Tiger Woods at US Open: Latest Pre-Tournament Comments, Odds and Predictions

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Published: June 16, 2015

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For many people, Tiger Woods will forever be associated with golf and the first player on the links they think of when images of the sport are conjured up.

His presence in a tournament—good form or bad—is both promising for the sport and a reminder of the type of sway the right athlete can hold over the public.   

Woods has been fighting to show off his old form at some point this year, and the 2015 U.S. Open, starting June 18 at Chambers Bay, figures to be one of his best chances to prove he's not yet yesterday's news.


Pre-Tournament Comments



Much of golf's individualistic battle is the gap between the form and the production in the mind's eye and what's produced in reality. It's enough that golfers are battling themselves all weekend in a given tournament, but the unique Chambers Bay golf course in University Place, Washington, figures to be more challenging than most. 

"There's no way you can play this course blind,'' Woods said, per ESPN.com's Bob Harig. "There is so much information to download. You don't have any chance if you haven't seen this place.''

USA Today's Steve DiMeglio detailed just some of the pitfalls awaiting golfers this year:


For another challenge, he and all the players will deal with massive, undulating, sloping green complexes where nearly every green has runoffs in every direction and where large mounds will send accurate shots into trouble or turn poor shots into tap-ins.

Woods spent plenty of time putting from off the greens, sometimes from 30 yards off.

Shifting winds and variable distances also figure to throw Woods and other golfers for a loop, starting Thursday. Woods felt the course's difficulty could depend greatly on the way officials set up each hole.

"Depends how it’s set up," Woods said, per SB Nation's Emily Kay. "It could be a golf course [that&rsqu...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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