It all stacks up against him.
Lol! NO way - I'm no hippy.....but I'm very happy! And I know a bit about perspective when life seems to lose it's purpose.
I know that the combination of a serious slump AND a lack of emotional self actualisation WILL impact on any chance Tiger has to bounce back from this and win again.
Tiger wasn't actually playing his 'best' golf when he was cheating etc - in 1999/2000/2001 he was playing his best - young, focused, fit and no emotional ties. 2005-2008, he was just riding his god given talent and he had a reserve of skill and talent that would need alot of problems to break down, but, burning the candle at both ends by partying and not practising, it was all waiting to unravel.
As long as the Tiger Management Team played the 'smoke and mirrors' game and kept up the perfect 'Gillette, best a man can get' persona, Tiger could live in his world of golf is everything and 'I am golf'. He was Tyson'esque invincible, but just like Tyson his training slipped and the corners were cut.
Coupled with a ragdoll body, the end was always going to be a shock to the public, but realistically it was inevitable! I mean this is golf we're talking about, the ability to self implode in this game is as legendary as Tiger.
Can anyone name one golf player who has continued to perform at top level into his forties (and beyond) who has changed his swing (significantly) 4 or 5 times?? Or had the 'crazy', some might say 'dysfunctional' life that Tiger has endured?? Child prodigy, reveered icon, Navy Seal part timer, super-human (some said) after US Open 2008, cheating husband, sex addict, non-human, non-emotive, broken back, broken golf, broken down........ broken human?? (Maybe he does need some purple in his life??
Ernie, Monty, Fred, Jim Furyk, Miguel all work with what they have and make it work. They don't keep searching for the Holy Grail swing.
Now Tiger has no swing, no putting confidence and a short game that is possibly the most 'spectaculary broken' in the history of big time golf! However, that does remain to be confirmed. When any other player drops off the radar the TVcrews stop filming them and we don't see the darkest depths of chunking and blading that they endure. EVERY shot Tiger plays in a pro tournamant will be filmed, so we'll all get to see it. I don't think it will be pretty.........
I think Tiger needs some soul, before he'll have any chance of wearing red in the heat of a Sunday showdown this year.
Must dash, I'm off to shops to stock up on josticks and essential oils!
