Tiger Woods, Majors and the Ryder Cup: A Review of the 2010 Golf Season

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Published: December 11, 2010

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Although the title would suggest that I am going to review 2010 in golf, I would like to start by re-living that night of Nov. 27, 2009.

As all golf fans know, this was the night when Tiger Woods, one of the greatest golfers to ever play the game, came crashing down.

On a personal level, the start of the whole saga was rather surreal. I had been sitting enjoying a few drinks with university friends, and one of the subjects we discussed was who the greatest sportsmen in our lifetime were.

With us all being around 18-25, instantly Woods’s name was thrown into the discussion and no one disagreed. As a prospective journalist, I always like to keep up to date with the news, so moments later I went on my phone to check the headlines. I was taken aback when it was revealed Tiger had been in a car crash. When I heard an hour or so later he was fine, I thought that was the end of it.

I was utterly stunned when stories of his affairs with countless women came out, including porn stars, but let’s forget about that.

I would like to point out to readers that I am a huge fan of Woods. He has totally transformed golf for my generation and he is one of the best sportsmen to watch every week when he plays.

However, his “demise” in 2010 meant it actually turned out to be one of the main reasons why it has been a superb year for golf.

What I mean by that is, many young golfers and established ones discovered hot form as Tiger lost his, and this to me was superb.

It is a rarity when you get nearly all of the majors producing four days of superb golf, but that’s what we got this year. Only the Open was the exception, but even then we were treated to a superb performance by Louis Oosthuizen at St Andrews.

Firstly, the Masters at Augusta was one of the best in years. Of course this was the first tournament where Tiger Woods came back, and a lot of peop...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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