Why Golf Needs Tiger Woods at No. 1

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Published: March 22, 2013

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Tiger Woods walks with the game's all-time great players.

He belongs in golf's all-time foursome. For my money, that means he plays his round with Bobby Jones, Ben Hogan and Jack Nicklaus.

Nothing against Sam Snead and Arnold Palmer, but Woods is in the all-time foursome and he doesn't have to tee off last. Nicklaus has the honors, followed by the seething Hogan, followed by Woods and then Jones.

Woods has risen back to the No. 2 position in the world golf rankings behind Rory McIlroy, and he can reclaim the top spot if he can win at Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill Classic this weekend.

There's nothing wrong with a Woods-McIlroy rivalry. In fact, it's great for the game of golf.

McIlroy, 23, appears to have all the characteristics needed to be a legendary champion himself. Perhaps not in the first rank listed above but a solid Hall of Famer nevertheless.

But while McIlroy was the best golfer in the world in 2012 when he won his second major championship, he's not all-time great yet.

He is off to a halting start in 2013, and that's what often happens to young golfers, even the phenoms.

So he may want to hunt down Woods, but he's not at a comparable point in his career. In his heart of hearts, McIlroy knows he's got a long way to go to chase down Woods in major championships and overall victories.

Woods was struggling with health and off-the-course problems for quite a while, but he came back to form in 2012 when he won three PGA tournaments. He has shown that last year's showing was no fluke by winning two tournaments early in the 2013 season.



You can see that Woods is all the way back by the way he is attacking with his driver, his accuracy with his irons and his putting skills. Woods has the kind of all-around game that most of his competition only wishes they had.

But more than the tangible skills, Woods has that swagger back again. Look at...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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