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Tiger looks done

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TheRed Newbie

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I don't feel sorry for him a bit. Nike is paying him a shitload... Along with other sponsors. He's doing pretty well by all accounts. Sure he's playing bad now but he's won 14 Majors and countless other tourneys, most golfers don't even scratch that. Honestly I think his main problems are A) his health and the fact that his back and knee has caused him to change his swing many times and B) he's mentally out of it probably more so bc of A than his personal life. Tiger was never a great striker of the ball, but he was brilliant around and on the greens. Look at Sergio, he's the exact opposite... And look at their records. Tiger has gotten worse with his driver and irons and lost most of his putting brilliance. He's just an avg pro now.

​I don't either, that's not really how I meant that. But I would say his problems right now are mental, and sooner or later he's going to have to face the facts.

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​He's one of the biggest names in the sport, what exactly do you expect? This is like bitching about seeing Cam Newton too much in Panthers highlights.

​If you're going to compare the NFL to the PGA, then a better analogy would be watching Joe Namath highlights when he was in the twilight of his career with the Rams....

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I'm wondering what Kevin Green will have to say... I'm not ready to say Tiger is done-done, but golf is a damned hard game and if you start going south, it's mentally hard to overcome. Every swing becomes "ok where will this one go" and once you lose that confidence man it's hard to get back, and I'm just talking about amateur golf. I can't imagine the pressure on the pga.

​I'll say he sucks this year obviously.

Just 2 years now removed from PGA Player of the year.

He no doubt still has talent but there is something wrong upstairs.

If he'd come and golf with me and my buddy we'd help him rediscover the joy of golf thru beer. It's guaranteed to work.

But seriously, I'm surprised he even goes out there right now, it has to be humiliating.

Regardless though, Woods, Michelson's etc time has passed and the new breed like Spiers and that Irish fugger will dominate golf for the forseeable future, let's hope for a good show. 

Woods is only 39, relatively young for a golfer to not still be able to show flashes of brilliance, I give you Tom Watson.

There are no absolutes, especially in this game. Hell, John Daily could come out and kill it for a year. 

Meanwhile, I'm going to enjoy my 10;15 Tee Time in beautiful Santa Barbara tomorrow, since that's what it is all about anyway.

Cheers.

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I agree with abh, you can't compare golf and the NFL IMO... Yes Tiger is arguably the best golfer ever (personally I think Nicklaus did more but...) The PGA media is utterly horrible about showing him at the cost of even showing the leaders in tournaments. It gotten to be a running joke these past few years. There are plenty of other stars to show now... Speith, McIlroy,

Phil,

Fowler, DJ, Scott...

​Phil?

You do realize Michelson hasn't won anything since 2013 when he won 2 tournaments, that would be the same year Tiger won 5.

Admittedly, Lefty is fun to watch though when he puts his drives in the shiz and then flops an incredible wedge on the green.

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​Phil?

You do realize Michelson hasn't won anything since 2013 when he won 2 tournaments, that would be the same year Tiger won 5.

Admittedly, Lefty is fun to watch though when he puts his drives in the shiz and then flops an incredible wedge on the green.

True and he's playing poorly now and has always been sporadic but he's still a star.
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Have any of you guys read anything about Tiger and steroids?  I think I read someone talking about his use and now his joint issues.  Not sure how much credence I give it.

I don't buy that for a minute. He certainly doesn't look to be a juicer. Not sure what help that would give you in golf. Now other PEDs like HGH and stuff that help you heal from injuries maybe... I suspect a lot of them do those. I mean they have the money and the means to easily access such.
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Anybodyhome Grand Master

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Have any of you guys read anything about Tiger and steroids?  I think I read someone talking about his use and now his joint issues.  Not sure how much credence I give it.

​Yes, and despite a completely circumstantial case, I'm surprised no one has dug a little deeper into this. Of course, the PGA will have no part of it because Tiger Woods juicing would bring the golfing profession to its knees on a level that would make Lance Armstrong and cycling look like child's play.

But here's the gist of the story:

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more-sports/tiger-woods-spent-200k-hgh-guru-doc-new-book-article-1.1860280

Tiger Woods paid Canadian human growth hormone guru Anthony Galea and an associate almost $200,000 for 63 visits to the golfer’s home between September of 2008 and October of 2009, according to a recently released book that raises new questions about the drugs and treatment the Toronto sports physician provided the four-time Masters champion.

Galea received more than $76,000 for visiting Woods 14 times while Woods recovered from knee surgery between January and August of 2009, according to “Blood Sport” by Tim Elfrink and Gus Garcia-Roberts. The book also cites a Florida Department of Health investigation that found Mark Lindsay, Galea’s associate, charged Woods more than $118,000 for 49 visits.

Both doctors also treated Yankee star Alex Rodriguez, who is serving a 162-game suspension for his involvement in Major League Baseball’s Biogenesis scandal. The book maintains that Woods and A-Rod discussed their simultaneous treatments by the two physicians.

Galea pleaded guilty in 2011 in a Buffalo federal courtroom to a felony charge of bringing misbranded and unapproved drugs, including performance-enhancing drugs, into the United States.

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There's more in the article, but you'd want to to believe that Woods, if totally clean and honest, would use someone besides a doctor who was already being investigated. I don't know, I'm very cynical and the idea of athletes juicing doesn't surprise me  and I'm sure we have not seen the last superstar get taken off his pedestal.

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Mighty Mouse, errr, theRed, will be here shortly with rebuttal.

 

 

​My own theme song? You are so sweet to me, flowers would have been sufficient though sugar.

Anyways, after that scumbag Lance Armstrong, not much would really surprise me.

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