Tiger Woods: Was That A Choke At The 11th In Greensboro? - 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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    Victor Cruse

    Here you go again, it doesn’t matter of Mr. Woods ever hits another shot man, the crowd and gold world was enthralled by his mere appearance! Only a weak sister disappointed with there own state of affairs or worst want to be pro golfer would take shots at the Tiger!!!!! Rory, Jordan, Jason and Ricky should be your positive concentration otherwise you leave me to wonder???? Are you one of those self proclaimed judgemental people whose never had any one opportunity to be in the competitive cauldron of sports! Damn man its sad you have no perspective! Choke, not a word for analyst and sportswriters who time is spent pounding on keys knowing nothing about the ” Field”!!!!!!!!

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    Lance Simon

    Seriously? This is news? A golfer having a blow up hole, followed by a bogey and this makes it newsworthy? Heck, I’d be a scratch golfer if I could get rid of that stupid blow up hole that I tend to get every round. We (us regular folks) all tend to get that occasionally, or even often.

    Of course, we aren’t talking about a “golfer”, we’re talking about Tiger Woods. Maybe it’s time to figure out that Tiger doesn’t play like he used to. Maybe it’s also time to take notice that he played much better at the Wyndham than he has been playing lately. Maybe that should be the news; his game is getting better.

    Regarding “…it was so very evident that this Tiger Woods simply is not ready for prime time.” Do you know how ridiculous that sounds? Does this hold true for Martin Kaymer, Justin Leonard, Luke Donald, Vijay Singh, Brandt Snedeker, Jason Dufner, Adam Scott, Ernie Els, and Billy Horschel, too? Tiger beat all of them, even with the 4 strokes lost on eleven and twelve. Of course it doesn’t mean that they aren’t ready for prime time. Nor is it evident for Tiger, either. How about letting Tiger Woods just be another golfer; one who will miss cuts and finish outside of the top ten more often than he finishes in the top ten. Instead, you’re looking for Tiger Woods the golf God. He isn’t that player now, and may never be. That being said, the game is still better when he’s around. He’s a Hall of Famer, possibly the best who’s ever played the game (certainly amongst the top 5), but that’s not where his game is at the moment.

    It’s easy for folks like you to demand so much more out of him, because that’s what he has demanded out of himself. He is know longer demanding that of himself. This is evident from his demeanor and the way he talks during his press conferences.

    I hope that Tiger will be able to regain some of dominance that he once had; it’s better for the game when he’s playing well. In the meantime; how about letting the guy work on his game on his own terms, not yours.

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