Okay, I'm going to get right to the point. Everyone who is saying that Tiger Woods is back to being the Tiger of old, isn't watching the same Tiger that I am. Woods is still very inconsistent with his driver. He's been driving the ball into the trees and deep into the rough, and he hasn't won a major this year.
Yes, I know that Woods has won 3 tournaments this year, but non of them were majors. And I know that he is back to being the #1 player in the world, but until he wins a major, that number means nothing.
Now I don't plan to know a lot about golf, but I know enough that if you're hitting your tee shot into the rough, the trees, or the sand traps isn't going to help your chances of winning any tournaments let alone a major.
Tiger has improved his putting game, but putting isn't your entire game. He will need to work on his tee shots before these majors start up. Augusta is a very difficult course to play, and Tiger will have to keep his tee shots in the fairway rather than in the traps. To look at how he's played this year, it looks a little like this: Jan 24 he wins the Farmers Insurance with a -14, not bad at all. Next would be the WGC Match Play on Feb 20 where he finished T33 a terrible performance and he was eliminated in the first round. Later that month, on the 28, he was in the Honda Classic where he T37 with a +4, again pretty terrible. Now he would turn it around in Mar 7 he won that tournament with a -19, and just this past weekend finishes first again with a -13 at the Arnold Palmer Classic. These are the kind of rounds he needs to put up round in and round out.
To suggest that Tiger is back just because he's got a new girlfriend, and is back to being the #1 player in the world, and he's started to play better than usual, is just outrageous. Now if this talk was coming out after a Major Championship then I would believe it a little bit more than I do right now.
Until next time,
You keep doing what you do, and I'll keep you up to date with everything sports
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