damn layout of courses....I seriously doubt we'll ever see the likes of that again.
I still think Jack is the GOAT but you'll never be able to mention one without bringing up the other.
I still think Jack is the GOAT but you'll never be able to mention one without bringing up the other.
Posted on 10/19/17 at 8:18 am to BRgetthenet
I believe Gary Player was the first player to workout regularly on the tour. Roger Maltbe used to tell a story about when they finished playing they would head to the 19th hole and throw a few back. He said they would see Gary Player jogging around the course after he played.
Posted on 10/19/17 at 10:20 am to BRgetthenet
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can still deadlift over 400lbs
bullshite
Posted on 10/19/17 at 11:39 am to BRgetthenet
Seems like the ones who work out the most now are the ones hurt the most.
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