Tigers back.

They’ve said a lot on the radio this week about Tiger being in the field being good for the game, which I agree with, but I’m not sure that he worries the young guns like Spieth too much due to the fact that his last major win was so long ago. Probably more of a concern to the likes of Westwood and Donald who remember his dominance.
 
Jaco said:
They’ve said a lot on the radio this week about Tiger being in the field being good for the game, which I agree with, but I’m not sure that he worries the young guns like Spieth too much due to the fact that his last major win was so long ago. Probably more of a concern to the likes of Westwood and Donald who remember his dominance.
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Great for Rory when they play together

He can draw the pressure off him
 
therod said:
The views look nice! I only watched the highlights this AM, but tiggers short game looked mustard.....but 3 fairways hit, 9 greens in reg :o
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To be honest i have not watched one shot live but a few on SM.

Your right about his short game though and remember how bad that was a few months back.
It looked to me once again he was trying to bomb it out there,if only he could reign this back in he could be a force again.

There is no doubt he could win a major again and if he could get himself in a position to win on the back 9 of a major again others will feel the pressure
seeing him name on the leaderboard.
 
srixon 1 said:
I can’t believe that it’s a US open course, apart from a few holes it doesn’t look much on TV.
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Remember that this is winter and the Open is in June.
The course was set up tougher, faster fairways and greens, thicker/denser rough.
The leaders were tied on -1.
 
If he played within himself he could be leading this tournament for sure

To think a few months ago he hardly missed a fairway but now he cant find one
 
pauljames87 said:
If he played within himself he could be leading this tournament for sure

To think a few months ago he hardly missed a fairway but now he cant find one
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Comparing these fairways with the Hero challenge is like comparing a catwalk with a football pitch.
 
There in lies a little snapshot of the problem with Woods

He hasn’t won a major for a decade , hasn’t won a golf tournament for 5 years I think it is , the first cut he has made in 2 years , he spends most of the first two rounds scrambling for his life and missing fairway after fairway being rescued by the fact there is no punishment for missing fairways and he has some birdies at par 5’s that are reachable with irons - and some talk about him winning the Comp and also challenging and winning majors !

He needs to find a top ten spot in a PGA Comp first before any over the top talk should even be considered - if the course was set up like they do for the US Open there he wouldn’t be near making the cut.
 
A couple of thoughts Phil:
I think he chose this event to come back because he was never going to win, it’s too tough and has too good a field. He could have played last week at an easier event with 3 rounds guaranteed. But anyone sensible knows he he wouldn’t win this week and he has no real pressure.

With regards to his position in a US Open, the cut would have been 6 or 7 shots higher so with good scrambling he may have had a chance of making it on the number, just like this week.
He is after all leading some big name players.
 
JamesR said:
A couple of thoughts Phil:
I think he chose this event to come back because he was never going to win, it’s too tough and has too good a field. He could have played last week at an easier event with 3 rounds guaranteed. But anyone sensible knows he he wouldn’t win this week and he has no real pressure.

With regards to his position in a US Open, the cut would have been 6 or 7 shots higher so with good scrambling he may have had a chance of making it on the number, just like this week.
He is after all leading some big name players.
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I think that is a fair summary of Woods at the moment.
I am hoping he can get into contention when the season gets into full swing.
LP is not a fan and can let his dislike affect his view I think.I'm
 
Tigers driving accuracy is as good/bad as Big Phil’s this week....I don’t see anyone slapping Phils chances of winning tournaments. :)

Interesting that these two have won 120 events between them. Far more than anyone else currently playing. No coincidence that they have the best short games going. Surely shows that short game is far more important than driver accuracy? :p
 
Liverpoolphil said:
There in lies a little snapshot of the problem with Woods

He hasn’t won a major for a decade , hasn’t won a golf tournament for 5 years I think it is , the first cut he has made in 2 years , he spends most of the first two rounds scrambling for his life and missing fairway after fairway being rescued by the fact there is no punishment for missing fairways and he has some birdies at par 5’s that are reachable with irons - and some talk about him winning the Comp and also challenging and winning majors !

He needs to find a top ten spot in a PGA Comp first before any over the top talk should even be considered - if the course was set up like they do for the US Open there he wouldn’t be near making the cut.
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Your last point is very valid in fact he could be 10 over quite easily.

However he has only just come back and actually done better than many thought including yourself.

Seeing how quickly he has got his short game on track maybe his long game will follow,and of course it has to for him to compete.

As James quite rightly points out he has beaten quite a few fancied runners this week and the wide open spaces are there for all.
 
pauldj42 said:
The only certain way of ensuring really wayward shots are punished is to create internal out of bounds on every hole and that will never happen.
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Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty certain that (at least here in the UK) internal OOB isn't allowed in pro competitions. Is that also the case on the PGA tour?
 
pokerjoke said:
Is it quiet because Tigers going well.
Not watching so would appreciate some commentary please
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Tiger's a couple under today, with a couple of bogeys in the mix. Seems to be playing pretty decent, short game and putting is solid if he could hit a few more fairways he might actually be able to contend. Massive hold up on the third tee, if Tiger was on the forum he'd have been firing a ball at Ryan Palmer's head.

Meanwhile there's three blokes in contention for the win but nobody's terribly interested in them.....
 
Good to see him playing good and it tough going out there looking at the TV coverage. He might just have a good finish today fingers crossed
 
pokerjoke said:
Thx Karen
Do you think he can win again,and win a major?
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If his injury issues really are sorted I think he can play his way back in, definitely to a tour win but a major might be a bigger ask. Not out of the question though. Wouldn't hurt if he got me to give him a driving lesson though! :rofl:
 
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