For Tiger Woods, the Demons Are Starting To Creep In

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Published: July 20, 2010

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Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past eight months, you’ll know Tiger Woods is in a world of trouble both on and off the golf course.

Off the course, he is going through a very difficult and costly divorce while trying to deal with the backlash of one of the most publicized scandals in modern history.

On the course he has not won a major championship since the 2008 U.S. Open, is yet to win a tournament this season, and most concerning of all, the demons are starting to creep in.

“Demons,” as it pertains to a golfer, is just another word for doubt, and doubt is a golfer’s worst enemy.

Self-doubt is far more devastating than any injury a golfer may suffer.

Self-doubt can transform a world-class player into a weekend hacker in a matter of minutes.

If it were a choice between the worst swing flaw imaginable or the slightest hint of self-doubt, a golfer would chose the swing flaw before you could even finish saying the word “doubt.”

Why has a player never won a major championship using a long putter?

That’s quite simple—players do not switch to a long putter unless they have some doubt in their putting stroke, and as we all know, it is next to impossible to win a major with even a hint of doubt in your putting stroke.

The demons have crept into Woods’s mind, and as a result, he now finds himself in the midst of the toughest battle he will ever face in his golfing career.

At the 2010 U.S. Open, Woods spent more time complaining about the greens than he did about trying to figure out why Graeme McDowell and Dustin Johnson were sinking putts while he wasn’t.

At last week’s Open Championship, Woods not only switched putters for the first time since 1999, but he once again spent a Thursday afternoon complaining about the greens rather than spending time trying t...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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