athlete of the decade
Even after a shocking sex scandal that has suffered Tiger Woods, it is hard to ignore what he achieved on the golf course.
He won 64 times worldwide, including 12 majors, and picked up the trophy every continent to play golf. Just lost an hour going round lead in the final. His 56 PGA Tour victories in a unique ten years, more than anyone else except the four largest players in golf win of his career.
Woods was selected Wednesday as the athlete member decade The Associated Press in a vote that is still about 10 years before the performance nearly three weeks salacious headlines.
Like many of his victories, it is not much competition.
Woods received 56 142 votes cast by members of the editor of the AP last month. More than half the ballots were returned after the November 27 car crash outside their Florida home to set off the magnificent stories of betrayal.
Lance Armstrong, cancer survivor, who won the Tour de France six times this decade, finished in second place with 33 votes. He was followed by Roger Federer, who won more Grand Slam singles titles than any other people, with 25 votes.
Record-setting Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps came fourth with 13 votes, followed by New England Tom Brady Plan (6) and sprinter Usain Bolt (4). Five other athletes received one vote apiece.
Woods, who saw the accident and is given only three statements on its Web site are not available to comment on the award.
Several other athletes have changed their sports quite like Woods. His influence was so strong that the television rating spiked when he played, even if it is controversial. Prize money four times since he joined the PGA Tour because of its broad appeal.
The new image quickly appeared on the first day after his middle-of-the-night accident, he ran his SUV over insendyo fire and tree. He became the target of jokes late-night TV, finally admitted that "my family" with "sins", and lost a major sponsorship from Accenture.
Even so, members of the AP found his work on the field during the last 10 years without much stigma. Woods will soon lead to the election, and continues to receive approximately the same percentage of votes in the process.
"Despite the tsunami of negative publicity is likely to tarnish his image, does not deny that Woods' on - well, of course, set a new standard of dominance in the sport while making golf more accessible to the masses," wrote Stu Whitney, sports editor of the Sioux Falls (SD ) Argus Leader.
"The only evidence is necessary when evaluating television Tiger plays golf tournament, compared to the event when the other is carrying the load."
Woods fell from the top of his sport for almost three weeks. 10 years preceding the fall, however, represent perhaps the greatest decade in the history of golf.
He won the Grand Slam three times, including one in U.S. Open by a record 15 shots at Pebble Beach and other U.S. Open with a mangled leg in the play-off at Torrey Pines. He twice won the British Open at St Andrews is the home of golf, combined with 13 shots.
Woods won 56 times on the PGA Tour in this decade, an unprecedented rate of 30 percent in golf. Nine of those victories were at least eight shots. He is No. 1 worldwide ranking for all but 32 weeks for decades, when he was improving his swing.
His best works of the greatest events.
With its 12 large companies in this decade - a total of 14, four fewer than the record held by Jack Nicklaus - Woods was runner-up in six other major companies. He won 14 times out of 27 across from World Golf Championships.
Woods ended the decade $ 81,547,410 in income from his PGA Tour events, an average of $ 482,529 per tournament.
Even after a shocking sex scandal that has suffered Tiger Woods, it is hard to ignore what he achieved on the golf course.
He won 64 times worldwide, including 12 majors, and picked up the trophy every continent to play golf. Just lost an hour going round lead in the final. His 56 PGA Tour victories in a unique ten years, more than anyone else except the four largest players in golf win of his career.
Woods was selected Wednesday as the athlete member decade The Associated Press in a vote that is still about 10 years before the performance nearly three weeks salacious headlines.
Like many of his victories, it is not much competition.
Woods received 56 142 votes cast by members of the editor of the AP last month. More than half the ballots were returned after the November 27 car crash outside their Florida home to set off the magnificent stories of betrayal.
Lance Armstrong, cancer survivor, who won the Tour de France six times this decade, finished in second place with 33 votes. He was followed by Roger Federer, who won more Grand Slam singles titles than any other people, with 25 votes.
Record-setting Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps came fourth with 13 votes, followed by New England Tom Brady Plan (6) and sprinter Usain Bolt (4). Five other athletes received one vote apiece.
Woods, who saw the accident and is given only three statements on its Web site are not available to comment on the award.
Several other athletes have changed their sports quite like Woods. His influence was so strong that the television rating spiked when he played, even if it is controversial. Prize money four times since he joined the PGA Tour because of its broad appeal.
The new image quickly appeared on the first day after his middle-of-the-night accident, he ran his SUV over insendyo fire and tree. He became the target of jokes late-night TV, finally admitted that "my family" with "sins", and lost a major sponsorship from Accenture.
Even so, members of the AP found his work on the field during the last 10 years without much stigma. Woods will soon lead to the election, and continues to receive approximately the same percentage of votes in the process.
"Despite the tsunami of negative publicity is likely to tarnish his image, does not deny that Woods' on - well, of course, set a new standard of dominance in the sport while making golf more accessible to the masses," wrote Stu Whitney, sports editor of the Sioux Falls (SD ) Argus Leader.
"The only evidence is necessary when evaluating television Tiger plays golf tournament, compared to the event when the other is carrying the load."
Woods fell from the top of his sport for almost three weeks. 10 years preceding the fall, however, represent perhaps the greatest decade in the history of golf.
He won the Grand Slam three times, including one in U.S. Open by a record 15 shots at Pebble Beach and other U.S. Open with a mangled leg in the play-off at Torrey Pines. He twice won the British Open at St Andrews is the home of golf, combined with 13 shots.
Woods won 56 times on the PGA Tour in this decade, an unprecedented rate of 30 percent in golf. Nine of those victories were at least eight shots. He is No. 1 worldwide ranking for all but 32 weeks for decades, when he was improving his swing.
His best works of the greatest events.
With its 12 large companies in this decade - a total of 14, four fewer than the record held by Jack Nicklaus - Woods was runner-up in six other major companies. He won 14 times out of 27 across from World Golf Championships.
Woods ended the decade $ 81,547,410 in income from his PGA Tour events, an average of $ 482,529 per tournament.
