# Tiger Woods and the Grand Slam **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [April 7, 2001, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-and-the-grand-slam/61197 "2001-04-07T23:34:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Gazoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ce73a5/32.png) [@Gazoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazoo)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2001, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-and-the-grand-slam/61197/41 "2001-04-12T01:31:27Z")
Oh, I would like to point out some major differences with team sports that keep getting brought into the fray: -Team sports begin a season on a given date and end a season with a championship game, individual sports don’t. They have a beginning if you look at just one “league” such as the PGA, but most golfers play in several events not sanctioned by the PGA (Are the British and US opens really PGA events? I’m not sure, but both are opens so not truly professional per se, and the US Open is a USGA event first and foremost). -Teams sports, by definition, include more than one player. The 2001 Brewers do not consist of the same people that comprised the 2000 Brewers. The 2001 Tiger Woods consists of exactly the same “team” as the 2000 Tiger Woods. -In conjunction to the above, about the only thing a “season” in the PGA determines is which year you have to claim the income for taxes purposes in. ---
**Author:** ![Airbeck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/airbeck/32/6574_2.png) [@Airbeck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airbeck)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2001, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-and-the-grand-slam/61197/42 "2001-04-12T01:52:02Z")
> [@](#): > > (Oh, Airbeck, the number of mistakes I’ve made the one time I didn’t preview… ) I’ve seen so many people make the same mistakes by not previewing. I always figured that _i’d_ never do that, because _I_ always preview.:rolleyes: damn me and my non-previewing self. ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2001, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-and-the-grand-slam/61197/43 "2001-04-12T03:24:19Z")
Well, several papers have taken upon themselves to call what Eldric Woods did the “Tiger Slam”. It reflects what he achieved, that he Tiger achieved it, and it sets it apart from the calendar-restricted Grand Slam. The title is a little cheeky, but I have no real antipathy against it. Anybody else? ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2001, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-and-the-grand-slam/61197/44 "2001-04-12T03:42:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RTFirefly \* > \*\*There’s no absolute right or wrong here, but I’d compare the ‘purists’ on this issue with the queen in “The Princess and the Pea”. (Or do I really mean “Once Upon a Mattress” ? ;)) \*\* Oh, no, there’s the “P” word – “purists.” Funny how that can turn into a negative word. Every time a new idea comes along, those who don’t immediately fall in love with it, whether or not it has any merit, suddenly become “purists.” If Tiger Woods suddenly decided that the British Open really wasn’t all that important, and began bitching that he should be credited with a Grand Slam for winning the other three events, should we? I mean, we HAVE to do what would make Tiger happy, don’t we? We HAVE to do what Tiger says. ---
**Author:** ![Gazoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ce73a5/32.png) [@Gazoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazoo)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2001, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-and-the-grand-slam/61197/45 "2001-04-12T12:37:08Z")
Interesting little tidbit, again from this week’s SI – when Martina Navritilova won four consecutive Major tennis tournaments, a sponsor who put up $1million if anyone won the Grand Slam, did _indeed_ pony up the cash. Thought it was worth noting. (Oh, she says she wants hers called the Martina Slam!) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-and-the-grand-slam/61197.md?page=2)