Even with this latest Tiger resurgance, I haven't bought in that his game is major win ready.. He might be ranked #1, but that doesn't guarentee major wins.. Mentally I don't think he is where he was.. I know he still doesn't trust the driver and you need it to win a Open.. I still believe his putter is not back to major form..just a hater givign his opinion....
RedEye...The only thing I can see with Tiger's game that probably needs some tightening is his wedge play. He's got two more weeks to work on that part of his game.. Other than that he's been pretty flawless and getting better, up until this week. Merion isn't a whole lot different than the TPC. Tiger won't need to pull out his driver on many of the holes there. The big unknown is how well he will play on this course since they haven't had a major there in 30 years. Other than Matt Kutcher, I don't see anybody out there who is playing as well or better as Tiger. Adam Scott is a threat. But his head is probably still in the clouds over his Masters win. McIlroy looks like a mess right now. This Chappell kid who finished second today looks like a longshot that might be worth putting a little money on. He's pretty hot right now and has finished in the top 10 in the last two US Opens.
We've had what at least 15 out of the last 16 different major winners.. whose to say who will play there best tournament of there career at the Open ? Would anybody have picked Webb before the Open started ? Tigers great iron play has overshadowed his putting IMO this year.. He's getting the easier putts then he had previously...That might not be the case in a Open setup....
My only guess for what happened with Tiger this week, and its a complete guess, is that Tiger showed up to Memorial without touching a club since The Players. And I'm hoping its because he plans on not putting a club down the next two weeks getting ready for Merion......pretty weird week, but Tiger doesn't seem overly concerned in his press conference. If he had expected great things this week and then shot +8 over this week I doubt we would have heard from him......who knows what the deal was this week, but I'm not too worried about his game cause of 3 rounds.......his wedge play has been awesome this year, btw
He won't need his driver at Merion...he can just hit 3 and 5 woods off the tee like he did in The Players..Merion is not a long course, and I'm betting the rough will be just brutal..I'm not a Tiger fan by any stretch, but to win at Merion, he will have to keep it in the fairway and putt lights out
You are correct that every golfer out there has flaws,including Tiger. But also, those flaws tend to be exposed for all those golfers on the tougher courses, not just Tiger. It's a proven fact over his career that Tiger has been very good at the toughest courses on tour. His wins this year at Torrey Pines and Bay Hill, 2 of the toughest on tour, are proof he plays better than most on the tougher courses.
I understand you are trying to be as negative towards Tiger as possible, but this one doesn't really do it...
yea was surprised his game held up at Sawgrass, props to him for that.. VD's offer is a good one.. the only problem is, I can't pick 3 guys that I really can count on right now, with the exception of Scott..The winner will most likely be someone that hasn't won a major or someone we are not counting on.. But it won't be Tiger
I was suprised with him at Sawgrass also to be honest. If his game at Merion resembles his game at Sawgrass, he will win or have a chance to win. That's about as good as I can remember Tiger playing in a long ass time that week. Hopefully he gears it up in the next two weeks. Tiger was def not concerned about his game this week. He said he was fooled on the speed of the greens all week and missed in the wrong spots. Jack basically said you might as well throw Tiger's performance out this week. Whether it be Tigers new Nike contract, maybe he had been on vacation, who knows what was up with him but I doubt that Tiger shows up at Merion.
if I had to pick 3 I'd pick at Merion vs Tiger and I know very little about the course right now, they'd be Stricker, Kuchar, Furyk
Yeah...let's just discount the previous 14 he has won....
Torrey Pines has its easier courses and I think they use the north and south sides...think the north is the toughest of the two....
Bay Hills is tough but there are others out there that are more difficult....
Tiger has won 50% of the events on tour this year already...you know anybody else that has done this ever at this early stage of the season?
