Why Tiger Woods Will Never Be ‘Back’

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Published: February 17, 2013

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Not surprisingly, Tiger Woods isn’t a fan of the “Are you back?” question.

In the face of such inquires two years ago, after winning the Chevron Challenge for his first victory in two years, Woods quoted LL Cool J: “Don’t call it a comeback, I’ve been here for years,” the golfer said.

Presented again with the question after his convincing victory at the Farmers Insurance Open in January, Woods responded in the same fashion:

Q: ...do you understand why people are always looking to see if you are back, and what do you say to them?

TIGER WOODS: Never left.


The real answer to the “back” question is that, in the remaining years of his career, Tiger Woods will not have a continuous stretch of dominance like the one he had in 2000-2001. In this sense, then, Tiger will never be “back” to his previous best form; he will never win four consecutive majors or raise trophies at the rate he did during that period.

Woods' diminished confidence, compromised play on the weekend in significant tournaments and waning intimidation factor, as well as the surge in young players and international competitors capable of winning majors, makes such a stretch of play impossible.

Additionally, Woods would have to dominate scoring average, scrambling, strokes gained-putting and greens in regulation as he did during previous stretches of superlative play in order to be back to his best form.



Even giving the widest possible berth to the rebuilding of his swing and confidence under Sean Foley, the fact is that the duo have been working together for more than two years. If a real return to form were going to happen, it’s likely that it already would have in a way similar to what happened under Butch Harmon and Hank Haney.

For example, in his second full season under Haney, Woods' statistics in almost ev...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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