Tiger’s Rule, Rory’s Clubs, Phil’s Taxes: What a Way to Start 2013

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Published: January 22, 2013

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It’s a soap opera. And yet people say golf is boring. Honestly, we can't get enough of this stuff.

The No. 1 and No. 2 golfers in the world missed the cut in Abu Dhabi, and Phil Mickelson doesn't like taxes (per Mike Walker of Golf.com). Of the three, at least Phil Mickelson shot respectable scores at the Humana Classic, and we agree with him. Nobody likes taxes. 

Should we be at all concerned about Tiger and Rory's respective games? According to Sports Illustrated contributing writer John Garrity, Tiger's a bit of a concern: "I'd be more concerned about Tiger. He used to be able to win with his B game and contend with his C game. Now he needs his A game to even be part of the conversation."


That may be a little harsh. Woods won the Bay Hill tournament last year after hitting into a swimming pool in one of the rounds. The bad shot was blamed on cell phones. Really, you couldn’t hear a cell phone go off. But you could see an awful pull come off the tee shot. The nerve of homeowners. Putting a swimming pool where you know a golf ball is going to land.

Woods did not play flawless golf that week, but he won. So, he still doesn’t need his A-game to win.  For all his starts and stops and breaks, Woods has found a pattern that allows him to peak most of the time when he needs to, for a tournament that he deems important on the golf calendar.  

However, getting a penalty for a drop is not like Tiger Woods, particularly when he missed the cut by one shot and the penalty for the wrong drop was two strokes. The golf gods will not like this. You can almost hear the thunderbolts rattling.



Granted, both Woods and McIlroy were in Abu Dhabi for appearance fees, but we just expect a little more out of them. We are spoiled. And perhaps their goals with the event are different than our expectations. 

These days Woods uses different tournaments an...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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