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**Anfester** · 06-06-2012, 07:32 PM

You clearly don't understand golf. I called it "clinical", which it was. The only time he took out his driver was on the par five and he overwhelmed the hole. The rest of the time he used irons and hybrids and tic-tac-toed his way around and birdied 3 of the last 4, including, yes, a "spectacular" chip shot that even the great Jack Nicklaus acknowledged under the circumstances.
He's back dude. Stop with the denial.

I won't go as far as to say he's back. Honestly, I'm not sure at his age that he's capable of ever getting back to where he was prior to his knee injury. However, even if he can't dominate the field or have a long run of sustained success anymore, his up and down play still makes him one of the best players on the tour and an intimidating force on a week-to-week basis.

Up and down play from Tiger in the back half of his career is a level that most players would kill for in their prime. Very few golfers in the history of the game have had sustained dominance like he did. Phil had a few years in a row of pretty spectacular play, but in my golf-watching life (starting in maybe '99-'00), those are probably the only 2 who really have sustained. And one could have a wholly separate argument about whether Phil's was dominate considering Tiger was in his way the whole time.

I digress.

06-06-2012, 07:32 PM	#46
Anfester Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 532 Senior Member	You clearly don't understand golf. I called it "clinical", which it was. The only time he took out his driver was on the par five and he overwhelmed the hole. The rest of the time he used irons and hybrids and tic-tac-toed his way around and birdied 3 of the last 4, including, yes, a "spectacular" chip shot that even the great Jack Nicklaus acknowledged under the circumstances. He's back dude. Stop with the denial. I won't go as far as to say he's back. Honestly, I'm not sure at his age that he's capable of ever getting back to where he was prior to his knee injury. However, even if he can't dominate the field or have a long run of sustained success anymore, his up and down play still makes him one of the best players on the tour and an intimidating force on a week-to-week basis. Up and down play from Tiger in the back half of his career is a level that most players would kill for in their prime. Very few golfers in the history of the game have had sustained dominance like he did. Phil had a few years in a row of pretty spectacular play, but in my golf-watching life (starting in maybe '99-'00), those are probably the only 2 who really have sustained. And one could have a wholly separate argument about whether Phil's was dominate considering Tiger was in his way the whole time. I digress.
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