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Friday, March 28, 2008

(off topic) Tiger Woods

With the delayed end of the WGC-CA Championship at Doral, Tiger Woods ends his streak of five straight PGA Tour wins and seven world wide golf events. Woods absolutely tanked, finishing a season worst fifth.

So, Tiger's lost it. We can stop talking about Tiger being the best golfer ever. He finished the weekend with an embarrassing 5-under par round in a rain delayed final round. What's the problem? He only made a dismal $258,000 in four days.

He's not Nicklaus. He's not even Woods anymore. A loss? Unforgivable.

Sure, he is still the number one golfer in the world. Okay, he's held that rank for 488 weeks and he is over 12 points ahead of the World Number Two. So what? There wasn't even an official ranking when Nicklaus, Palmer, and Hogan were playing.

Woods only has 64 career PGA Tour wins, which is only good for a tie for third all time. He did it five years faster than the Golden Bear, but what are the odds that "The Cat" will be winning majors well into his forties?

Even considering he has over 30 more wins than the next active player on Tour, with this weekends loss, how could it possibly be a race for second anymore?

The Masters is fast approaching and this loss for Tiger couldn't have come at a better time for the rest of the field. Anyone that has watched the Tour over the last decade knows that Tiger can't regroup after a big loss. He doesn't stand up well to criticism.

Let's face it world, his intensity is shot.

So there is good news for Phil Mickelson. Phil himself, again, is probably the only one that can beat him in the majors this year.