Tiger Woods: Why Lessons from Michael Jordan Should Tell Us Not To Doubt

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Published: April 12, 2011

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Tiger Woods is back...well almost.

Regardless of whoever won the Masters (I think his name is Charles or Charlie, maybe even Chuckster), the most important development from this weekend is that Tiger Woods is back, and when Tiger is back that’s bad news for every other golfer in the world .

While it was in fact Charl Schwartzel, who came away with the Green jacket last weekend, Tiger’s front nine was a Michael Jordanesque statement of “I’m back."

Tiger’s opening nine on Sunday was the stuff of legend with birdies on the 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 7th and an emphatic Tiger “&%$# you rest of the field” fist pump-eagle on the 8th. He had been left for dead, and all he did was erase a seven shot deficit in eight holes to get right back to the top of the leaderboard.

That’s all I needed to see.

Many people forget, but back in March of 1995, when Michael Jordan first came back to the Chicago Bulls, it wasn’t immediate success and dominance that followed.  In his initial return, he shot 7-28 with 19 points in an overtime loss to the Indiana Pacers. Sure, there were flashes of greatness, such as his 55 against the New York Knicks and his first buzzer beater in a win against the Atlanta Hawks, but in the playoffs, the Bulls were knocked out by the Orlando Magic in a series in which Jordan frankly didn’t look like Jordan.

For much of the past 17 months Tiger hasn’t looked like Tiger.

Formally a machine of perfection and dominance, Tiger has, during this span looked weak and vulnerable. Those who formally feared him have wasted no time criticizing his play and welcoming being paired against him.

Lessons of the past would tell us that probably wouldn’t be the smartest thing to do.

After the Orlando Magic knocked the Bulls out of the 1995 Eastern Conference Semifinals many were quick to...
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