Tiger Woods Losing World No.1 Spot Is a Reason To Reflect, Not Criticize

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Published: November 1, 2010

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So, Tiger Woods is no longer the world's No.1 golfer. Add that to the pile of sticks with which we can continue to beat him.

Add that to the list of sporting milestones we might only fully appreciate in years to come.

Defending Tiger—let alone sympathising with him or even praising him—is hardly popular in the current climate. His personal scandal might have broken about a year ago, but it continues to cloud his every move in the public eye and cloud our ability to properly consider his ongoing achievements.

Losing the world No.1 spot, especially to a good but unspectacular player such as Lee Westwood, has seemingly only given media and fans alike another chance to point and laugh at the 34-year-old.

But the culmination of a run of five years as the undisputed best player on the planet should be an opportunity for reflection—not ridicule. If it wasn't for the events of his personal life in recent times, it's hard to imagine we wouldn't be lauding the end of a spectacular run of individual supremacy.

At times like this, perhaps sports should be better at ignoring such external factors.

Since winning back the top spot from an on-form and virtual tournament ever-present Vijay Singh in June 2005, Tiger has held a Darth Vader-like choke-hold on the rankings. Since then, he's also had to deal with the sort of challenge many critics pointed out he never had—multiple major champions (Phil Mickelson, Padraig Harrington) and serious injury—and still managed to stay out in front.

All this while continuing to play the leanest schedule of any of his peers. On the rare occasions he came to play, Tiger came to win. More often than not, he did. And that was enough to cement his status as the best in the game.

But now, for the first time in over half a decade, he isn't. Tiger's run of success eventually ended at 281 weeks—more than any other golfer, with the exception of G...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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