Tiger Questionable With Back Problems

Hey All,

Yesterday Tiger Woods was asked about his back, and weather or not he would be able to go for the Master's which is coming up in a few weeks. Tiger has been dealing with a back problem for a few weeks now, and has gave him his worst start in his 18 year career. He has 4 starts this season, but only has 2 complete rounds played. He even had to withdraw from the Honda Classic with back spasms, and before he even played a single hole at the Arnold Palmer Classic.

"For Augusta, it's actually still a little too soon, to be honest with you," Woods said Monday at a news conference to announce that Quicken Loans is the New title sponsor of his golf tournament. "That's kind of the frustrating thing about this."

The Master's is the only tournament that Tiger has never missed in his 18 years of the tour. The tournament isn't for another 2 weeks, so Tiger has a good bit of time to get himself ready. He's even gone as far as giving his back a full weeks worth of rest with treatment, and it still gave him an issue during a tournament.

I think that if Woods gives his back a full 2 weeks worth of rest, along with treatment, he will be ready for the Master's. I really don't see him missing this tournament, all though it's still possible if his back just simply doesn't get any better.

Even though his back is an issue right now, Woods will play in this tournament, in my opinion. Even if that means he has to drop out again because of his back. Though it's still too early to tell, I'm going to be optimistic with this being the only tourney he hasn't missed. Things, like Tiger said himself, are just too early to tell. So I will keep you up to date as soon as I hear anything.

Until next time,
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Tiger Is Back?

Hey All,

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