I don’t comment on the PGA Tour or Tiger Woods much, but I just can’t resist. Tiger Woods shot his worst round as professional this past week in Phoenix at the Waste Management Phoenix Open, an 11-over 82. I witnessed none of it. Let me know when it’s Masters week.
It was strange that he was even in the field given the fact that many years ago he said he would never play in the event again. I thought Woods was doing it to get back in the feel of competitive tournament golf, but later I thought perhaps it was more of a public relations move. A few articles lately claim the reasoning might be much more intriguing, that Tiger may have a large lump sum payment due to ex-wife Elin Nordegren next year and he’s trying to make some hay. Whichever of the three reasons above it might be, it was mission not accomplished.
It was especially entertaining to me that in the pre-tournament interviews Tiger said he is hitting it as good as he did in the peak of his career back in 2000. Is he really or is he trying to convince himself he is? Mind over matter or something? Or maybe he’s hitting it that well on the range but not on the course? His “Ranger Rick” gig I suppose.
Experts
Whenever Tiger struggles the experts all come out of the woodwork. GolfWeek Magazine had two back to back articles about what it will take to fix Woods’s problems. One said “no quick fix for Woods,” and the next one said his problems could be “fixed in minutes.” Which one is it?
Every wannabe golf instructor and Twitter golf geek has his solution and has been writing, tweeting, facebooking, google-plusing, instagraming, pinteresting, linkedining… about it. There’s so much out there it would take years to digest it all.
The Only Two People Who Don’t Know How to Fix Tiger Woods are Tiger Woods and His Coach
Obviously Tiger and his new swing coach don’t read any of the experts’ solutions, or Tiger would have won last week instead of missing the cut and finishing DFL.
If he really feels he’s hitting it as good as back in 2000 then the only thing I can come up with is WTF? There’s my expert commentary. Such a pro.
Torrey Pines
Tiger is in action again this week at Torrey Pines, a course he has won EIGHT times on, including his last major championship back in 2008. 2008, about SEVEN years ago. That nugget of history is awesome. The Tiger fans believe playing Torrey means a guaranteed victory. The rest of the field should just stay home I guess. It is already a lock, despite the fact that Woods is completely lost and may even have the chip-yips.
My short game is terrible but it just might be better than Tiger’s right now. That’s a very bad thing, for Woods.
This week should have more entertainment value. Can’t wait to hear what the experts come up with if Tiger struggles. If Tiger plays well and makes the cut, or even wins (50-1 odds in vegas), the experts will surely know exactly what Tiger did to fix the problem.
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It’s very promising to comment on Tiger Woods today. Personally, I wished that he would have made the cut at the Waste Management Open in Phoenix this week. It would have done wonders for the golf industry. However, I think he had other things on his mind, hence, a Super Bowl to attend. As you, I witnessed his short game first hand. On the driving range he was practicing his short game and after witnessing two balls sank in a row he shanked one right into the tent I was working in. How is that possible, I asked? As Mr. Midiate puts it on Feherty Live he needs “Professional” help, maybe the likes of Travino.