Does Liberty National Actually Suit Tiger Woods’ Game?

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Published: August 24, 2013

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Tiger Woods made no secret of his dislike for Liberty National back in 2009 when the Barclays first visited this former New Jersey landfill turned swanky Wall Street hangout.

While speaking to reporters after his first ever round at Liberty National, Woods described the course as “interesting.” When probed further as to whether or not the course was interesting in a good way, Woods just smiled and again said, “It’s interesting.”

That was, of course, Woods speak for “I hate this place.”

According to sports writer Ian O’Connor, Woods also told Sanjay Jha—one of the three amateurs that played with Woods during his Wednesday Pro-Am round back in 2009—that Woods said “Maybe Tom did this course before his eye operation.” The “Tom” Woods was referring to was Tom Kite, who had co-designed Liberty National along with Bob Cupp.

Throughout his career, Woods has typically not performed well at venues he doesn’t like. This is the main reason why Woods’ PGA Tour schedule looks almost identical from year-to-year. Woods loads his schedule with courses that suit his game—such as Torrey Pines, Doral, Firestone and Bay Hill—and leaves off courses he has never been fond of.

This is also more than likely the main reason why Woods decided to skip the first ever FedEx Cup event at Westchester Country Club—a highly respected classical American golf course—back in 2007. Woods was coming off of his PGA Championship victory at Southern Hills in the grueling heat, which he blamed for his absence at the 2007 Barclays. Despite desperate pleas by the PGA Tour and their sponsors to change Woods’ mind, Woods would not budge on the matter.

Most insiders realized that Woods’ decision to skip the 2007 Barclays had more to do with his dislike of Westchester Country Club than his PGA Championship hangov...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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