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10 minutes ago, iacas said:

This comeback and the rate at which it’s come is further proof of two things, IMO:

  1. How screwed up his back and knee and whatever else were from about 2014 through 2017.
  2. How crazy good he is. Two years basically completely off, and now this in two months.

I wonder if his short game woes were more from his injuries than technique. Like the blade/shank out of the bunker.

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8 minutes ago, nevets88 said:

I wonder if his short game woes were more from his injuries than technique. Like the blade/shank out of the bunker.

He said that putting and the short game was the toughest on his back, while hitting a driver was the easiest. Said he couldn't really practice his putting or short game much when his back hurt.

We've all seen that. Putting for more than a few minutes at a time without stretching can cause your back to hurt.

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The 3W after the OB 3W

There's gotta be a "I'm back" TaylorMade commercial or some other in the wings. "They said I was done. They said I was finished. But I believed. I persevered. To them, I say...." Cut to driver swing. Thwack!! "TaylorMade, find your game."

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3 minutes ago, nevets88 said:

The 3W after the OB 3W

The dude swears. We know. :-P

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6 minutes ago, iacas said:

The dude swears. We know. :-P

I didn't even notice that, was just looking for where the swing went wrong.  :-)

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22 minutes ago, DeadMan said:

!!!! I don't get how his new found length is even possible.

Must be an Augmented Reality thing they installed at his last surgery. 

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2 minutes ago, Missouri Swede said:

Must be an Augmented Reality thing they installed at his last surgery. 

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5 minutes ago, nevets88 said:

I didn't even notice that, was just looking for where the swing went wrong.  :-)

That wasn't the OB ball, though, either.

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6 minutes ago, iacas said:

That wasn't the OB ball, though, either.

As if I can tell the difference between his good and bad swings. :-P

This will be meme'd in large quantities as well.

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5 minutes ago, iacas said:

That wasn't the OB ball, though, either.

No it wasn't. 

Dude was on point today. The 3W at #3 OB was an outlier. He hit a couple loose drivers today. But 8/14 fairways is pretty good and he missed a couple fairways by just a bit. 

If he backs up this round with another round in the 60s, (pretty easy if he takes care of the par-5s, as he did today) He will probably be your 36-hole leader.

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In the Golf Digest article, some of the people they questioned said he was playing on borrowed times and that it wouldn't last very long. One said that every doctor he'd talked to knew it wouldn't last, or something like that.

I have zero knowledge of spinal fusion. What did he get done and is there a chance it'll go bad sooner than later, since people are worried (or hoping?). 

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Has anyone asked him why he hits so many "I can't hit the broad side of The Great Wall of China" stinkers off the first tee? I'm sure someone has and got a non answer. Or maybe he said something interesting?

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2 hours ago, nevets88 said:

Has anyone asked him why he hits so many "I can't hit the broad side of The Great Wall of China" stinkers off the first tee? I'm sure someone has and got a non answer. Or maybe he said something interesting?

And this is before that horrendous tee shot he had in 2015 at the British Open

https://www.golfdigest.com/story/tiger-woods-first-tee-jitters

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So does he crack 100 in the OWGR?

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Tiger is 7th in Strokes Gained: Total and 5th in Scoring Average.

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On 3/17/2018 at 1:41 PM, colin007 said:

And this is before that horrendous tee shot he had in 2015 at the British Open

https://www.golfdigest.com/story/tiger-woods-first-tee-jitters

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Tiger's worst hole at Augusta National remains the first, which he has played at 17 over par through 66 rounds. He's 101 under on the other 17. Granted, Augusta's first hole plays as one of the toughest, but the 445-yard, uphill par 4 hasn't been a comparable nuisance to other champions. On Sunday in 2010, in contention, Tiger started his round with a hook so harsh it crossed the ninth fairway.

 

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