What Does the Future Hold for Tiger Woods?

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Published: May 5, 2012

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As Tiger Woods continues to struggle with his game the hands of time continue to close in on him, people seem to have two views on how the remainder of his career will play out.

On one side we have the optimists who seem to chalk Woods’ recent struggles up to personal issues, swing changes, injuries, confidence issues, etc.

The optimists all seem to think that Woods will somehow come through this dark period in his career and once again dominate the game of golf for at least a period of time.

On the other side of the coin, we have the doom and gloom types who believe Woods is done, that he’ll never win another major championship again.

A view that few seem to be taking, however, is that at the age of 36, Woods may simply be a great golfer on the decline.

It’s happened to every great golfer that has come before him and will undoubtedly happen to every great golfer that comes after him.

A golfer’s true prime typically lasts somewhere in the vicinity of 10-12 years.

Sam Snead, despite winning 82 PGA Tour events over the course of 30 years, won 62 percent of his of his standard PGA Tour events and 86 percent of his major championships during a 12-year stretch between 1940 and 1952.

Ben Hogan won all nine of his majors and 83 percent of his PGA Tour events between 1943 and 1953.

During a 10-year stretch between 1958 and 1968, Arnold Palmer 96 percent of his tournaments and all seven of his majors.

Tom Watson won seven out of his eight majors and 87 percent of his total tournaments between 1977 and 1987.

Between 1920 and 1930, Walter Hagen won 83 percent of his majors and 70 percent of his career titles.

Moving ahead to more modern times, Seve Ballesteros won all five of his majors and 73 percent of his total career wins between 1978 and 1988.

Greg Norman won both of his majors and nearly 70 perc...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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