Tiger Woods: A Whole New World

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Published: April 20, 2010

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Media Manipulation. I’ve never seen such a plaque hit sports media as it has regarding Tiger Woods’ off course activities. As much as I don’t want to go down this road again, it has to be done.

Bobby Jones once wrote, “An astonishing amount of golf—that is, good golf—is played between the ears. We have to think, to concentrate on the stroke, in order to hit the ball correctly.”

Jones makes these comments in the forward of one of my favorite books on golf, “The spirit of St. Andrews,” by Alister Mackenzie.

Concentration. That’s the key ingredient. Oh sure, you need some good old fashion skill mixed in, and a whole lot of repetitive practice and a dash of luck thrown in for good measure as well.

But is it not concentration that separates the truly great golfers from the very good golfers? Golfers that can rise above the moment. Visualize themselves outside of their bodies, and figure out exactly what it is they need to do to get the job done. Tune out the crowd. Ignore the cameras. Concentrate.

The truly great ones have always had it. Bobby Jones himself. Gene Sarazen. Ben Hogan. Arnold Palmer. Jack Nicklaus. Nick Faldo. Tiger Woods. These are the golfers that have transcended the moment, risen to the occasion and did what needed to be done, time and time again.

And none more so than Tiger Woods. Woods may have the most concentration of any man that ever played a professional sport. Jordon had it. Some might say Joe Montana had it. Greg Maddux had it. Ty Cobb was said to have had it. Nicklaus had it. But none of them had it like Mr. Woods.

I think what has gotten lost in recent months regarding Tiger Woods, and commentaries about Tiger Woods, is just what has made this man the greatest golfer of his generation. Sometimes it is easy to forget (we all suffer from a short attention span in this generation) what made this man so g...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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