Johnny Miller On Tiger's Short Game: "He must have some demons in his head"

Johnny Miller and David Duval talked to reporters to launch NBC and Golf Channel's Florida Swing coverage.

Of course Tiger came up, and both had interesting things to say. Alex Myers with the roundup of the key quotes.

Duval:

"Having known him a long, long time, it's hard to say, hard to watch. I had to live through a lot of it on my own, as well," Duval said. "I think that injuries have really broken him down, his physicality, and I think through that, mentally. And once you get scarred mentally, it's a hard thing to come back with. It's a funny thing how memory works -- I'm not a psychiatrist, they could explain it better. But replacing short-term memories is a very difficult, trying process, and that's what you have to do at this point, and it takes a long, long time."

And Johnny had a lot to say but this is the most blunt assessement. Both he and Duval though took issue with the idea that swing issues would creep into short game technique.

"He must have some demons in his head," Miller said. "It's like somebody short-circuited his hand-eye coordination. . . . I don't know what's going on. I really don't. Only Tiger probably could tell you, and he won't tell you how it can get that bad when you're skulling it across the greens and chili-dipping about every other one."

Meanwhile Jack Nicklaus appeared on Morning Drive and reiterated his view that Tiger will get his game back and challenge his record because, well, that's all he can say without generating unnecessary headaches. Luke Kerr-Dineen reviews the various statements Nicklaus has made over the years and is begging people to stop asking the major mark question.