Tiger’s Masters Meltdown. Tiger’s Swing Badly in Need of Repair. Tiger’s performance was “lackluster, inconsistent, and never put him in contention to win during the four rounds of golf from Augusta.”1
These are just a few of the headlines after the conclusion of Sunday’s Masters. Here’s a news flash to every writer bagging on Tiger’s golf game: He did pretty well.
Think about it. The guy has been taking a break since his troubles started back in November. Give or take a few days, that’s about 5 months. If Lebron or Kobe or Peyton Manning or Albert Pujols or any other athlete took 5 whole months off of their respective sports, I guarantee they would not play amazing their first game back.
Second of all, Tiger finished fourth. Fourth place. That’s pretty amazing. After all that time off, Tiger still beat 92 out of the 96 golfers at the Masters. For any other golfer, that would be totally fine. However, we are so used to Tiger winning and dominating that if he doesn’t automatically win then there must be something horribly wrong.
Sure, Tiger’s swing was not picture perfect. Give the guy some time. He will return to his old form in due time. From a purely golf standpoint, I view Tiger’s swing struggles as comparable to those in 2003 and 2004. Tiger will come back and be as good as ever. Just give him a chance to prove himself… in golf at least.
These are just a few of the headlines after the conclusion of Sunday’s Masters. Here’s a news flash to every writer bagging on Tiger’s golf game: He did pretty well.
Think about it. The guy has been taking a break since his troubles started back in November. Give or take a few days, that’s about 5 months. If Lebron or Kobe or Peyton Manning or Albert Pujols or any other athlete took 5 whole months off of their respective sports, I guarantee they would not play amazing their first game back.
Second of all, Tiger finished fourth. Fourth place. That’s pretty amazing. After all that time off, Tiger still beat 92 out of the 96 golfers at the Masters. For any other golfer, that would be totally fine. However, we are so used to Tiger winning and dominating that if he doesn’t automatically win then there must be something horribly wrong.
Sure, Tiger’s swing was not picture perfect. Give the guy some time. He will return to his old form in due time. From a purely golf standpoint, I view Tiger’s swing struggles as comparable to those in 2003 and 2004. Tiger will come back and be as good as ever. Just give him a chance to prove himself… in golf at least.
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