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Tiger Woods...Hero World Challenge

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The most telling shot for me was his hack out of the rough after dropping from the hazard on 18. If anything was going to test his back it was that.

200yds out of thick rough with the ball about 12" above his feet on the last hole of what must have been a draining round, and he looked to have made good solid contact with a controlled in-balance swing, and no signs of a twinge.
 
Region3 said:
The most telling shot for me was his hack out of the rough after dropping from the hazard on 18. If anything was going to test his back it was that.

200yds out of thick rough with the ball about 12" above his feet on the last hole of what must have been a draining round, and he looked to have made good solid contact with a controlled in-balance swing, and no signs of a twinge.
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I thought the same Gaz. Old TW would have made an over elaborate thrash at that and probably done his back again.
 
Garush34 said:
Yeah obviously there were issues in the round, no one wants doubles on the card. But there is always going to be rust for him, I didn't see all of his round and missed the whole back 9, but from what I have read it was just a few poor tee shots that cost him the doubles. That's easily fixable for him and it will come with time, reps and more rounds.
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I disagree.
He's been trying to fix his driving for years
 
For me it was exactly how he was before his latest lay off - promising start with the excitement then stumbling to finish. I don't really expect there to be much different now - he isn't getting younger and there must strains on multiple areas of his body , he looked physically shattered after just one round , a number of wild tee shots , chunked chips and a run of dropped shots. I just don't see it getting that much better for him
 
Liverpoolphil said:
For me it was exactly how he was before his latest lay off - promising start with the excitement then stumbling to finish. I don't really expect there to be much different now - he isn't getting younger and there must strains on multiple areas of his body , he looked physically shattered after just one round , a number of wild tee shots , chunked chips and a run of dropped shots. I just don't see it getting that much better for him
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So he was 4 under because he was excited:rofl:

Most people that have commented have said it was a promising comeback and better than expected.
 
His missed fairways off the tee yesterday weren't huge or wild, the key for him appears to be tempo and resisting the urge to 'go after it'
He looked like the Tiger of old early on, totally in control of his swing and Tbf setting up birdie chances on most holes, the -4 could've quite easily of -6.

It looks a risk and reward course, short tight but incredibly scorable if you're on your game?
From what I saw yesterday...if he stays fit I can see him climbing the leaderboards in the run up to the Masters.

It wasn't exactly the nightmare round some were hoping for.
 
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Didn't really have a lot of love for the Tiger until I watched a few of the Open films - Hoylake & St Andrews, plus the 'making of a champion' type one.

Was surprised how candidly he spoke in them and also by his obvious love for the links.

For his comeback would be nice to see him happy enough to carry on doing what he clearly loves doing. This is a bloke who's been all golf since he can remember, so not being able to play must hurt like hell on quite a personal level.

Must be really hard with all the attention on him too
 
Crow said:
That's going to be a real pisser if he can't up his game and ends up having to play three rounds at the back of the field on his own.

I'm wondering how that might get in his head.
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I'll get on a plane now 😂😂
 
Today is the real test!

Round 1 was very encouraging, with a disappointing finish. Some 'inevitable' problems, but much better than I expected especially his iron play! He has always been rather wayward with the Driver - sometimes so badly it works out fine (on an adjacent fairway!)!

He's not going to win, but I'd like to see him be under par in every round - especially if he can avoid the chipping chunks!
 
I thought it was a good start. If it wasn't Tiger coming back after 16 months out a 1 over round with some encouraging signs everyone would have been happy. To an untrained eye his swing looked a lot more under control, swinging easier, some very impressive iron distance control and his short putting looked solid again.

Surely in a field of 17 they will just make a group of 3 somewhere, last group out perhaps, rather than 1 man on his own for 3 days?
 
I think it depends on how he approaches the next few rounds.

If he goes out with the mindset of lets get 3 good rounds under my belt, I think he'll do ok.

If he decides he needs to make up ground to get in with a shot of winning then it's a disaster waiting to happen. Could be proper car crash golf.

Honestly, I hope he just goes out and plays and then see where that gets him. Get's some good confidence building rounds in the bag.
 
huds1475 said:
Didn't really have a lot of love for the Tiger until I watched a few of the Open films - Hoylake & St Andrews, plus the 'making of a champion' type one.


Must be really hard with all the attention on him too
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As a sports fan and Golfer at the time Looking back it really was a privilege watching him play in his prime, I suppose in similar way people talk about Watching the likes of Best and Ali etc. I've no doubt TW is one of the greatest Sportsmen of all time.

He isn't perfect, who is. For a lot of sporting greats it's all they've ever known so I can forgive the odd Kung Fu Kick etc in return for seeing their sporting genius.

Not sure about Biting an opponent though, I don't think I could see beyond that.. disgusting behaviour.
 
Guess I'm just discovering some of that footage and, as a golfer, unbelievable.

Some of the more personal I sights have left an even bigger impression though.

Which is why I wish him well, as a person. (not that it makes any difference!)
 
Just tuned in. Going along very nicely. In good position on the short par 4, much better than yesterday, which is where his round started to fall apart. Make a birdie here and he's in great position.

Bubba also going along stupidly well. 2 eagles in 8 holes and has a putt at Eagle at 9. Superb.
 
I'm no hater but I've never warmed to him, he's to golf what Andy Murray is to tennis imo.

I've never been one for watching old clips of anyone, maybe because I only started playing after I was 50 and so although I know the names of many of the greats, I can't really relate to them in the same way or get exited by them in the same way as some of you all do with Tiger, possibly because you were playing when he was at the pinnacle of his game, but, I just watched the Chronicles of a Champion and saw him (Tiger) in a slightly different light and slightly changed my opinion of him.

However, but to put it still into context, if there were 3 fairways side by side with Kaymer on one, Sully on another and Tiger on the third, I would be over to Martin first, then Sully and if I couldn't get to see either of them, I'd go for beer 🍺😂👍🏌⛳️
 
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