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Will Tiger Woods Win in 2015?

I'm actually shocked at how bad Tiger's short game is. I expected him to be rusty but this is truely shocking.

Agreed but he can't really have excuse for being rusty with the short game if he's hit a thousand chips recently. And even when he was crocked, chipping and putting would have been the first things he did.
Too much going on between the ears......
 
Just been watching and I don't get Tiger, to me he looks like he is trying to leather everything of the tee?

2/8 fairways hit , surely if he takes a bit off then his percentages go up? Or why doesnt he try to plot his way around with say a 2I?
 
Agreed but he can't really have excuse for being rusty with the short game if he's hit a thousand chips recently. And even when he was crocked, chipping and putting would have been the first things he did.
Too much going on between the ears......

That was really my point, badly made. I thought his long game would be rusty and maybe he wouldn't be chipping stone dead but some of those shots I'd be embarressed by. His head is fried by the looks of it.
 
I'm not a Tiger fan but let's be realistic here. It's his first tournament in a while. He is bound to be rusty and struggle against a field that has mostly only had a 4 week break for Christmas while he's been out for a year or so.

I don't want him to do well but I'm not stupid enough to believe that he actually won't given time.

He's a determined so and so and he will practice his short game for hours to get it back. It's the first thing to go and the last thing to come back as we all know
 
It's painful watching it - car crash golf

Harry the Hacker seems appropriate at the moment

Agree with Sawtooth - looks like he is trying to smash it out of the park

His pre comp interview was all about hitting it longer as well
 
Everything seems built around more power and it's all forced and out of synch. No excuses for the short game and every pro will have been working hard on their short game so no excuses for the wreck thats in
 
I'm not a Tiger fan but let's be realistic here. It's his first tournament in a while. He is bound to be rusty and struggle against a field that has mostly only had a 4 week break for Christmas while he's been out for a year or so.

I don't want him to do well but I'm not stupid enough to believe that he actually won't given time.

He's a determined so and so and he will practice his short game for hours to get it back. It's the first thing to go and the last thing to come back as we all know

It just begs the question - what has he been doing for the last 6 weeks..?
 
Nice eagle there. Maybe that will help get his game back on track.

Why oh why do we have to see the coverage of Tiger walking down the fairway/rough all the time. It's as if there is no other group playing and they have nothing else to show.
 
Nice eagle there. Maybe that will help get his game back on track.

Why oh why do we have to see the coverage of Tiger walking down the fairway/rough all the time. It's as if there is no other group playing and they have nothing else to show.

Because in the US Tiger Woods is golf - many watch golf purely because of Woods , they are more Woods fans as opposed to golf fans

Tv companies know this and will show him regardless to ensure they get the viewing figures
 
Because in the US Tiger Woods is golf - many watch golf purely because of Woods , they are more Woods fans as opposed to golf fans

Tv companies know this and will show him regardless to ensure they get the viewing figures

Totally understand why they show his every shot but do we really need to see all the non action stuff as well, particularly when there is so much else going on. What's happening on 16 this year, we used to see every tee shot there but hardly anything so far. Next time we go there it will probably be to see Tiger.
 
Tiger has the chipping yips. Nothing to do with technique. For those that don,t believe in the yips explain how someone can go from probably the best short game in the world to Harry Hacker.

Nothing to do with lack of practice either. Yes you might lose a bit of touch, but Tiger can hardly get a chip on the green let alone close to the hole. Makes for uncomfortable watching.
 
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