I'm a little skeptical of people saying Rory is the next Tiger. Don't get me wrong, this kid has some phenomenal talent. But he's only about 70th on tour in putting. Probably much better this past week. But so far his wins have come on courses that really favor his long game. Two of his 3 wins have come on links style courses. The Open, and the PGA a couple years ago was a links style course. Tiger was able to win on some very difficult courses that didn't favor the long driver. I want to see how McIlroy does on a tough U.S. Open or PGA venue where somewhere around par wins the tournament. If Rory can overpower a course like he did this weekend and shoot in double digits, he's money. But he has something to prove by winning on a course that doesn't favor the long driver. I mean a month ago Kaymer looked like he was unbeatable killing the fields in both the US Open and the Players.. But those were much different courses than we saw with the Open. In today's game it's all about horses for courses. Which is going to make it hard for Rory to get on a Majors wins run like Tiger did..
Fourteen majors is quite an accomplishment. My problem has always been that all the talking heads on TV (there are far too many) labeled Tiger as a lock to surpass Jack far too early. I give Tiger full credit for what he has done..... which is substantial. The problem is this......
People are so anxious to make someone current into the greatest of all time. That spot is taken..... and it is gonna take a better man than Tiger to move into that spot.
Same way with LeBron...... anyone who thinks his career has surpassed Michael.... and therefore he is the GOAT...... is simply a moron. The man cries for more help before the season even starts..... and cowers and hides when it is big-shot time. Case closed.
Back to Tiger..... don't know if he will eke out another major or not. But not many!
As I just said..... the bar WAS NOT HIGH ENOUGH! People tried to give Tiger a position in the sport that he did not yet deserve.
This, of course, is balls-on accurate. Pussy and roids have limited Tiger. I, for one, don't feel he would have approached the 18 majors anyway. Now with the injuries (roid induced or aggravated) he has an excuse. We probably won't ever know....... but my take is that he was roiding up to impress the whore-dogs.
I am very afraid all the guys on TV are going to stroke out blowing him.
[h=1]Tiger Woods withdraws from Bridgestone Invitational with back pain[/h]
-Not a good sign for this year.
http://sports.yahoo.com/photos/tiger-woods-withdraws-from-bridgestone-1407095635-slideshow/
-Not a good sign for this year.
http://sports.yahoo.com/photos/tiger-woods-withdraws-from-bridgestone-1407095635-slideshow/
It's looking like Tiger's career is about over. I think he's probably going to go the same route as Jack did and start doing more golf course design and less golf except for the occasional paid appearances. Back problems at 40 are just too hard to overcome..
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Tiger Woods Is Hitting 9-Irons, Chipping, Putting
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Tiger Woods is nowhere near a return to competitive golf, but his outlook isn’t as bleak as it appeared late last year.
The former world No. 1 said Wednesday that he has been chipping and putting outside his Jupiter, Fla., home and recently began hitting 9-irons. He still says he has no idea when he might be able to play again. But in a news conference in Montgomery, Texas, Woods was upbeat and moved without any evident discomfort.
It was a stark contrast from a December news conference in which a dour Woods spoke as if his career might be over, coming off three back surgeries in less than two years.
“How I’m sitting here and talking to you guys right now and living my life, from where I was in December, has changed dramatically,” Woods said at Bluejack National, his first U.S. course design. “I just need to keep that momentum going.”
Woods, 40, has said one benchmark for his recovery will be getting back to the point where he can comfortably play soccer with his son, Charlie, and daughter Sam. He remains unable to run, but has been more active on the four-hole practice course behind his house.
“I’m able to start doing more things with them, and part of that is playing golf, and go out there chipping and putting with Charlie,” Woods said. “Having him beat me, it’s been tough at times, but it’s been a lot of fun.”
In the absence of golf, Woods has found other things to occupy his time. His course design business is growing, he opened a restaurant last year and he has kept in touch with some of his peers. Second-ranked Jason Day told reporters in Doral, Fla., on Wednesday that he spoke to Woods for nearly an hour last week seeking advice on his mental approach to the game.
“He had nothing else, I guess,” Day said ahead of this week’s WGC-Cadillac Championship. “He was just sitting at his home.”
But Woods has maintained that he isn’t giving up on a final act in his playing career. And to that end, he still has a long, uncertain slog ahead of him.
“I still have to get stronger,” he said. “I still have to get more flexible. There is still a lot I have to do before I can go out there and play.”
How will he know when he’s ready? He doesn’t know that, either. “But I’m in a heck of a lot better place than I was in December,” he said. “That I do know.”
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Tiger Woods Is Hitting 9-Irons, Chipping, Putting
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Tiger Woods is nowhere near a return to competitive golf, but his outlook isn’t as bleak as it appeared late last year.
The former world No. 1 said Wednesday that he has been chipping and putting outside his Jupiter, Fla., home and recently began hitting 9-irons. He still says he has no idea when he might be able to play again. But in a news conference in Montgomery, Texas, Woods was upbeat and moved without any evident discomfort.
It was a stark contrast from a December news conference in which a dour Woods spoke as if his career might be over, coming off three back surgeries in less than two years.
“How I’m sitting here and talking to you guys right now and living my life, from where I was in December, has changed dramatically,” Woods said at Bluejack National, his first U.S. course design. “I just need to keep that momentum going.”
Woods, 40, has said one benchmark for his recovery will be getting back to the point where he can comfortably play soccer with his son, Charlie, and daughter Sam. He remains unable to run, but has been more active on the four-hole practice course behind his house.
“I’m able to start doing more things with them, and part of that is playing golf, and go out there chipping and putting with Charlie,” Woods said. “Having him beat me, it’s been tough at times, but it’s been a lot of fun.”
In the absence of golf, Woods has found other things to occupy his time. His course design business is growing, he opened a restaurant last year and he has kept in touch with some of his peers. Second-ranked Jason Day told reporters in Doral, Fla., on Wednesday that he spoke to Woods for nearly an hour last week seeking advice on his mental approach to the game.
“He had nothing else, I guess,” Day said ahead of this week’s WGC-Cadillac Championship. “He was just sitting at his home.”
But Woods has maintained that he isn’t giving up on a final act in his playing career. And to that end, he still has a long, uncertain slog ahead of him.
“I still have to get stronger,” he said. “I still have to get more flexible. There is still a lot I have to do before I can go out there and play.”
How will he know when he’s ready? He doesn’t know that, either. “But I’m in a heck of a lot better place than I was in December,” he said. “That I do know.”
Hey it's a flaming liberal troll ghost trying to throw out the race card, like all good libtards do.
I couldn't care less what color anyone is ass clown.
My current favorite NBA player is black -> Steph Curry (at least half black)
I think Michael Jordan is the greatest player of all time (black)
I've been a huge Spurs fan during the Tim Duncan era --> black, Tony Parker --> black, David Robinson --> black,
Kawhi Leonard --> black
My favorite Celtics since Larry Bird are black -> Kyrie Irving, Paul Pierce
Who gives a fuck what color people are? Only fucking liberal race-baiting scum.
