Thursday
Dec102009
Tiger And Golf After The Accident: Vol. 2, What Happens In 2010
This is a simple one.
Where does he start his 2010 golf?
How many starts does Tiger make?
How many starts outside the U.S. does Tiger make?
How many wins?
The majors?
Thursday, December 10, 2009 at 11:48 AM
Reader Comments (48)
He has 16 starts
He has 3 foreign starts
He wins 5 tournaments
He wins 2 majors
On a more serious note, now that he's shown that he is not prone to call penalities on himself in other walks of life, what would REALLY hurt the game beyond repair would be if he turned out to be Barry Bonds to Jack Nicklaus' Hank Aaron. So I hope he gets to pee in a cup every once in a while and that it's as clean as his former image.
How many starts does Tiger make? the tour minimum
How many starts outside the U.S. does Tiger make? 3
How many wins? NONE
The majors? NONE
Bay Hill. No way in hell he shows up at Torrey Pines.
How many starts does Tiger make?
Way less than the PGA Tour minimum. He's granted special dispensation because he basically owns the Tour. Kiss the Ryder Cup and Fedex Cup playoffs goodbye.
How many starts outside the U.S. does Tiger make?
1 - The British Open and he gets ripped to shreds by the tabloids. Get used to it Tiger.
How many wins?
1 - The AT&T in DC is his best bet.
The majors?
ZERO
Four Majors
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Cries like a 12-year old girla t the Masters press conference
...but it's too late ...
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Kapalua
Every Week
Just the Open
Wins in Vegas
final tally 279 - 'ho's
c'mon, back to the dirt-dishing
AT&T is at Aronimink this year ...
let's get some cred
You wanna see focus? The only place he'll get any relief from the shitstorm he has created will be on the golf course. 8 wins, at least two majors. No Vegas added to the schedule, but a trip to Disney for the kids is probably on the agenda.
Golf spectators, such as they can be (see-Ryder Cups) will be much MUCH less kind to Tiger.
The unknown will be how that impacts him going forward, and can he achieve next year with all that circus plus all the media questions. No matter how they (his people) try and stop it, the media will not stop asking. That is, unless Tiger's camp figures out a way to diffuse some of this before his first event of the year.
Should Tiger go to jail?
Be banned forever?
Forced to play with persimmon woods?
Cut the hamstring on the back of his leg, right at the bottom?
...seriously, name the penalty that will make the critics happy.
15 starts, 1 major, 6 other official wins for a total of 7. Jack's major's total is tied by the end of 2011, eclipsed at the Master's in 2012 -- exactly 15 years after his first major win!!
A lot of people feel deeply deceived by Tiger. A suitable punishment: never reaching the pinnacle of his game again, becoming for a while, a mere top twenty player, till he retires early with his billions.
Also agree with Scott. ZERO majors this year and likely (and hopefully) will not get to Jack's record.
tournaments-one less than last year, as Buick Open was a mercy---
wins-6
majors -2
in short, tiger does what he wants/always does. He hold a big press conf at the first one to get it ut of the way, then goes back to normal, or maybe even less press contact than before, since it will be so pleasant.
outings-fewer, but this comes back in 2011
As for golf, it will be interesting if he keeps Stevie on the bag. He might want a clean start.
I'm torn between him playnig every week since his home life is unbearable and never playing because Elin won't let him out of the house.
Seriously, I would think he would play first in San Diego, play about the same number of events in the U.S. and the same outside the U.S., with the caveat that other than the British, I doubt he plays in Europe next year. The press over there is kind of vicious. If its real bad, maybe he bails on Ryder Cup, citiing fatigue or "injury".
I would think he wins about 5 events again this year. +/- 2
Now, the majors. I'll say 2. It could be 1 but it could be 3. He's always a contender at Augusta and the Opens are at Pebble and St. Andrews. If you don't think Tiger's the prohibitive favorite going into those two venues, I suggest you google results the last time he played majors there.
Observer,
A lot of people feel deeply deceived by Tiger. A suitable punishment: never reaching the pinnacle of his game again, becoming for a while, a mere top twenty player, till he retires early with his billions.
Sniff, sniff, you poor baby! Did Tiger promise you fidelity too? Did he promise to love, honor and obey? Did you watch him so you could tell your offspring to be just like Tiger and now he's let you down? Did you believe the Gandhi garbage out of Earl's mouth?
That must be the case, because you feel entitled to mete out punishment. You want him to turn into Jim Furyk? Dream on. He will chew up and spit out the other 19 sackless wonders, with or without controversy.
I have no doubt that you live a life beyond reproach, since you're a great stone thrower. He f'ed up. He acted like a pig. He is a lowlife bastard to his wife and children. He's a phony posturer who used a fake image to earn millions. All of this I agree with.
But, unlike you, I not only think he can recover, I WANT him to recover. I want him to succeed. I'd love for him to find the mute button on your clicker and the rest of the sanctimonious, whining, uxorious posters who would probably be most happy with castration.
While you run for the dictionary, I'll go get a cold one.
How many starts does Tiger make? His usual amount, all FedEx Cup events, he'll take no chances with the $10mil now.
How many starts outside the U.S. does Tiger make? 3-4, now he needs the app fees.
How many wins? 8
The majors? 2 or 3, may threaten a grand slam. Almost a lock for Pebble and St. Andrews.
Of course I could be very, very wrong,..but I feel like this is going to make Tiger even tougher. I kinda agree with the thought that now the golf course will be his safe haven. I know it's been bad, but this too shall pass. The mystique may be permanently altered, but everything else on the golf course will remain the same...or get better. Seriously, if they teed it up tomorrow...would Tiger not be the favorite?
My forecasts:
1) He will ENTER MORE tournaments than he entered this year.
2) He will WIN MORE events than his 6 PGATour and 7 Federation victories posted in 2009.
3) He will win 2 majors, and maybe more.
4) He will end the year still ranked #1 in the world.
5) Ultimately he will break Nicklaus' record in the majors and Snead's record in total wins.
Smashing all time golf records will become his refuge from - and his reponse to - all the personal critcism that he will face on and off the course.
How many starts does Tiger make? 4
How many starts outside the U.S. does Tiger make? 0
How many wins? 4
The majors? 4
And he will knock'er up again before Agusta
This was hte challenge Tiger needed, the get focused.
But I still think he is a ... a-hole, but a amazing competitor
With all the hoopla over the marriage and sluts galore, the drug issue has been somewhat forgotten about. I'm sure the Tour desperately would like it forgotten, but in all fairness, given the recent treatment of Doug Barron, I think this should be addressed either prior to or during his first appearance.
He is and wants to be The Man; if he's lucky enough to feel like The Man, he'll triumph, but if he feels like it's gone it will truly be gone.
- One half-cocked opinion.
He's going to feel embarassed about what has happened
His competitors are not going to have the same fear factor
He'll have to deal with more distractions, more paparazzi and a less supportive (and maybe hostile) crowd
He's going to have issues at home
All of those things are not good for his mind or his game - but he's brought it upon himself
This guy's world has been turned upside down.
I think he struggles and wins none.
His world is so freaky and kinky and weird that I wouldn’t be surprised if his yacht is hijacked by a bunch of twitchy little Somalians and he’s made king of their fine west African nation and plays golf and fornicates there for the rest of his life.
So anyway, those are my thoughts on his 2010 schedule.
But unless he's got his driver under control, St Andrews is his only major (or best shot). People seem to forget the amount of poor shots he hit "under the gun" in this Year's majors. Plus the putts that, unlike for the majority of his career, stopped dropping.
He'll still win on Tour. He's too good not to. But, on what he produced this Year, 19 majors is no certainty (regardless of his off course issues). And I'm guessing there's plenty of things he's trying to resolve at present aside from being closed at the top of his backswing.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2767377/Wifes-quit-call-to-Tiger-Woods.html
Win a tournament and let me hear that voice. That would be a start.