Tiger Woods will NEVER Win another Major

Woods' name does not have an apostrophe in it.

Haney wrote:

I read Hank Haney's book the other night and was amazed at how unfocused Wood's seemed since his father died: flirting with becoming a Navy Seal, doing absurd weight workouts for a golfer, not practicing his short game and putting, constantly wanting to evolve his swing instead of going with something less than perfect that works.

His fooling around seemed the least of his issues. His passion for the game seemed to be gone. Whether he wins majors again or not seems to have more to do with his desire than his ability.

OK. We'll all just sit back and wait 20 years to see if you're right.

What's the point in posting that someone will never do something?

Tell us who WILL win the next 4 majors.

Then we'll have a thread.

He should retire and just pursue his sex career now.

He's got to be miserable. His secret sex career blew up in his face, ruined his personal life, he did, and now his sex career can't be "private" anymore.

His former wife is off with his kids and new lover, and half his money, and a good family, and he is left in this sport he no longer loves...

Somewhere along the line his father was too tough on him...and all that mythology around how good their relationship was etc., well he came out of it a spoiled child, a control freak, and well, a freak...

Maybe he should take a year off, and go to Burning Man. Roll on E, find himself.

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Tiger wins again. Masters in 2 weeks.

Cholly wrote:

Tiger wins again. Masters in 2 weeks.

He's looking very good. Still, I will stand by my prediction. If Woods wins the Masters I will eat Haagen Daz White Chocolate Raspberry Truffle ice cream!

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Look at Tiger's interview. In particular notice his "death stare". Sorry, but that looks more like a five year old child just barely holding back the tears because he can't handle the situation he is in.

Actually, I think Tiger's always looked like he's about to burst into tears. Just something about his eye shape or expression or something.

Having said that, I agree your main point. How can other pro golfers be intimidated by someone who fantasized about his girlfriend having sex with other men?

How can a golfer be intimidated by a competitor in a sport where there is literally no such thing as defense? Not exactly like facing a hard-hitting middle linebacker or 98-mph but erratic control pitcher. Basically all players attempt to minimize their score and who their competitors are has minimal impact on their games unless maybe if they're down by 1 or 2 on the last two holes and want to take a riskier shot than normal. Of all sports, it is the least subject to "intimidation" and all this talk over the years of players being intimidated by Woods is nothing more than broadcasters trying to manufacture interesting sounding concepts and fans foolishly buying into them.

2012xxx wrote:

How can a golfer be intimidated by a competitor in a sport where there is literally no such thing as defense? Not exactly like facing a hard-hitting middle linebacker or 98-mph but erratic control pitcher. Basically all players attempt to minimize their score and who their competitors are has minimal impact on their games unless maybe if they're down by 1 or 2 on the last two holes and want to take a riskier shot than normal. Of all sports, it is the least subject to "intimidation" and all this talk over the years of players being intimidated by Woods is nothing more than broadcasters trying to manufacture interesting sounding concepts and fans foolishly buying into them.

That's wrong.

2012xxx wrote:

How can a golfer be intimidated by a competitor in a sport where there is literally no such thing as defense?

And yet, as an empirical matter, it happens. There was a statistical study some years back which found that pro golfers did worse in tournaments that Tiger entered. My interpretation was that deep down they felt like they were going to lose so they didn't spend as much time on the range and putting green as normal.

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Cholly wrote:

Tiger wins again. Masters in 2 weeks.

He's looking very good. Still, I will stand by my prediction. If Woods wins the Masters I will eat Haagen Daz White Chocolate Raspberry Truffle ice cream!

No fair unless you eat it until you puke.

trollism wrote:

2012xxx wrote:

How can a golfer be intimidated by a competitor in a sport where there is literally no such thing as defense? Not exactly like facing a hard-hitting middle linebacker or 98-mph but erratic control pitcher. Basically all players attempt to minimize their score and who their competitors are has minimal impact on their games unless maybe if they're down by 1 or 2 on the last two holes and want to take a riskier shot than normal. Of all sports, it is the least subject to "intimidation" and all this talk over the years of players being intimidated by Woods is nothing more than broadcasters trying to manufacture interesting sounding concepts and fans foolishly buying into them.

That's wrong.

+1.

2012xxx has obviously never played competitive golf, and also never played against someone significantly better, especially significantly longer off the tee, etc.

Golf is perhaps the ultimate mental game because there is so much time between the action for your mind to get in the way.

2012xxx wrote:

How can a golfer be intimidated by a competitor in a sport where there is literally no such thing as defense? Not exactly like facing a hard-hitting middle linebacker or 98-mph but erratic control pitcher. Basically all players attempt to minimize their score and who their competitors are has minimal impact on their games unless maybe if they're down by 1 or 2 on the last two holes and want to take a riskier shot than normal. Of all sports, it is the least subject to "intimidation" and all this talk over the years of players being intimidated by Woods is nothing more than broadcasters trying to manufacture interesting sounding concepts and fans foolishly buying into them.

Jack Nicklaus said it the best. The PRESSURE of the situation gets to most people. All he tried to do was play steady and wait for the others to make a bad shot. He never tried to win a tourney, he just waited for the others to lose it.

Old Runer wrote:

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He's looking very good. Still, I will stand by my prediction. If Woods wins the Masters I will eat Haagen Daz White Chocolate Raspberry Truffle ice cream!

No fair unless you eat it until you puke.

Not this time.

I'll take that bet.

What if Tiger decides to cheat? He will have a chance then. It will only be at the Masters where the green jacket club will cover for him and send up a smoke screen so people don't think he cheated.

You do not follow golf very well. Tiger won 3 times, this year so far. Although the overwhelming favorite, taking him against the field is silly but nobody who knows golf would not pick him as the favorite. He has won 76 times. He essentially got a 4 stoke penalty for a perfect shot; adjust for that and he's in the playoff. Here is the key, Tiger is the only guy who can be a bit off and still win. It is truly unbelievable the naysayers who keep writing him off. He will win a major this year; for sure; and I will resurrect this thread.

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Sometimes you can just tell by looking at someone's face. It was like that watching Borg after his epic Wimbledon final over McEnroe. You could see immediately after the match his eyes said, "I don't ever want to go through that again". And he didn't.

Look at Tiger's interview. In particular notice his "death stare". Sorry, but that looks more like a five year old child just barely holding back the tears because he can't handle the situation he is in. Death stare?!? Tiger used to have it. Now he has crybaby eyes (literally, he looks like he can just hold back those tears and/or keep from running away).

http://www.sbnation.com/golf/2012/2/29/2834264/tiger-woods-interview-video-hank-haney-book

It's over. Tiger will NEVER win another Major.

If you didn't hear it here first, well at least you heard it here.

Au contraire. You do not appear to understand anything very well. As I said before, Tiger will NEVER win another major.

I did not say that he would never play a decent round of golf again. I did not even say that he would never again be ranked #1. I did say that he will not win another major. Sorry if that is too much for your little brain to comprehend.

And as far as your "4 stroke penalty for a perfect shot" - what universe are you living in? Because it sounds very pleasant to be able to simply make up stuff and seemingly believe that it is real.