>No. You are comparing major tennis titles to total golf titles. Federer has won many tournaments besides the four majors. Isn't Tiger at 13 majors now? Also, he started winning them sooner than Federer did. At this point Federer is close to unbeatable.

Which is why I think Tiger is more dominant. Federer gets to play against his opponents and can tailor his game accordingly by playing to the opponent's weakness. Tiger plays against the course and has no control over how his opponents play. He can shoot 10 under and still lose to somebody shooting 11 under.

There have been other tennis players in the past who were as dominant in their time as Federer is today (Borg comes most closely to my mind). Other players were dominant for shorter periods of time. Compare the winning percentages of the dominant players of their era and you'll probably find them at comperable levels.

My gut feeling is that Tiger's winning percentage is orders of magnitude greater than that of anybody else in the history of the game. According to his web-site, in his first 15 years on tour Nicklaus entered 334 events (not all official) and won 61. In his career, Tiger has played 230 events and won 61. Unfortunately, I don't have similar stats available for the other dominant players (Norman (previous record holder as number of years at #1 ranking before Tiger), Nicklaus, Palmer, Sneed, and Hogan) but I don't think they'd come close. The only exception I can think of is Nelson, but he did not have as long a carear as the others to be considered in the same class (career dominance).

If somebody has comparable statistics comparing Federer with Borg, Laver, etc. I would be curious -- and willing to amend my conclusion that this extra level of dominance makes Tiger the more dominant athelete



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>>Not sure. 4 consecutive U.S. Opens and 12 Grand Slam Titles against Tiger's 81 tournaments, 61 of those on the PGA TOUR, including the 1997, 2001, 2002 and 2005 Masters Tournaments, 1999, 2000, 2006 and 2007 PGA Championships, 2000 and 2002 U.S. Open Championships, and 2000, 2005 and 2006 British Open Championships.
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>>He hasn't met Pete Sampras's record yet. Unless I'm missing something, Tiger is way ahead isn't he?