Sunday, August 12, 2012

Another 0-fer For Tiger Woods

Another year and another season without Tiger Woods winning a major title.  Today, Woods finished 11 strokes behind winner, Rory McIlroy.  Woods finished in a tie for 11th place.
From ESPN: Nobody loved major championship weekends quite like Tiger Woods, and nobody was feared nearly as much when he got to that stage with a chance to win.
But after another year without a major title, and three decent opportunities to add a 15th such victory, it is reasonable to ask what is holding Woods back in such situations.
And on Sunday following his 11th-place tie at the PGA Championship, Woods let forth with a surprising admission: he was trying too hard.
"I was right there, and I came out with probably the wrong attitude yesterday,'' Woods said after a final-round 72 left him 11 shots back of winner Rory McIlroy. "I was too relaxed, and tried to enjoy it, and that's not how I play. I play intense and full systems go. That cost me.''...
Still, for the eighth straight weekend round of a major this year, Woods, 36, failed to break par. At the U.S. Open, Open Championship and PGA Championship, he entered the third round with a chance to win, in two of them holding a share of the 36-hole lead.
That was the case here at the Ocean Course, where he shot 69-71 to open the tournament -- the latter round one of just four under-par scores on a blustery Friday -- to share the lead with Vijay Singh and Carl Pettersson.
Woods converted such advantages into victories in eight of his previous 10 attempts at majors but has now gone through three straight without a victory. In each of the last two -- at the U.S. Open and now the PGA Championship -- he could point to a poor third round.
He shot 75 at the U.S. Open and 74 here. Both rounds made the task of victory too difficult.
http://espn.go.com/golf/pgachampionship12/story/_/id/8263175/tiger-woods-admits-pressing-too-hard-pga-championship-finishes-t-11
Tiger Woods may win a couple more tournaments in his time but as a major winner, I think he is about done and Jack Nicklus's record of 17 Majors won is pretty safe.
Woods used to scare opponents when he showed up to a tournament but now, the other golfers are not only not afraid of him, they relish the challenge of beating him.  Now, Woods is bringing the best out of golfers and so he probably will not win another major.  That and his mental and physical health are also questionable.
So, it is a shame that Tiger Woods, once a feared golfer, couldn't keep it in his pants here in Las Vegas and other places and his physical problems, you have to wonder what could have been.

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