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Derp!!!

Oh wait. Mine is Twitter. Mike's is Instagram.

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Tiger's practicing again!  Now I have no excuse to not do some practice today.

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He's been away way too long to come back the way he use to play. He will move the needle when he tees it up -  but who know when that will happen. Unfortunately if he doesn't play like he used to, interest will drop off considerably after awhile. 

I hope he comes back to at least some what resembling his glory days. It would be great to watch him compete with today's players. 

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22 hours ago, Yukari said:

He's been away way too long to come back the way he use to play. He will move the needle when he tees it up -  but who know when that will happen. Unfortunately if he doesn't play like he used to, interest will drop off considerably after awhile. 

I hope he comes back to at least some what resembling his glory days. It would be great to watch him compete with today's players. 

If he just started making a few cuts consistently like anyone else in his age group (which is not quite elderly even for the PGA), golf would pick up quite a bit. However playing a round or two of one tournament and then going on the injured list for another 6-12 months is not going to do anything anymore.

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He won't come back guns blazing in his first event.  But if he could somehow string together 4-6 tournaments in a couple months and remain healthy, I have little doubt he would begin to play excellently.  I do have a lot of doubt however, that that will ever happen.

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Man, I really miss watching him on the weekends.

 

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33 minutes ago, nevets88 said:

Man, I really miss watching him on the weekends.

 

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44 minutes ago, nevets88 said:

Man, I really miss watching him on the weekends.

 

I do miss it too. Nothing like it. I still remember the look he gave whenever he knew that a 30ft putt was going in. Everybody knew it and so did he. 

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I missed this tweet, which was tweeted back in mid August. Shouldn't he NOT be working out?

 

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16 hours ago, nevets88 said:

I missed this tweet, which was tweeted back in mid August. Shouldn't he NOT be working out?

 

What's the connection with working out? He'll maintain musculature for a while even if he can't work out.

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5 minutes ago, colin007 said:

What's the connection with working out? He'll maintain musculature for a while even if he can't work out.

I'm not exactly keeping close track, it looks like his upper body is bigger? 

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13 minutes ago, nevets88 said:

I'm not exactly keeping close track, it looks like his upper body is bigger? 

Not keeping close track??? C'mon man, not even the hacked photos?? :-P

He's always had decent traps, they don't go away quickly. Maybe it's just the drape of the shirt and the angle of the shot.

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Just now, colin007 said:

Not keeping close track??? C'mon man, not even the hacked photos?? :-P

He's always had decent traps, they don't go away quickly. Maybe it's just the drape of the shirt and the angle of the shot.

I see. Or Justin Thomas is really skinny, lol. :-P

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10 minutes ago, nevets88 said:

I see. Or Justin Thomas is really skinny, lol. :-P

He's definitely not a big guy LOL!

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Yes, but the calves!! Needs some inserts or push up socks or something..

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9 minutes ago, GolfLug said:

Yes, but the calves!! Needs some inserts or push up socks or something..

He's always hated his calves.

He's commented on mine.

It's just genetic. You can only do so much.

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