Tiger Woods: What We Learned About Tiger At Torrey and Where He’s Headed

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Published: January 31, 2011

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Tiger Woods is digging hard into his third novel in the Tiger Trilogy: Lord of the Swings.

His latest chapter was written last week at Torrey Pines, the place he can easily call home, the place he has dominated, the place where he has found it so very easy to win again, again and again and then some more, just for emphasis.

This start of the 2011 season for El Tigre was a week of huge anticipation with questions about the progress about golf's most famous reconstruction project.

When it comes to change, Woods puts Barack Obama to shame. He's gone from the Harmon Project to the Haney Project and now to the diminutive Sean Foley with hopes that this will not become Foley's Folly.

What we saw at Torrey Pines was Woods grinding away, he was good at times, but as the days went by it became more and more of a struggle for the man who used to make this game look so incredibly easy.

The Torrey Pines south course that used to be at the full mercy of Woods, simply thumbed its nose at the Reconstructive One over the weekend.

Woods struggled and struggled then struggled some more on his way to rounds of 74-75 and a one-under par finish that left him two shots behind the world's best junior amateur, 18-year-old Anthony Paolucci. Yes, the kid finished tied for 29th, Woods was tied for 44th, easily his worst professional showing at this course.

Did we read that right, Woods beaten by an amateur? At Torrey Pines?

So when was the last time Woods got smoked by a kid who hasn't even found his way to college yet?

Not sure that one's in this reality show that has become The Life and Times of Tiger Woods.

What we do know is that this first start of Woods 2011 campaign didn't look too good. "He's about 10 percent short in, well, everything," is what Nick Faldo said as he watched from the television booth.

What we do know is that Woods can still slam clubs and...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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