Who is better, Tiger Woods or Roger Federer.

[Hot Mega]

Tiger Woods has never won a major where he wasnt at least tied for the lead after 54 holes, which is interesting. Even so, its obvious he is very mentally strong and its becoming increasing difficult to say he isnt the greatest golfer ever.
On the other hand, Roger Federer has won 14 out of the last 23 grand slam tournaments, and has at least reached the semi-final in 22 of those last 23, which is incredibly consistent. The problem is a healthy Nadal is probably better now.
I cant separate them really, they are both pretty awesome

Good point...I would just question the level of talent Federer is facing in the era of Tennis. The is no one near the caliber of McEnroe, Connors, Lendl, Borg, Becker, etc. in the game today.

Tiger competes against a field but more importantly against the course.

 

[Lungzyn]

Tiger competes against a field but more importantly against the course.

Yea, that makes me think about the idea of Tiger-proofing. His dominance pretty much changed the game of Golf.
Either way, i still think its unfair to compare them. Even if Federer didnt have the best competition his consistency is still unprecedented as far as I know and that should be respected. You can have one bad day on the golf course and still recover in the other three days to win. With tennis one bad day can see you knocked out of the tournament

 

[Johan]

Woods is a better golfer than Federer is a tennis player. Woods can also win anywhere at any time against anybody. Federer is getting old and on the cusp of falling off. His last few major victories almost need an asterisk next the them saying he didn't have to face Nadal.

Nadal is actuallyu wounded for now.
Federer is almost never wounded.
Maybe that's one of his talent : knowing his body, having a playing style that doesn't need him to ask too much to his body.
Nadal's great but his style is based on iron-will, great fighting spirit and energy. Maybe he's asking too much to his body, maybe his is why he's now wounded...

 

[tartanterrier]

i would say Federer as he's won a bag load of titles more than Woods.Which makes him more successful

 

[Hot Mega]

Yea, that makes me think about the idea of Tiger-proofing. His dominance pretty much changed the game of Golf.
Either way, i still think its unfair to compare them. Even if Federer didnt have the best competition his consistency is still unprecedented as far as I know and that should be respected. You can have one bad day on the golf course and still recover in the other three days to win. With tennis one bad day can see you knocked out of the tournament

I don't know if I agree with you on the lack of recovery opportunity in Tennis....I don't think it's a bad day per se.

You have at least 5 (4+game point) points in a game to recover, at least 6 games per set and 5 sets per match (men's slams). If you can't get it done with those opportunities then I'd say your opponent is simply better than you (or playing better that day).

 

[Lungzyn]

I don't know if I agree with you on the lack of recovery opportunity in Tennis....I don't think it's a bad day per se.

You have at least 5 (4+game point) points in a game to recover, at least 6 games per set and 5 sets per match (men's slams). If you can't get it done with those opportunities then I'd say your opponent is simply better than you (or playing better that day).

Tiger Woods would disagree with you
I stole that point from him, when he was asked about the difficulty of winning majors compared with golf and tennis
But its all down to opinion really

 

[ThatRedWing]

I don't know. I'm not into guys.

It's impossible to compare such different games. What would Ben Hogan do with modern equipment? How would Federer do against Borg or Jimmy Connors? You just don't know.

 

[sproing99]

Tiger's level of dominance is greater than any golfer since Byron Nelson and the competition is stronger these days.

Federer isn't as dominant as Laver in his pomp.

I'd say that Tiger just edges it.

 

[CunningStunts]

Federer is probably the best tennis player ever. I can't say Tiger is the best golfer ever... therefor, RF.

 

[glands2]

Colossal stupid question, they're not playing the same sport, you know?

another rude comment from you on another thread

 

[mrtrebus]

Phil The Power Taylor.

 

[wrayven]

Both are tops in the own era, however, neither has had any real competition around. Tiger does not have a player to go against him(Duval should have been Tiger's main adversary had he not went into a decade long funk). Federer only has had Nadal for the last couple of years, and Nadal seems to have a problem staying healthy on hard surfaces. Tiger is probably more impressive, but Federer is so good that one does not realize how smoothly dominant his game is. I had to vote neither.

 

[bodie54]

Colossal stupid question, they're not playing the same sport, you know?

Yes. So colossal that Woods and Federer carry on a friendly debate about it, and Nike designed an an ad campaign based on their rivalry.

 

[Lungzyn]

Yes. So colossal that Woods and Federer carry on a friendly debate about it, and Nike designed an an ad campaign based on their rivalry.

Which helps to make a colossal amount of money

 

[bodie54]

Indeed

 

[Ozmanks]

Tiger Woods has the advantage of being able to hit a golf ball three times and get it into a hole 330+ yards away. Federer has the advantage of being able to return a 100+ mph serve and score. So my pick goes to Tiger Woods, he has flat out dominated for the last few years. Federer is dominant, but golfers tend to outlast tennis players in terms of career longevity. As a consequence Tiger has a lot more challengers that are younger and stronger than he is.

 

[BlueBalls]

I suppose until either of them reach and surpass Jack Nicklaus's 18 major wins we cant call either of them the greatest, yet

 

[kristoflaw10]

Babe Ruth... etcetera, whodat, wutchamacallit, Tiger Woods, huh/, Roger Federer... :tongue:

 

[Ray Ecks]

I read an article that said Tiger Woods is the highest paid athlete. He makes more money then Lebron James, Tom Brady, AROD, and any other athlete. That's incredible. Of course that includes endorsements.

 

[leroy nutz]

It's hard to make the comparisions, but I like Tiger Woods better.