{"id":1189,"date":"2006-02-09T09:28:00","date_gmt":"2006-02-09T14:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/uncategorized\/tiger_and_annika\/"},"modified":"2006-02-09T09:28:00","modified_gmt":"2006-02-09T14:28:00","slug":"tiger_and_annika","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/b\/the_numbers_game\/tiger_and_annika","title":{"rendered":"Tiger and Annika"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/b\/imgs\/numbers_game\/tng_title.gif\" height=\"79\" width=\"125\" alt=\"The Numbers Game\" \/>Tiger and Annika. Annika and Tiger. Either way you look at it, they are the two most dominant golfers in the game today. Period.<\/p>\n<p>My question is who is more dominant? While you can&#8217;t send them both out on the course against one another (sorry ladies), you can look at how they did against their peers. I&#8217;ve done that, and the results are interesting.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nOne thing to keep in mind as you look at the numbers is that Tiger started his professional career mid-way through 1996. Annika, on the other hand, started in 1994. So she&#8217;s had a bit of a head start on Tiger when it comes to totals, but we can look at their win percentages as a way of evening it out:<\/p>\n<pre>                Wins (Win %)\nYear         Annika            Tiger\n2005       10 (50.00%)       6  (28.57%)\n2004        8 (44.4%)        1   (5.56%)\n2003        6 (35.29%)       5  (27.78%)\n2002       11 (47.83%)       5  (27.78%)\n2001        8 (30.77%)       5  (26.32%)\n2000        5 (22.73%)       9  (45.00%)\n1999        2  (9.09%)       8  (38.10%)\n1998        4 (19.05%)       1   (5.00%)\n1997        6 (27.27%)       4  (19.05%)\n1996        3 (15.00%)       2  (18.18%)\n1995        3 (15.79%)            N\/A\n1994        0  (0.00%)            N\/A\n----       -- --------       -- ---------\nTotals     66 (26.61%)       46  (24.60%)<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/archives\/imgs\/pga\/tiger_woods_all_black.jpg\" height=\"274\" width=\"200\" alt=\"Tiger Woods\" class=\"bordered\" \/>Annika&#8217;s winning percentage is slightly better than Tiger&#8217;s, but it&#8217;s not that much higher. One thing that is evident is that Annika has been much better than Tiger in the recent years. After his hot streak in 1999 and 2000, Tiger cooled off just enough for Annika to get past him.<\/p>\n<p>It is important to note that I&#8217;m only using tournaments recognized by the PGA and LPGA tour. European Tour events aren&#8217;t included. Even though I&#8217;ve excluded some tournaments, I was a bit surprised that they have combined for over 110 wins. That&#8217;s pretty amazing for two golfers! Annika has won ten or more tournaments in a year <strong>twice<\/strong> and Tiger nearly did it in 2000.<\/p>\n<p>Even if they didn&#8217;t win, both golfers were lurking at the top or near the top of the leader board in most of their events. This is a given, but look at the percentages:<\/p>\n<pre>                 Top 3s (Top 3 %)\nYear          Annika             Tiger\n2005       12  (60.00%)       12 (57.14%)\n2004       12  (66.67%)        7 (38.89%)\n2003       11  (64.71%)        7 (38.89%)\n2002       17  (73.91%)        9 (50.00%)\n2001       15  (57.69%)        6 (31.58%)\n2000       11  (50.00%)       14 (70.00%)\n1999        9  (40.91%)       11 (52.38%)\n1998       10  (47.62%)        5 (25.00%)\n1997       14  (63.64%)        6 (28.57%)\n1996        6  (30.00%)        4 (36.36%)\n1995        7  (36.84%)        0   N\/A\n1994        1   (5.56%)        0   N\/A\n----       --  --------       --  -------\nTotals     125 (50.40%)       81 (43.32%)<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<pre>                Top 10s (Top 10 %)\nYear          Annika             Tiger\n2005       15  (75.00%)       13  (61.90%)\n2004       16  (88.89%)       14  (77.78%)\n2003       15  (88.24%)       12  (66.67%)\n2002       20  (88.96%)       13  (72.22%)\n2001       20  (76.92%)       9   (47.37%)\n2000       15  (68.18%)       17  (85.00%)\n1999       12  (54.55%)       16  (76.19%)\n1998       17  (80.95%)       13  (65.00%)\n1997       16  (72.73%)       9   (42.86%)\n1996       14  (70.00%)       5   (45.45%)\n1995       12  (63.16%)       0     N\/A\n1994        3  (16.67%)       0     N\/A\n----       --  --------       --  -------\nTotals     175 (70.56%)       121 (64.71%)<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/b\/imgs\/lpga\/annika_sorenstam.jpg\" height=\"260\" width=\"216\" alt=\"Annika Sorenstam\" class=\"bordered\" \/>This is where Annika starts to separate herself from Tiger a bit. I&#8217;m not taking anything away from Tiger, but her percentages are better enough here that it makes a difference. Annika, over her career, is <em>in the top three over half the time.<\/em> That really impresses me. Tiger isn&#8217;t too far behind at a 43% clip. But 50%? All I have to say is <em>wow<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The split is pretty consistent with the top tens as well. Tiger trails Annika by around 6% and again, the numbers are impressive. No wonder these two are raking in the dough by finishing in the top ten 60-70% of the time. This is why when these two are in <strong>any<\/strong> event that people say it is their tournament to lose&hellip; <em>before<\/em> they tee it up. Again, I didn&#8217;t know that the percentages were this high.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Majors<\/strong><br \/>\nSo where do they stand on the majors?<\/p>\n<pre>            Majors\nYear     Annika     Tiger\n2005       2          2\n2004       1          0\n2003       2          0\n2002       1          2\n2001       1          1\n2000       0          3\n1999       0          1\n1998       0          0\n1997       0          1\n1996       1          0\n1995       1         N\/A\n1994       0         N\/A\n----      --         ---\nTotals     9         10<\/pre>\n<p>Tiger has a slight lead. Most of you have heard about how these two are good friends and that these are the only two numbers that matter to them. Being the fiery competitors that they are, they both want to finish their career with more majors than the other. Tiger has the edge now, but Annika has closed what was an 8-4 gap to the current 10-9 lead in the past three years.<\/p>\n<p>Will she tie or take the lead this year? My guess is yes, but it&#8217;s hard to doubt Woods. He is already two-for-two this year and that&#8217;s been without his best golf. He likes to peak around majors and I think he is primed for another green jacket.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thoughts<\/strong><br \/>\nBy the numbers, I think that Annika is the more dominant player. She has had no equal on the LPGA Tour or any other women&#8217;s tour. Michelle Wie or some of the other younger player may eventually reach her level, but until they do, Annika stands alone on the top.<\/p>\n<p>Sure Tiger is a bit behind Annika right now, except for the majors of course. There are two things in my mind Tiger has against him. First is the level of his competition. There also may not be an equal to Tiger, but he has the likes of Vijay, Phil and Retif to face on a weekly basis. Sorry Annika, but your competition just isn&#8217;t this good.<\/p>\n<p>The other thing Tiger has to deal with is fact that he plays in the tournaments that are usually loaded with most of the aforementioned players. He&#8217;ll rarely get a tournament where there are less than three of the top players in the world. Sure Tiger could play in some lesser tournaments, but that&#8217;s not his style and I don&#8217;t blame him. The fact remains though: Tiger&#8217;s numbers come against a higher level of competition.<\/p>\n<p>The next couple years will be fun to watch how Tiger v Annika plays out. I&#8217;ve already made a prediction on the majors. With Tiger getting off to a hot start, he may pull a bit closer in some of the other categories. For me, it is going to make watching the women&#8217;s events that more interesting to see how this rivalry of champions plays out.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"credit\">Photo Credits: &copy; Unknown, &copy; Unknown<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tiger and Annika are the most dominant players in the world.  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