Tiger Woods Doesn’t Need PGA Championship Win to Consider Year Successful

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Published: August 6, 2013

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Heading into the 2013 PGA Championship, the most common topic will be whether Tiger Woods can finally win a major. The truth of matter is that it really does not matter.

Yes, it is true that the superstar has not won a major since 2008. That was before injuries and personal issues seemingly derailed his career, and it was a question if he would ever be the same again.

Prior to that point, Woods was the most dominant golfer in the world. He had 14 major championships in a span of 12 years and was winning other tournaments at an incredible rate to become No. 1 in virtually every list available.

Will Brinson of CBS Sports is one of many who have posed the question on everyone's mind:



While things have changed over the past five years, the truth is that he is once again the most dominant golfer in the world. The only reason anyone would disagree is that he or she believes in a series of myths about the sport that has been circulating for years.

The biggest of all of them is that majors are the best and possibly only measure of success each player has to compare himself to others. The problem with this theory is that great golfers do not always win these tournaments.

Unlike many other sports, there is no central championship in golf to declare the best of the year. The biggest reason is that it is incredibly difficult to win any tournament, with lesser-known players usually able to pull off upsets on a weekly basis. 

Although these upsets happen less often in the loaded fields of majors, there are still plenty of players who more than exceed expectations on the big stage.

In the past few years, Webb Simpson and Lucas Glover have each won the U.S. Open. Glover has one top-10 finish in the 17 majors he has participated in since, while Simpson has zero in over a year.



Since Glover won his first title in 2009, there have been 13 other fir...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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