[healty-back]

I kind of feel like all golfers are just babies. Yeah, it takes concentration, but there's the constant noise from planes and shit above you at all times. A tiny ass click shouldn't effect anything.

Ditto.

[Theariwinna]

well one person has a history of it and the other doesn't. so there's that. i can't wait til he blows up at the us open and all you tiger sycophants lose your shit.

I like Tiger and I think him chasing records is great for the PGA. But if he never fully regains his form, I could care less. I'm just calling it as it is. If one is a sore loser and cry baby, so is the other.

[ArrereGarhync]

I like Tiger and I think him chasing records is great for the PGA. But if he never fully regains his form, I could care less. I'm just calling it as it is. If one is a sore loser and cry baby, so is the other.

How much less could you care?

[Britiobby]

How much less could you care?

A lot less than I care about this annoying post.

[Meerenuch]

he's clearly back as a top player. is this like how he was clearly back after bay hill and then proceeded to continue to play the same shitty golf he had been playing prior to bay hill?

he shot -2 under on the back 9 thanks to a miracle chip in. spectacular? lol

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.

[Anfester]

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.

[BoBoMasterDesign]

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.

you called it clinical and near spectacular. playing smart golf is now to be praised as being clinical. got it.

[Donadoni1809]

you called it clinical and near spectacular. playing smart golf is now to be praised as being clinical. got it.

Yes, it was clinical. He played the golf course and made sure he gave himself a chance to win, and took risks when it was required. When he came to the 15th hole he was two shots out of the lead and he won by two because of his smart, clinical play. He is probably the only guy who challenged the pin on 16 and then the spectacular chip going in was the bonus. A great shot that insured at least par when he hit it.
We'll never again see the sustained Tiger of 2000 or even 2007, but what you saw on Sunday was as close as it gets. Very few would have, or could have, pulled it off.

[Ijkavylo]

so i guess romero played a "clinical" back 9 as well.

[Czrzftmz]

so i guess romero played a "clinical" back 9 as well.

No he didn't. After he bogied 10 and 11 he was six shots back and started playing more risky shots because he had nothing to lose. He got away with it. Totally different circumstances. Romero didn't get anywhere near the lead until he holed the birdie on 18 and then had to wait to get beat by Tiger.