Inconsistency Is Tiger Woods’ New Reality

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Published: May 1, 2012

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Tiger Woods will re-join the PGA Tour this week at the Wells Fargo Championship at the Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The last time Woods attended the Wells Fargo Championship was in 2010 where he posted rounds of 74-79 and missed the cut by a mile.

Most figured Woods had hit rock bottom by that point, but the following week he withdrew from the Players Championship with a neck injury that had never been made public until he hit only one of the first seven fairways during the final round at TPC Sawgrass.

As we all know, Woods’ “rock bottom” would actually last until late 2011 when he finally broke through with a “Silly Season” win at the Chevron World Challenge. He then officially got the monkey off his back with a win the 2012 Arnold Palmer Invitational this past March.

In terms of the major championships, Woods hasn’t hoisted golf’s most prestigious hardware since June of 2008.

Just to put that into perspective, in July of 2008, George W. Bush was still president, Facebook was still just taking off and no one had ever heard of Twitter. The American economy was still running full steam ahead. Lehman Brothers was still a highly successful and well-respected investment firm and 99.9% of Americans had never heard the words “sub-prime loan”.

Folks, that is long time to go without winning a major championship.

So, what does the future hold for Woods?

Well, he’s certainly been hitting the ball better in 2012.

Woods currently ranks 36th in tour in driving accuracy, which may not sound overly impressive but is actually just the second time he’s cracked the top-100 since 2001.  

Woods also ranks ninth on tour in Stroke Gained Putting, which is the first time he’s cracked the top-10 since 2009.

But despite a vast improvement in these areas, Woods is stil...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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