I don’t follow golf or Tiger Woods closely, but is this performance drop off possibly due to the PGA starting to test their players for steriod/other drug usage? (I am not sure even if that is PGA policy, or when it began, but it makes for a good explanation.)
I don’t think there’s much doubt Tiger used enhancers. Some say it messed him up physically because of the added strain on knee and possibly spine, I honestly don’t know but if he did use them it was not ethical.
How would steroids help your golf game?
Except for the couple of usual suspects (one who is sadly gone) here claiming steroid use, they could never explain how being "pumped up" could equate to straighter drives and pinpoint accuracy on iron shots to the greens........
Muscle bulk, the primary result of steroid use, does not enhance one's golfing ability..........
I'm sad to see Woods in this slump, he was the sole reason I watch golf on TV.....Like him or not, he's definitely the most exciting player on the tour.....
Tiger had his knee operated just before the PGA started testing for steroids April of 2008.
Drug tests arrive on PGA Tour next year 11/13/2007
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/2007-11-13-630332920_x.htm