PGA Championship: What Tiger Woods’ Performance Means for His Future

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Published: August 16, 2010

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Among the 1,200 bunkers, eight treacherous holes hugging Lake Michigan, and "whistling" winds at this year's PGA Championship, Tiger Woods reminded golf fans worldwide how quickly he can both enliven our spirits as well as make us wallow in misery. 

While Nick Watney clearly blew up and Dustin Johnson clearly didn't read the rules, Tiger Woods clearly didn't do much but reveal the volatility of his mental and physical golf game.

But what stung more than any three-putt or shot that went out of bounds was the semblance of the "Old Tiger" at the beginning of his first round.

He was splitting fairways, hitting it tight into greens, and striding with his confident swagger as he made three birdies in his opening five holes. It was like fate, or some kind of movie script, as the relentless fog finally lifted over the dewy, plush, green fairways at Whistling Straits, Tiger Woods appeared like a gladiator poised for battle.

Then, just as his disastrous weekend at Firestone and completely mediocre season was becoming a distant memory, his shots went awry, putts missed the hole, and it felt like painful deceit.

His consistency was undetectable.

Didn't it seem like every time he got on a roll, it came to a sudden and agonizing halt?

Other then his second round, where he carded three birdies, one bogey, and all pars en route to a two-under-par 70, Woods's game was erratic from tee to green. It became "the norm" that Tiger would strike a monstrous drive down the fairway, then completely fall short or over shoot the green. Then on the next hole he'd do the complete opposite, finding the worst possible place off the tee, but miraculously hitting the green.

It's the reliability factor that's vanished; the sense of security that even if Woods makes a bogey or hits it O.B., he will revive his scorecard with a string of birdies.

Statistically, to say that Woods is under-performing ma...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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