Tiger is Back and I'm not disappointed
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@majorrage said in Tiger is Back and I'm not disappointed:
The power of Tiger ...
Saw this thread ... realized it was live, immediately turned over, saw he had finished, immediately turned back.
Doing my best to think of any other sports star I would do that for ... Conor McGregor maybe
Must be others, but it shows what a grip he has on the game
That's the way I felt when Lomu played for Harbour. Clearly no longer up to it physically, but I still watched every minute, just in case.
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This is like when Jordan played for the Wizards. He wasn't at his best but he still dropped 51 in a game.
Tiger is the Jordan, Ali, Bolt, Federer of golf. You want him to succeed even if you don't like him. You want him to add to his legend. I know Nicklaus is the all time major winner but Tiger is the best golfer I have ever seen.
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Wow wow wow boomfa ...
Outright lead after the most spectacular par 5 you'll ever see. 600 yards ... 350 drive ... 250 fairway wood up high which drops 15ft from pin and Nails the putt. He is the one.
Side note, miss 3 just called Jordan spieth 'John Beef' ... that's gonna stick
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Golf has done superbly well in his absence with the likes of Scott, Day, Speith, Johnson, McIlroy, Fowler, Watson et al, but his presence on the golf course is even better!
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Holy shit. Was not expecting this come back to be significantly different to the earlier false starts. But Tiger is looking sharp as fuck. Given the stress golf puts on your back and the number of surgeries he's had, it's crazy he's going so well. Can't be easy to reinvent that much of your game, while dealing with the odd personal issue!
Hope the health side of things isn't an issue and we get to see a genuine return to the top.
Get in the hole!!!
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@taniwharugby said in Tiger is Back and I'm not disappointed:
Golf has done superbly well in his absence with the likes of Scott, Day, Speith, Johnson, McIlroy, Fowler, Watson et al, but his presence on the golf course is even better!
Only 'done well' among golf fans and followers. Any of those guys could sit beside me in a bar and I wouldn't know who the fuck they were. Tiger would only have to walk past the bar and everyone would be talking about it.
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I might notice if Johnson's missus wandered by!!
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@crucial fair enough...as someone who follows golf I think there is a great crop of guys that emerged when the PGA expected a drop off after Tigers decline...but I've always been a fan of Tigers golf game so have always wanted him back at the top of his game.
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@taniwharugby said in Tiger is Back and I'm not disappointed:
@crucial fair enough...as someone who follows golf I think there is a great crop of guys that emerged when the PGA expected a drop off after Tigers decline...but I've always been a fan of Tigers golf game so have always wanted him back at the top of his game.
Someone had to win the tournaments that he was no longer winning.
Thing that is usually the case with golf is that every dog has his day. Occasionally they even have a few days in a row, but the same guy that wins a tourney one week will end up 63rd the next.
Tiger was different, he was a dominant player to the extent that it was expected he would win every time, even batting away whatever challenger was having a good day that time around.
I haven't seen anyone else take up that level of consistency.
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@crucial but there is the argument that there are more players capable of winning each week...Speith and Johnson are outstanding players, not yet been at the top as long though.
Not to mention similar arguments have been made of Nicklaus' era re his dominance in an era when so many were capable.
Comparing eras is never fair to anyone.
I just hope Tiger is back for a sustained period and his head is in the game.
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Tiger was a bit shit yesterday on a very tough day (think only Hoffman was under par) but wow hes been good today. Currently -5 for the day and -9 overall going down the 18th.
Round of the day (and tournament) though looking Ricky Fowlers. Currently with a 3 shot lead at -17. Birdied the first 7 holes to go out in 28. Could be a low low round here