Tiger Woods Is Back - Are The Expectations Realistic? - Dog Leg News

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Tom Edrington

Tom Edrington spent the first 10 years of his misguided youth as a sports writer for the Tampa Tribune. His career brought him face to face with many of sports greatest stars -- Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Muhammad Ali, Don Shula, countless Hall of Fame NFL stars, more PGA Tour players than he can count. In 1980 he was honored by the Golf Writers Association of America for writing the best news story that year, his coverage of Jack Nicklaus' U.S. Open victory at Baltusrol. Today, 36 years later, golf is still a great part of his life, thanks to competitive playing days and the wonderful people he has met on this fabulous journey.

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12 Comments

  1. 1

    beege

    Hi Tom,

    Actually someone does know and its me and he will never win again……………..27 months ago and counting for me to declare tiger finished………not-a-goin’-a-to-a-happen. (that was an italian phony accent)……..too many kids too good and he cannot sustain 72 holes……….if i am wrong and he wins, i promise to be the first to admit i was wrong–BUT until then i am correctoooooooooo.

    1. 1.1

      Tom Edrington

      Bob, I’m chuckling, time ain’t on his side, to reverse the old Rolling Stones song…..if he is going to win, he will have to show up at what we might call “lesser” events that the old Tiger would consider totally beneath him…..can’t play in any WGC events unless somehow he makes his way back into the top 60….

  2. 2

    beege

    Tom,
    even those events are loaded with kids that are better than he is right now–they are not intimidated, nor are they lacking tournament tough experience—nope not even the john deere

    1. 2.1

      Tom Edrington

      “You’re a hard man, Josey Wales…”

  3. 3

    JimmyD5cc

    Tiger has as much chance of winning on the PGA tour as I do, and I am a 19.3 index.

    1. 3.1

      Tom Edrington

      Wow, Jimmy, that’s pretty harsh….

  4. 4

    JimmyD5cc

    Perhaps harsh, however I do feel it is the truth. He is great for the game, but his winning days are behind him.

    1. 4.1

      Tom Edrington

      The talent pool now is a lot deeper than when he was dominating the tour. Still, he is Tiger Woods and maybe, just maybe there’s a little bit of gas left in the tank. Time will tell.

  5. 5

    JimmyD5cc

    I concur, let’s see if he makes the cut at a course he was won on 8 times.

    1. 5.1

      Tom Edrington

      After getting it around in even par on the South course, I concur with Bill Kratzert over at the Golf Channel — I’d be shocked if he doesn’t…..North Course presents more birdie opportunities, from what we saw on Thursday, he should be able to play well enough to stick around for the weekend…..

  6. 6

    beege

    HE WILL NEVER WIN AGAIN…………………..i get carried away as you know but after 27 months of being right, i don’t plan on relinquishing my number one status………..gosh its fun winning

    1. 6.1

      Tom Edrington

      Bob, that gave me a belly laugh!

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