Tiger Woods’ Performance Last Sunday Was Exactly What We Should Have Expected

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Published: December 11, 2013

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While some might have been shocked to watch Tiger Woods post rounds of 72-70 last weekend and miss a three-foot putt to lose to Zach Johnson on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff at Sherwood Country Club, close observers of the game didn’t even blink an eye at what transpired over the weekend at the Northwestern Mutual World Challenge.  

In fact, Woods’ weekend play right on through the missed three-footer to lose the tournament on Sunday afternoon was, statistically speaking, exactly the type of performance that one would have expected from Woods.

You see, while five years ago, if Woods held at least a share of the 54- or even 36-hole lead, tournament officials could have basically start engraving his name on the trophy; that is no longer the case.

Woods is actually more likely to perform poorly on the weekends these days than he is to slam the door shut on a 36- or 54-hole lead.

During the 2013 season, Woods ranked second on tour in scoring average before the cut with a stroke average of 68.97. However, Woods ranked 48th on tour in third-round scoring average (70.47) and 93rd on tour in final-round scoring average (71.13).

This is astonishing when considering that between 1997 and 2009, Woods’ third-round scoring average ranking was eighth and his final-round scoring average ranking was seventh.

During this 12-year stretch, Woods’ average third-round score was 68.98 while his average final-round score was 69.33. However, over the past three seasons, Woods' average third-round score was 70.79 and his average final-round score was 70.65.

This means that Woods has averaged about three strokes more on the weekends over the past three years when compared to the first 12 years of his career, and any professional golfer knows all too well that a difference of three strokes might as well be a Grand Canyon-sized deficit when competing against the best golf...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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