Memorial 2013: Breaking Down Tiger Woods’ Flop and What It Means

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Published: June 4, 2013

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Tiger Woods entered the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village as the odds-on favorite and left it with a big question mark hanging over his head.

Tiger’s tie for 65th place was his worst finish of the year and left the golfing world wondering what was in store for the No. 1 player as the PGA Tour gears up for the U.S. Open in two weeks.

Will there be a hangover from this highly unusual performance, or will he write it off and take charge again when he tees it up at the Open?

Tiger’s terrible tourney, which included a 44, his worst nine-hole score ever, seemed to come out of nowhere.  This season is shaping up to be one of his best ever, and if he can throw in a major or two, he could actually make his run at surpassing Jack Nickaus’s 18 major wins a reality.

Over the course of the year, he has amassed $ 5,862,496 and four wins, which have placed him at the top of the FeEx Cup leaderboard.  He is a cool $1.5 million ahead of Matt Kuchar on the money list and $2.5 million ahead of Brandt Snedeker.

Tiger has regained his role as golf’s best player, and it is his to lose.  It really doesn’t seem to matter who is second, third or fourth now that his heir apparent Rory McIlroy is faltering, and his constant competitor Phil Mickelson is wavering.

But this weekend, it looked like he didn’t really care for the aerie on which he has been perched.

Was it a mental thing?  Is something awry with his swing?  And what was with his putting?

How can we assess the severe drop from a dominant win at the Player’s Championship two weeks ago to the demise at the Memorial, a tournament he had won four times in the past, including last year?



Tiger came into the Memorial having finished first in three of the last four events he had played, but he sounded like a weekend duffer when he told US...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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