Tiger Withdraws

[Pretzel]

  On 10/12/2016 at 6:02 PM, natureboy said:

Those guys were multi-sport athletes in HS/College. Some former pros in other sports try to become pro golfers: http://www.pgatour.com/content/pgatour/players/player.26920.rick-rhoden.html/career

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That's actually pretty impressive, with 3 PGA Tour top 10's after being a professional athlete in another sport. Especially going from baseball, where the batting motion actively sabotages your golf swing.

[The Recreational Golfer]

... except Rhoden was a pitcher, so I doubt his batting interfered with his golf that much.

[natureboy]

  On 10/12/2016 at 11:41 PM, The Recreational Golfer said:

... except Rhoden was a pitcher, so I doubt his batting interfered with his golf that much.

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And as starter, that also gave him lots of time during his baseball years to work on his game.

Edited October 13, 2016 by natureboy

[Pretzel]

  On 10/12/2016 at 11:41 PM, The Recreational Golfer said:

... except Rhoden was a pitcher, so I doubt his batting interfered with his golf that much.

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Pitchers still have to be able to bat generally in the National League I thought, and Rhodes played for the Dodgers who are in the National League West.

[Golfingdad]

  On 10/13/2016 at 3:29 AM, Pretzel said:

Pitchers still have to be able to bat generally in the National League I thought, and Rhodes played for the Dodgers who are in the National League West.

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He spent most of his career with the Pirates, but your point stands - he played nearly his entire career in the NL.

Perhaps not coincidentally, some of the other really good golfers from MLB that come to mind for me were national league starting pitchers; John Smoltz, Greg Maddox, Tom Glavine, Mark Mulder

[boogielicious]

  On 10/13/2016 at 4:32 AM, Golfingdad said:

He spent most of his career with the Pirates, but your point stands - he played nearly his entire career in the NL.

Perhaps not coincidentally, some of the other really good golfers from MLB that come to mind for me were national league starting pitchers; John Smoltz, Greg Maddox, Tom Glavine, Mark Mulder

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It's wonder the Braves ever won any games!

3&2 count. Men on second and third with two outs. Glavine shakes off the sign. Pulls out a 3 iron. Strike three!

[Groucho Valentine]

Rick Rhoden was one of the best hitting pitchers in recent baseball history. The dodgers and pirates used to pinch hit him. The guy was just a supreme athlete, which i think aided him in his transition to golf. 

Edited October 13, 2016 by Groucho Valentine

[Golfingdad]

  On 10/13/2016 at 1:10 PM, Groucho Valentine said:

Rick Rhoden was one of the best hitting pitchers in recent baseball history. The dodgers and pirates used to pinch hit him. The guy was just a supreme athlete, which i think aided him in his transition to golf. 

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As a humorous aside ... [Unfortunately, I think you and I are probably getting a little older than we'd like to admit ... I don't think the word "recent" can be used anymore to describe the 80's.   (I try and think back to when I was a kid in the 80's and what I considered really, really old.  1986 is as long ago now as 1956 was to me then, and pretty much anything before the 70's was freaking ANCIENT)]

However, you are totally correct.  Rhoden won 3 Silver Slugger awards, and it seems to be highlighted by 1984 when he batted .333 in 84 at bats.

[mvmac]

Ok guys let's stick to the topic, thanks