Tiger Woods: Why Winning the Masters Just Became More Difficult

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Published: April 22, 2013

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Needless to say, Tiger Woods’ eight on the par-four 15th hole during his second round at Augusta National—which included a controversial two-stroke penalty for taking an illegal drop—did little to help his chances at the 2013 Masters.

Woods would finish four strokes out of the playoff between Angel Cabrera and eventual winner Adam Scott, so, if you swapped in a four instead of the eight Woods made on the 15th hole in round two, Woods would have been right there with an excellent chance to win on Sunday afternoon.

Woods' putting also let him down on Sunday.

Woods would later tell reporters that he had a difficult time adjusting to the slower green speeds on Sunday, although Woods’ putting woes on the weekends at majors have now become a fairly ordinary occurrence rather than a single anomaly due to slower green speeds.

In addition to the penalty on 15 and a balky putter on Sunday, Woods spent much of the week battling a new fault in his game that has and will continue to make winning the Masters an extremely difficult task.

Plain and simple, Woods appears to be unable to draw his golf ball at this time.

During Woods' hey day at Augusta National, he would effortlessly whip 300 yard draws around the corners at holes like two, nine, 10 and 13.

Woods' high draw into the par-three 16th on Sunday had become a Masters tradition as familiar as the green jacket itself.

If you could have gone out and robotically created the perfect golfer for Augusta National, it would have been Woods between 1997 and 2009.

Woods was able to read Augusta National’s severely undulating greens like the back of his hand and had a short game that was second to none. But perhaps Woods biggest advantage around Augusta National came from his ability to seamlessly work the ball in both directions, which made winning at Augusta National exponentially easier than tryi...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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