Golf: How Tiger Woods Can Once Again Strike Fear into His Competition

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Published: October 31, 2012

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Tiger Woods is not that far away from being the dominant golfer he was for the first 12 years of his career.

But he's not there yet.

During the 2012 PGA golf season, Tiger Woods did many of the things on the golf course that his fans, as well as his competitors, expect him to do on a regular basis.

A quick look at the end-of-season PGA statistics shows that Woods was at or near the top in a number of the key categories.

Start off with money won. Woods finished second to rival and top-ranked Rory McIlroy in money earned and scoring average last year. Woods was also second to McIlroy in overall world ranking. Woods won three tournaments last year, second to McIlroy's four victories.

Woods was No. 1 in the regular-season FedEx Cup standings, and he was tied for second in top-10 finishes with nine for the year.

There's little doubt that Woods reached many of the requirements needed to show he is one of the elite golfers in the world.

But, while all of those numbers and achievements are good, they are not enough. When your goal is to be the No. 1 golfer in the world and you want to run down Jack Nicklaus for most major championships, regular-season accomplishments that would make most golfers jump for joy mean little.

Woods, of course, has to start winning major tournaments once again before he can strike fear into his opponents.

He would appear to have quite a few more steps to take. He has not won a major since claiming victory in the 2008 U.S. Open. That was the 14th major victory of his career.

He has not been close to winning a major in a long time.

While he regularly got off to good starts in the major tournaments this year and put himself in contention through the first two rounds, he was unable to move up the ladder on moving day.



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Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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