Don’t get your hopes up guys, the US Open has never been oen of Tiger’s strongest majors.
The US Open requires accuracy off the tee, if you’re in the second cut of rough for your second shot you might as well pitch out, Tiger only hit his 5 wood 150 yards out of that stuff.
Tiger’s greatest weakness is his driving accuracy, he has a tendency to hit it right when he let’s his hips get ahead of his hands, then he starts to over compensate and hits it dead left.
Torrey Pines is going to be a beast length wise, so in order to get a short iron in his hands to get close to the pin on his approach he’s going to need to be long and accurate this week, and accurate off the tee isn’t something he’s been good at of recent.
I agree. Tiger has had to long of a layoff and is most likely was to rusty. I just hope he makes the cut. I think the field is wide open as to who may win it.
He has won it only twice true, but last year he was right there, losing by a shot (he couldn't make up that one shot over the last seven holes) and in 2005 at Pinheurst he finshed two back I think. So he's close. Given that it's Torrey Pines where he has enjoyed fantastic success on the regular Tour, I think he has an excellent chance if he's healthy.