Big Dick McGee
If you don't know, now ya know
Anyone who doubts Tiger Woods' ability, thinks he's overrated, or "lost his game" should consider the following:
-Tiger Woods has never lost a Major Championship when leading after 36 holes. Ever. He's 11 for 11. He now has 11 Majors, which means, yup, he's never even had to come from behind.
-Tiger Woods just shot -18 on a 7,258-yard golf course, and he only used his driver once. That means he was generally left with mid-to-long irons for his approach shots. He's easily the best long-iron player today, possibly of all-time
-Tiger has played in 11 events this season, and won 4 times (Dubai Desert Classic, Buick Invitational, Ford Championship at Doral, The Open Championship) Only three other players have even won twice (Stuart Appleby, Geoff Ogilvy, Phil Mickelson), and they've all played a helluva lot more than 10 events. Basically, Tiger is "batting" close to .400.
The only reason I even bring this up is because all this weekend so called "know-it-alls" where calling in to the local sports talk show, saying that Tiger would crumble, he'd lost it, etc. Not a chance. Tiger Woods may go down in history as the best golfer ever. He's sure as hell the best golfer playing right now, bar none.
I know this'll get buried in MF spam, but I wanted to give props to Tiger for being the first player in 23 years to defend at The Open Championship.
As the leaderboard read at the end of the round, "Well played, Tiger Woods. See you at Carnoustie in 2007."
-Tiger Woods has never lost a Major Championship when leading after 36 holes. Ever. He's 11 for 11. He now has 11 Majors, which means, yup, he's never even had to come from behind.
-Tiger Woods just shot -18 on a 7,258-yard golf course, and he only used his driver once. That means he was generally left with mid-to-long irons for his approach shots. He's easily the best long-iron player today, possibly of all-time
-Tiger has played in 11 events this season, and won 4 times (Dubai Desert Classic, Buick Invitational, Ford Championship at Doral, The Open Championship) Only three other players have even won twice (Stuart Appleby, Geoff Ogilvy, Phil Mickelson), and they've all played a helluva lot more than 10 events. Basically, Tiger is "batting" close to .400.
The only reason I even bring this up is because all this weekend so called "know-it-alls" where calling in to the local sports talk show, saying that Tiger would crumble, he'd lost it, etc. Not a chance. Tiger Woods may go down in history as the best golfer ever. He's sure as hell the best golfer playing right now, bar none.
I know this'll get buried in MF spam, but I wanted to give props to Tiger for being the first player in 23 years to defend at The Open Championship.
As the leaderboard read at the end of the round, "Well played, Tiger Woods. See you at Carnoustie in 2007."
