Is Tiger's demise cold weather and wind

[eahollis4]

I can't remember a time where Tiger has done well when its cold and windy. It seems the field gets the best of him. Maybe his hands don't work as well in the cold. I know he's gotten away with mediocre shots when one of his tendency's arise but this is because his hands can fix the problem at impact.

[David in FL]

He was +1 yesterday in perfect conditions when over 50 players were under par. I don't think it was the weather.......

He had a bad couple of rounds. It happens.

[DavidFehertysBike]

He just hasnt played well in this tournament. Whenever he goes cold like this, he ususally comes back and goes apeshit for 6 months. We might be on the verge of another of these "tiger tears"

[Kevin04]

I think Tiger just has not played good Golf. He struggled away through the Course and hit too many wayward shots. You need accuracy to play Links Course, I play them often and the fairways are not as wide as St. Andrews here or the rough as difficult.

I'm sure he'll bounce back, he'll go back home and work on his game with his coach, esp his driving.

[iacas]

I can't remember a time where Tiger has done well when its cold and windy.

I was considering your opinion here and was leaning towards agreeing with you until...

He was +1 yesterday in perfect conditions when over 50 players were under par. I don't think it was the weather.......

Yeah.

Two pretty bad rounds for Tiger Woods. This isn't giving him credit, by the way (though Tiger haters may take it as such), but I still find it somewhat incredible that with all the crappy shots he hit, he still finished one back of the cut. But yeah, I think he might have almost played worse today than he did at TPC Sawgrass earlier this year.

[BASHERBAKER69]

Tiger hit 3 or 4 bad shots today and got heavily penalised....but still shot 74 in tough conditions. I had to have a little chuckle when Tiger hit his ball miles right on the 12th or 11th and had to search for his ball amongst a sea of spectators and had 2 false alarms on finding his ball just to add insult to injury.

He's a golf professional- there's no excuses!

[Zeph]

Tiger hit 3 or 4 bad shots today and got heavily penalised....but still shot 74 in tough conditions. I had to have a little chuckle when Tiger hit his ball miles right on the 12th or 11th and had to search for his ball amongst a sea of spectators and had 2 false alarms on finding his ball just to add insult to injury.

Oh yes, there is. For most professional golfers, there are lots of excuses.

For Tiger Woods however, there are none, if you believe some of the articles and people on this board. Singh, Kim, Garcia, Mickelson, Cink, Furyk, they can all play terrible and everybody agree that they had a day off. When Tiger play bad, all the theories of why this happened pops up. His knee will never heal again, his family takes up too much time, he doesn't practice as much as he did before, he's not as committed to the game as he was before. And along come those who object to his dominance the last 13 years on the PGA Tour, somehow ignoring all his PGA Tour wins and his 14 majors. All of this just because he didn't play top golf the last two days.

[cbetofop]

Tiger hit 3 or 4 bad shots today and got heavily penalised....but still shot 74 in tough conditions. I had to have a little chuckle when Tiger hit his ball miles right on the 12th or 11th and had to search for his ball amongst a sea of spectators and had 2 false alarms on finding his ball just to add insult to injury.

I don't envy Tiger his unofficial entourage though. On the BBC coverage a well respected commentator, Peter Alliss, said that in years when he played (1950's 60's) when a ball was lost the spectators would fan out and search methodically.

Most of the half-wits today were trying to "talk to Tiger" instead of helping the man find his ball! Vicarious fame, I ask you! How he concentrates on any shot with cameras clicking, people moving about and f*****g idiots shouting "in the hole!!!" on the tee shot of a par 5, I'll never know. These morons should be banned from golf courses. Some of the crowd at the US Open were a disgrace.

[Acropo]

He played really badly yesterday and still had a scor that had you thinking 'he could still win this'.

He played possibly worse today and had a remarkable score, all things considered. But it wasn't good enough. TBH, he played so badly these last two days he didn;t deserve to make the cut. His play from just off the green on 16 (was it? first into the bank, didn;t make it, rolled back, next putt smacked miles past) indicted that he'd lost interest. But he still had a chip on 18 to make it!

[ControlJunkie]

Oh yes, there is. For most professional golfers, there are lots of excuses.

Yeah, this pisses me off so bad. I've got a couple of friends that are Tiger haters. Sure enough, immediately after his round my phone blows up with text messages... TIGER MISSES CUT! ISNT IT SWEET?? Yet, when he wins, I dont say a word. And when their players miss the cut, again, I dont say a word. It seems that I see this trend all too much, and it's so annoying. I really dont understand it. When Phil plays poorly, no one ever dismisses anything he did in the past. Does anyone have any idea why it's like that????

[mcfc_nick]

Yeah, this pisses me off so bad. I've got a couple of friends that are Tiger haters. Sure enough, immediately after his round my phone blows up with text messages... TIGER MISSES CUT! ISNT IT SWEET?? Yet, when he wins, I dont say a word. And when their players miss the cut, again, I dont say a word. It seems that I see this trend all too much, and it's so annoying. I really dont understand it. When Phil plays poorly, no one ever dismisses anything he did in the past. Does anyone have any idea why it's like that????

its because he's so good that the haters dont get much of a chance to have a go at him so they do it on the rare occasion he does!

[Dr. Manhattan]

Oh yes, there is. For most professional golfers, there are lots of excuses.

Yeah, there is a double standard for sure. Geoff Ogilvy missed the cut in this tournament and he has played some of the best golf of anyone this year. Yet you didn't hear a peep about Ogilvy missing the cut. And you certainly won't hear anyone questioning the state of his game. Tiger has a couple of bad rounds and suddenly his career is supposed to be in dire straits? What a BS double standard.