How Tiger Woods Must Improve Leading Up to 2013 US Open

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Published: May 19, 2013

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Tiger Woods is the hottest golfer in the world once again, but there are still some holes in his game heading into the U.S. Open. 

A quick review of Wood's recent winning ways paints a picture of a man well on his way back to breaking all the sport's biggest records—including Jack Nicklaus' 18 major championships.

Woods has entered six PGA Tour stroke-play tournaments this year and has won four of those six, including his impressive Players Championship victory at TPC Sawgrass—an event he hadn't won since 2001.

He's leading the Fed-Ex Cup standings and the PGA Tour money list.



The way he's been dominating this season, it feels almost like the Woods of old, but there's something missing: Tiger hasn't won a major championship since 2008. In fact, his last major victory came five years ago in the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines.

The East Course at Merion Golf Club has hosted the U.S. Open four times prior to this year's event.

It's one of the top courses on the planet, and though not particularly long (under 7,000 yards) it will test every ounce of skill, grit and patience the world's best golfers have to offer.

Here's what Woods must do in order to finally break his five-year major title drought.

 

Hit Fairways, Even if it Means Sacrificing Distance



Like the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass, the East Course at Merion looks innocent but is treacherous. Birdies are certainly doable, but it's just as "easy" to score a double bogey on any given hole. 

Woods wisely chose to ditch his driver in favor of his fairway woods and irons off the tee at the Players, and he won the tournament.

He had just one bad day out of four off the tee, and his fairways-hit percentage was 67.86—much higher than his seasonal average, which is now 57.74 percent after factoring his excellent showing at the Players....
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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