Tiger Woods’ 2013 Season Still a Raging Success Despite Major Disappointments

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Published: August 13, 2013

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Tiger Woods fell flat on his face at the 2013 PGA Championship this past week. Against a fantastic field of the best golfers the world had to offer, the top-ranked player on the planet finished nowhere near the top.

It certainly matters, but in terms of how magnificent Woods has played throughout the season, his tie for 40th at Oak Hill doesn't sink his year to an outright disappointment.

At some point, success in golf has to be defined outside of the majors—those four tournaments that everyone places such a premium on. They are important to an elite golfer's legacy, yes, and Woods has won more of them than anyone save for Jack Nicklaus.

Given that fact, along with the dominance Woods has showcased in these marquee events in the past, his expectations have been tailored differently than anyone's in the game's history.

So let's readjust them, if only for this brief, however-many-minute break in your day.

Just before the PGA, Woods ran away from the field and won the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational by seven strokes, firing a second-round 61 that tied a career best.



It was Woods' 18th win at a World Golf Championship event, his eighth victory at Firestone and his fifth triumph of the current season.

Check out this statistic from Golf Channel's Jason Sobel:



Want to know how many combined major wins the Top 50 in the world have to Woods' 14 titles, before this season? 19.

Adam Scott, Justin Rose and PGA winner Jason Dufner are all in their 30s and just now getting it done on golf's biggest stages.

Instead of only looking at Woods' numbers in the majors—where, by the way, he had a great shot at winning both The Masters and The Open Championship—let's just have a brief glance at his season in general.

Woods leads the PGA Tour in total putting, all-around ranking, scoring average, money earnings and FedE...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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