How Many Tournaments will Tiger win in 2012?

[Ernest Jones]

Originally Posted by Shorty

I think I'd know if Tiger reduced the field by 10%.

Oh, now I get the confusion. We are supposed to speak latin on here! I think the point is, it was pretty obvious what Joe Mcc meant when he misused the word decimate and that only the most obstinate of people would feign an inability to understand the post.

[brocks]

I think I'd know if Tiger reduced the field by 10%.

This is Tiger we're talking about. The Tour covered it up. See, that was a joke, because it didn't actually happen. Sometimes humans say things that they know are false in order to invoke a humorous reaction. [URL=http://thesandtrap.com/image/id/226482/width/256/height/192][IMG]http://thesandtrap.com/image/id/226482/width/256/height/192[/IMG][/URL] "What means this.... how you say... kiss?"

[k-troop]

Tiger didn't reduce the fields by 10%.  He reduced them by 99%.  When he was on, he was the only guy playing for the trophy.  Put that into your iPhone semantics app and see what smart aleck comment it advises you to post.

[turtleback]

Originally Posted by Ernest Jones

Oh, now I get the confusion. We are supposed to speak latin on here! I think the point is, it was pretty obvious what Joe Mcc meant when he misused the word decimate and that only the most obstinate of people would feign an inability to understand the post.

Actually I was the one that "misused" the word.  Joe was quoting me.  And of course they knew what was meant, and that the word decimate has come to mean more than eliminate one of ten.  They understood the post, they were just being smarta$$es.

[brocks]

Actually I was the one that "misused" the word.  Joe was quoting me.  And of course they knew what was meant, and that the word decimate has come to mean more than eliminate one of ten.  They understood the post, they were just being smarta$$es.

If you want the opinion of a professional journalist: "An American has not reached the finals of the Match Play since 2008, when Tiger Woods decimated Stewart Cink by a margin of 8 and 7." http://www.golfchannel.com/news/golftalkcentral/fun-facts-and-trends-wgc-match-play-2012/

[Zeph]

Statistics mean nothing to the individual. Tiger can win a few rounds, but history suggests he is not able to string together four good rounds these days., let alone five.

[k-troop]

Originally Posted by Zeph

Statistics mean nothing to the individual.

Tiger can win a few rounds, but history suggests he is not able to string together four good rounds these days., let alone five.

Beauty of match play is that Tiger can still win with a bad round.  He just has to get lucky, and his opponent has to have a worse round.  I'd say based on that he has a better chance of winning this one than a stroke-play event, since he can shoot 74 on Sunday and still win.

[iacas]

Originally Posted by Zeph

Statistics mean nothing to the individual.

Tiger can win a few rounds, but history suggests he is not able to string together four good rounds these days., let alone five.

As you know, he doesn't have to. But if he's going to have a bad round or two, he needs to be really lucky and hope the guy he plays against also has a bad round at the same time.

[mvmac]

Originally Posted by brocks

If you want the opinion of a professional journalist:

"An American has not reached the finals of the Match Play since 2008, when Tiger Woods decimated Stewart Cink by a margin of 8 and 7."

http://www.golfchannel.com/news/golftalkcentral/fun-facts-and-trends-wgc-match-play-2012/

Maybe the all-american 3 man playoff last week is a sign of things to come.  It's gotta turn around eventually

[BunkerShot]

My thought is 2 wins zero majors.

[turtleback]

Originally Posted by brocks

If you want the opinion of a professional journalist:

"An American has not reached the finals of the Match Play since 2008, when Tiger Woods decimated Stewart Cink by a margin of 8 and 7."

http://www.golfchannel.com/news/golftalkcentral/fun-facts-and-trends-wgc-match-play-2012/

Well played.

[Shorty]

Originally Posted by brocks

If you want the opinion of a professional journalist:

"An American has not reached the finals of the Match Play since 2008, when Tiger Woods decimated Stewart Cink by a margin of 8 and 7."

http://www.golfchannel.com/news/golftalkcentral/fun-facts-and-trends-wgc-match-play-2012/

Originally Posted by turtleback

Well played.

By Tiger.
But not by the journalist.

[Deryck Griffith]

I voted 1-2 this year....and that should improve as the years go along.

Side opinion --> Despite what people seem to debate these days, Tiger still has a good amount of years left in him and there is way too much talent left in that body.  Phil is 42 years old and everyone is excited about the resurgence in his game after his wins this year and he's 5 years older and Tiger.  Tiger has time left and we have to stop looking at things so microscopically now in his career.

[BunkerShot]

well said DG

Originally Posted by Deryck Griffith

I voted 1-2 this year....and that should improve as the years go along.

Side opinion --> Despite what people seem to debate these days, Tiger still has a good amount of years left in him and there is way too much talent left in that body.  Phil is 42 years old and everyone is excited about the resurgence in his game after his wins this year and he's 5 years older and Tiger.  Tiger has time left and we have to stop looking at things so microscopically now in his career.

[k-troop]

Exactly.

http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/7624365/tiger-putting-woes

[photoballmarker]

I'm going with Tiger Woods winning four tournaments and one will be a major.

The fields are so tough these days that winning more than that is nearly impossible.

The Masters and US Open will be Tiger's best chances of winning majors.

I'm pretty sure a lot of work is now being done on the short game and that is the missing piece for him and he knows it.

[canizan9]

Having seen his play at the PGA and the final shot into the green on the 18th .. final hole... welll I think the tiger is BACK

[Deryck Griffith]

Originally Posted by k-troop

Exactly.

http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/7624365/tiger-putting-woes

Exactly what?

The guy is struggling and this past Sunday is evidence that he slowing getting his game back.