On Tiger's quiet fade into oblivion

[declansharbor]

My brother Danny and my friend Georgie would keel over if they read this truth about the Almighty Tiggs.

The game has caught up to him, for a plethora of reasons.

[Rupert Pupkin]

That is ridiculous. Tiger is ranked #1 in the world right now. How can you knock the #1 player in the world? I personally liked his old swing better but I can't possibly knock his results this year. So far this year he's won 4 times and has earnings of $6 million and we're only in June. That is an incredible year. I can't think of any player in the last decade that had 4 wins by mid-June.

You're going to knock the guy because he didn't win the Masters or US Open this year? You can't judge a guy based on 2 tournaments. And by the way, if it wasn't for the one in a million fluke of his ball hitting the pin and going into the water, he would have probably won the Masters. I never root for Tiger because I like to root for underdogs. In addition, I think Tiger is kind of a jerk. But I certainly can't knock the year he's having. He's been dominant this year. He's got 4 wins from 9 starts. The most wins that any other player has is Matt Kuchar, who has 2 wins.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

That is ridiculous. Tiger is ranked #1 in the world right now. How can you knock the #1 player in the world? I personally liked his old swing better but I can't possibly knock his results this year. So far this year he's won 4 times and has earnings of $6 million and we're only in June. That is an incredible year. I can't think of any player in the last decade that had 4 wins by mid-June.

You're going to knock the guy because he didn't win the Masters or US Open this year? You can't judge a guy based on 2 tournaments. And by the way, if it wasn't for the one in a million fluke of his ball hitting the pin and going into the water, he would have probably won the Masters. I never root for Tiger because I like to root for underdogs. In addition, I think Tiger is kind of a jerk. But I certainly can't knock the year he's having. He's been dominant this year. He's got 4 wins from 9 starts. The most wins that any other player has is Matt Kuchar, who has 2 wins.

Did you read a single word of the article? It's about his mental struggles in majors for the last five years (not two majors) contradicting with how automatic he used to be and how well he's playing at other events, and I discussed literally everything you said. Next time read what I wrote if your criticism is just going to entail a bunch of points I already made.

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

Did you read a single word of the article? It's about his mental struggles in majors for the last five years (not two majors) contradicting with how automatic he used to be and how well he's playing at other events, and I discussed literally everything you said. Next time read what I wrote if your criticism is just going to entail a bunch of points I already made.

I apologize. I didn't realize you wrote the article. I thought you had just posted the article. I admit I had only skimmed over the article.

I was more responding to the headline that he was "fading into oblivion". He's hardly fading into oblivion. He was in a bad slump, partly due to injuries and partly due to making some swing changes. Now he's made an incredible comeback and risen all the way back to #1 in the world. I agree with you that he played very poorly for a few years but he is playing great now. As I said before, I don't like his new swing nearly as much as his old swing. However, he is still the player to beat at every major. He is still the favorite at all the betting parlors and rightfully so. Will he ever dominate in the majors to the same extent that he once did? I don't know about that but I think he will win many more majors. If he wins 5-6 majors over the next 5 years, would that be considered a failure since it's not quite the dominance that he once showed?

Anyway, your article was well written and I agree with much of what you said. But I strongly disagree with your assessment that Tiger is "fading into oblivion". He's just recently come out of his slump and I think it's only a matter of time before he starts winning majors again. I don't know whether he will win majors at quite the same pace as he used to but I think we will see him winning plenty more majors over the next few years.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

I apologize. I didn't realize you wrote the article. I thought you had just posted the article. I admit I had only skimmed over the article.

I was more responding to the headline that he was "fading into oblivion". He's hardly fading into oblivion. He was in a bad slump, partly due to injuries and partly due to making some swing changes. Now he's made an incredible comeback and risen all the way back to #1 in the world. I agree with you that he played very poorly for a few years but he is playing great now. As I said before, I don't like his new swing nearly as much as his old swing. However, he is still the player to beat at every major. He is still the favorite at all the betting parlors and rightfully so. Will he ever dominate in the majors to the same extent that he once did? I don't know about that but I think he will win many more majors. If he wins 5-6 majors over the next 5 years, would that be considered a failure since it's not quite the dominance that he once showed?

Anyway, your article was well written and I agree with much of what you said. But I strongly disagree with your assessment that Tiger is "fading into oblivion". He's just recently come out of his slump and I think it's only a matter of time before he starts winning majors again. I don't know whether he will win majors at quite the same pace as he used to but I think we will see him winning plenty more majors over the next few years.

Fair enough. The thread title is debatable and actually isn't the headline I used on the blog.

Obviously he still can be a force on Tour, but he's been pretty much a non-factor in every major since 2009, so I have to see him do it. It's a mental thing IMO, I don't think that's as easy to correct as something physical.

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

hes blaming elbow...in caddy shack fashion.o my arm

[Patrick333]

I'm not a fan of his but I certainly don't think that he's done winning majors.