I Was Wrong.

I've occasionally mocked Dean Barnett's analytical prowess.

I am truly sorry. Behold:

The best golfer ever. By a mile....

In golf, there obviously has never been anything like him. ... Even Nicklaus in his prime, as great as he was, didn’t dominate as Tiger does.

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The non-golf obsessed view Tiger as a similarly Ruthian figure, but this isn’t quite accurate.

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What’s most amazing about Tiger from a golfer’s perspective is how great he is at everything. ...
Tiger is the best at everything. He’s the best off the tee, the best from the fairway, the best around the greens, the best with the putter, and most of all the best when it comes time to scramble and grind....

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Tiger, quite literally, is the best at all the disparate talents that his sport demands...

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Some people might argue with my assessment that Tiger’s the best golfer ever. That’s not an argument worth having. A more fitting topic for debate is the following: Is Tiger Woods the most dominant athlete ever, regardless of sport?

I’d say yes.

The genius of Dean's post is that Tiger Woods can be exchanged for David Petraeus and, by golly, Peggy Noonan is moist as a used dish rag.

UPDATE: Edited for clarity. Not, apparently, for taste. (Fwiw, I feel a little bad about the last sentence. But not, you know, bad enough to delete it.)