Anymore Majors for Woods?

Well, he hasn't won one for 6 years, so even with his technical ability and strong mind, that has to have an effect. He is still clearly good enough to won majors, but his previous rate of relentless major winning is over. I think he wins another couple but fails to break Nicklaus's record. He may contend at Hoylake but it would be an amazing feat to come back and win that.
 
Ethan said:
Well, he hasn't won one for 6 years, so even with his technical ability and strong mind, that has to have an effect. He is still clearly good enough to won majors, but his previous rate of relentless major winning is over. I think he wins another couple but fails to break Nicklaus's record. He may contend at Hoylake but it would be an amazing feat to come back and win that.
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That sounds about right to me.
 
He has as good a chance as anyone and better chance than most so the odds are in his favour

We should look at the betting the week before a major. If the guys who's business it is to decide if he can do it have him at 100-1 then the folks who put there money where their mouth is say no chance... if however they have him in the top handful of favs then (despite your personal forum preferences for/against him) his chances are pretty good!
 
Slab said:
He has as good a chance as anyone and better chance than most so the odds are in his favour

We should look at the betting the week before a major. If the guys who's business it is to decide if he can do it have him at 100-1 then the folks who put there money where their mouth is say no chance... if however they have him in the top handful of favs then (despite your personal forum preferences for/against him) his chances are pretty good!
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Other cliches are available too.

The odds are based on an estimate of the probability he will win, and the size of the betting placed on him. For the last 20-odd majors, he has been a favourite or near favourite each and every time, and has therefore proven to be very poor value. He is currently joint favourite with Rory for The Open. I don't think either one is very good value for that, but that is where the punters foolishly place their money, and that is why you don't see too many poor bookmakers. Some people believe in the wisdom of crowds, but the crowd is generally rather stupid.
 
I think he'll bag at least a couple more. it's all about whos on form during the 4 days and over the past few years no one has consistently been at the top of the tree.
Theres been a lot of comings and goings in the world top 5 with Scott probably being the most consistent but no one has been dominating. Even the best out there at the moment are streaky from one week to the next.

If Woods comes into any major with form he's as good a chance as anyone, with also far more experience than anyone when it comes to sealing the deal.

Im not a fan but I'm certainly an admirer of what he's achieved and I'm amazed anyone would write him off. If anyones that sure he won't win another why not get down to the Bookies and have a bet on him winning no majors in the next 5 years, Id say you'd get a good price.
 
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He doesn't play too often, so when he does it is normally against a good field, and as last season showed he can still win a good percentage of events entered. Assuming he isn't adversely affected by the operation I don't see why he can't carry on and win a few more.
I don't believe any of the "new breed" has really come through to take his mantle, so I don't believe he will actually have any fear of them beating him, like they had with him in his pomp.
I'm looking forward to seeing what he can do at Valhalla (where I believe he's won before), but I believe Hoylake is too soon.
 
Aged 38, if he gets back to full fitness he has a good few years yet to bag a few more.
 
If he comes back as he did before and starts winning tournaments then I don't see how you can say he won't win another major. He has proved time after time that when he is fit, he wins more than anyone else on tour and you can't write off the man who wins more tournaments than anyone else from winning another major
 
Having had the surgery now I actually think he has a better chance than when he was limping along. He's had back issues for a while and this might have fixed that.

He has the golfing know how and mindset to win a major again but there's a gulf between that and passing Nicklaus' record. It's not beyond the realms of possibility to pick up 1 or 2 but he essentially needs Mickelson's major career to get to the real prize. Hope he has the chance as it's a great story for the game - can the master of golfing reinvention (in terms of the swing at least) do it one more time?

As he enters the third significant phase of his career I think Jack called it right several years back when he said if he can stay healthy it's more than possible.
 
HawkeyeMS said:
If he comes back as he did before and starts winning tournaments then I don't see how you can say he won't win another major. He has proved time after time that when he is fit, he wins more than anyone else on tour and you can't write off the man who wins more tournaments than anyone else from winning another major
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I guess if it depends on if it's pre 2008 Woods in terms off no injuries or last year ?

Whilst he has had the back OP the knee has also been worked on so not sure if he could ever get back to the level of fitness he had pre. 2008 ? If he does which would be remarkable then certainly got a great chance

I think pre 2008 he was the top golfer by a country mile - anytime he tees up he was nearly invincible and the other players felt that and whilst the odd golfer was around to challenge him he was a class apart.

Since then a lot of golfers have risen up to the top

When the major starts you could list about 10 or even 20 golfers that could win with ease if at the top of their game - the competition is so open now it's hard to pick winners.

A fit and healthy woods adds to that list and makes it even more exciting but the game and competition is different now to 6-10 years ago.

I don't think he will win another major because I think he is no longer head and shoulders above everyone and think his knees and back will restrict him
 
I think a fit Woods always has a chance although I believe he has lost control of the driver to a degree and so will struggle more these days on a US Open or USPGA course set up with thick rough. That said he's proved at the Open that you can win without hitting driver but I think the extra length they put on holes for the US majors negates the opportunity to do this as much.

Fully fit, Woods is a candidate to win anothe rmajor but there are so many contenders these days it really comes down to who peaks at that crucial moment. No one is scared of Woods and that aura that drove him to so many major wins is missing and so he's going to find it harder. If the desire is really there and the body is fit then I have no doubt he'll get another major, maybe a couple but still see it hard for him to beat Jack's record.
 
Liverpoolphil said:
I guess if it depends on if it's pre 2008 Woods in terms off no injuries or last year ?

Whilst he has had the back OP the knee has also been worked on so not sure if he could ever get back to the level of fitness he had pre. 2008 ? If he does which would be remarkable then certainly got a great chance

I think pre 2008 he was the top golfer by a country mile - anytime he tees up he was nearly invincible and the other players felt that and whilst the odd golfer was around to challenge him he was a class apart.

Since then a lot of golfers have risen up to the top

When the major starts you could list about 10 or even 20 golfers that could win with ease if at the top of their game - the competition is so open now it's hard to pick winners.

A fit and healthy woods adds to that list and makes it even more exciting but the game and competition is different now to 6-10 years ago.

I don't think he will win another major because I think he is no longer head and shoulders above everyone and think his knees and back will restrict him
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You don't have to be head and shoulders above everyone to win a major. A fit and competitive Tiger has as much chance as winning a major as Martin Kaymer or Adam Scott. Obviously it's all about opinions and no-one knows whether he will or not but I find it difficult to see how anyone can write him off (if fit).
 
Liverpoolphil said:
When the major starts you could list about 10 or even 20 golfers that could win with ease if at the top of their game - the competition is so open now it's hard to pick winners.
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It's interesting how different people infer things.
To me the fact that there are so many possible winners only goes to show that no one is standing out as the top dogs (one or two exceptions of course).
In Wood's heyday there were a select few real top players and a lot of very good ones. But you could always be sure that the likes on Els, Goose, Leftie, VJ, Duval would be right up there with him.
Now it's more of a lottery and perhaps the fact that fewer big names seem to challenge, but instead "lower lights" are near the top puts less pressure on leaders in these big comp's?
 
I can't see it happening any time soon. He has to get back into the winning ways of his prime - blasting the rest of the field out of sight - as that is what he expects to do. If he is not doing that I think that mentally he will struggle with not being the player he was - even although he might still be brilliant. And I fear that that will lead to frustration and from frustration will come doubt and with doubt will come frailty at the crucial point when he is atop the leader board or pushing to get there.

And then again...
 
I think he has another (at least) in him all depends on when the next 1 happens, I think if he gets one soon he'll get a few but fear if he hasn't got another by say 41/42 he may not get any nearer to Jack!

Somehow (IMHO) needs a coach to teach him to swing the golf club not hit the golf ball now the injuries are piling up! I know the swingers (matron) get injuries but they're generally not the long lay-offs Tiger's had in recent years!
 
Course Tiger will win more majors and to doubt that is ridiculous, I'm not a fan and find the guy very cold but theres no doubt he's one of the greatest players ever who still has game.
 
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