Lamh Foistenach Abu! Competing yes, winning, no.
The old Tiger would not have missed so many putts on the back 9. Even the old Tiger might not have beat Schwartzl’s 14 under.
I don’t think I ever remember a golfer birdieing 15, 16, 17 and 18 on the final day. That’s some golf and congrats to Charl Schwartzel on a well-deserved win.
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Watched the Masters and have to respectfully disagree. Tiger had a chance to take the lead on 15 with a 5 ft eagle putt and missed. Even the commenter (Faldo I think), noted how tense Tiger looked while standing over the putt.
The Tiger of old was fearless and the best putter in the world. Tiger is no longer the best putter in the world and in crucial situations today, he could not deliver the big putt. Missed on 16 as well when he had a chance to at least time for the lead.
Yesterday, Tiger missed a three foot putt. I have never seen him miss that short a putt at Augusta in all the years I have watched him (since 1997?)
Tiger hit some great shots, but Augusta is probably his favorite course in the world, so that is to be expected. When the pressure was on, the young guns made the putts and Tiger did not. If he can’t regain his ability to hit the clutch putt, he will not be above the rest, just one of them.
Schartzel shot 6 under today including birdies on the last four holes. Woods shot 5 under today to finish in a four way tie for third loser. Woods did his thing and he played well but there were others that didn’t crumble in his roar.
HEY CBS - close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades ...
Tiger had a good round - but a golf tournament is a 4-day event ...
You have to be consistent - he wasn’t. Just a few weeks ago, Tiger was in the hunt - but pooched it in the final round. This time, he pooched it in the early rounds and could not make it up on the final day ...
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Hahahahaha. Love it. Post of the day.
You can tell how far a former star has fallen by how much praise they can win for coming in 4th.
What a wild and wonderful tournament. One of the best.
Too little, too late.
The old Tiger is dead and gone. A decent competitor he remains, but a dominating force he will never be again.
With all due respect to the writer he's out of his ever loving mind. The story is Schwartzel who made birdie on the last four holes, chipped in on number 1 for birdie and holed out from the fairway for an eagle.
The sub plot is that most guys on the leaderboard today were 30 or younger and three of them beat Tiger on the back nine along with Ogilvie who made 5 birdies on the back consecutively.
The world isn't all about Tiger.
Gotta pay big bucks to the cheating women!
The rest of the field has caught up and surpassed Tiger, he is still a Top-Ten golfer, but maybe he’ll win one or two tournaments a year, but that’s it.
B.S.!! The biggest stories...were 8 or 9 guys tied at 10 under near the end. The biggest stories were the young Aussie guns. The biggest stories was the great golf played by all the 10......
The biggest story was how Schwartzel...played.
CBS, and all the alphabet soup dudes...wanted Woods to be "THE STORY".....but he wasn't the biggest!
He fizzled....period. CBS and the rest of the sports world continue to try to inflate his every move, but he has shown his vulnerability, and there are dozens of pro golfers now who can beat him. His physical appearance betrays his previous appearance, when drugs pumped him up, and his psyche was such that even HE thought he could not lose. Only those with White Guilt are trying to save the Great Black Hope......
IMHO, it was one of the best Master’s or Professional tournaments I’ve seen. The last 5 holes could have been won by any 10-15 players there.
I was surprised there wasn’t a 5 player playoff.
The MSSM wants so badly for this to be be true. It isn’t.
The Masters: Tiger’s charge proves he’s back, this once.