Will Tiger Ever Be the Same?

[pbillaa]

I personaly can't wait to see who steps up in Tigers absence, as for the tour I think it will be fine.

Also I am new here so I am excited to continue reading and posting here

[golf_junkie27]

I'm not worried about his ACL. He's played in seven tournaments with this condition.

I would only worry about his stress fractures if golf involved running. I saw what playing with stress fractures did to Kevin McHale's career. It ended it.

He did the right thing. Rest, rehabilitation and a re-energized Tiger Woods equals one bad ass.

[nevets88]

Adam Scott has nearly the same swing as Tiger, but I don't see as much left leg snap, correct me if I'm wrong, so Tiger should be able to make adjustments. Distancewise, Scott's pretty long. That would be ironic. The copied copies the copier.

The danger about a long break is putting on weight and boredom. I think the goal of breaking Nickalaus' record should keep that at bay. He can still do some upper body work.

I think I read somewhere that Woods runs around a 7 minute mile. That's pretty fast - not high school team fast, but enough to put some serious stress on the joints. I used to run and the combination of running, especially distance, and golfing is stressful on the body. Maybe he should start cycling, talk to some guy named Armstrong (but not Feherty), or swimming (that might get some press during the Olympics).

[-Mini-]

He'll be back, perhaps not quite up to the same level but high enough he will still dominate

[Chas]

i hear he may have to return as a lefty.

LOL.

The scary thing is he'd prolly beat Phil even then. To be serious: I agree with the poster saying that T. can take some distance off his game if he needs to. He doesn't need to drive it 320-340, ever. If he increased his fwy percentage at reduced range (i.e. better job than Phil at the U.S. Open ), he's still be beating everyone else with the rest of his game. To me, the risk is that he won't have played competitively for so long. He isn't really going to know how he'll handle that until he is faced with it. But who is tougher than Tiger, mentally? Or better motivated? I'd still put my betting $$ on the guy.

[x-forged]

Well, every time i've doubted Tiger i've been wrong, so Im gonna say he will make a strong comeback...

[Mr Eagle]

Sportsmen whatever the sport who rise to the top in nearly all cases have shorter careers than the "average" players
Probably becuase and certainly true in Tigers case due to pushing the body to the limit.Maybe Tiger will come back and maybe he wont but one thing is sure,it wont be for long.
Welcome pbillaa

[ganjagolfer]

if i was tiger, i would take my time coing back, maybe play a few events on the hooters or nationwide tour till got up to speed

[tm22721]

"Talent on loan from God" does not get rusty. It is merely withdrawn from time to time for appearances sake and to give mere mortals a winning chance.

[Dub]

I think it's gonna be a while before we can know.

He's gotta get through the surgery and the rehab.....and then rebuild his golf swing (I hope). He's gotta take some torque off that knee.

I think he can give up a bit of distance and still find his way into more green jackets and trophies....but he's gonna be forced to make swing changes. With anyone else, I'd say 2-3 years before he's sucessful....with Tiger....who knows, maybe inside of 2 years and he's winning again.