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SNYDER: Tiger Woods’ latest surgery removes any chance of tying Jack Nicklaus
The Washington Times ^ | September 21, 2015 | Deron Snyder

Posted on 09/21/2015 6:43:52 PM PDT by jazusamo

Not much doubt remained that Jack Nicklaus would retain his record for victories in major golf tournaments.

But any lingering thoughts of Tiger Woods possibly supplanting him were snuffed for good last week.

What once seemed inevitable has transitioned to impossible.

Stuck at 14 major victories since capturing the 2008 U.S. Open, Woods will not win five more majors. Woods will not win four more majors to tie Nicklaus‘ mark of 18.

He would do well to win another tournament, period, something he last accomplished at the 2013 Bridgestone Invitational. He has teed off in 23 PGA tournaments since then and missed the cut in seven of them.

With his 40th birthday arriving in December, Woods will miss reaching the first tee for several months. He announced Friday that he had back surgery on Sept. 16, breaking the news on his website, sounding like the same ol’ Tiger, vowing to defy age, injury and the Tour’s pride of young lions.

“This is certainly disappointing, but I’m a fighter,” he said, according to the website. “I’ve been told I can make a full recovery and I have no doubt that I will.”

He’ll come back because he’s a compulsive competitor who has been obsessed with overtaking Nicklaus forever, but the landscape and his body are headed in opposite directions.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: backsurgery; drugs; golf; hgh; jacknicklaus; steroids; tigerwoods; woods
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Woods won't overtake Jack Nicholas because of the up and coming great young players.
1 posted on 09/21/2015 6:43:52 PM PDT by jazusamo
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Not only that, but he has lost his ability to focus since his father died.


2 posted on 09/21/2015 6:46:13 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: jazusamo

This year Jordan Spieth and now Jason Day have played sublime golf, for the ages. It is difficult to see either of them (or Rory McIlroy or Dustin Johnson or Rickie Fowler) backing off.


3 posted on 09/21/2015 6:48:17 PM PDT by aposiopetic
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To: jazusamo

If Tiger is mentally and physically healthy, he can do it.

He hasn’t been either for a while.

Wish him all the best and we will see if he can overcome.

Jason Day is on a roll, and doesn’t have the moral issues.


4 posted on 09/21/2015 6:49:37 PM PDT by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA)
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To: aposiopetic

I couldn’t agree more, they’re all great golfers and when Day or Spieth is on their game they can’t be beat.


5 posted on 09/21/2015 6:52:56 PM PDT by jazusamo (0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin....and the turkey has.)
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To: Rome2000

I am not accusing Woods of doing roids, but what will happen if it were ever proven he did as one golfer alleges?

Note, Woods has never sued this guy who made the claim.


6 posted on 09/21/2015 6:56:13 PM PDT by Perdogg (I'm on a no Carb diet- NO Christie Ayotte Romney or Bush - stay outta da Bushesh)
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His body has broken down which is probably do to Steroids

Shoot most Golfers play into their 60's on the Senior Tour.

7 posted on 09/21/2015 6:59:01 PM PDT by scooby321
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Not only that, but he has lost his ability to focus since his father died.

I agree, he went off the rail since his death.

8 posted on 09/21/2015 7:02:02 PM PDT by AU72
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Woods did ‘roids’ as sure as monkeys climb trees. It’s a pretty well known secret among golf insiders.


9 posted on 09/21/2015 7:04:18 PM PDT by Bullish (Face it, insanity is just not presidential.)
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Well he did go from looking like a high school golfer to a NFL safety in a remarkably short time....


10 posted on 09/21/2015 7:05:59 PM PDT by nascarnation (C. Edmund Wright says I'm a moron)
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To: Jonty30

Not only that, but he has lost his ability to focus since his father died.

i think his focus shifted to another part of his body.


11 posted on 09/21/2015 7:30:08 PM PDT by kvanbrunt2 (civil law: commanding what is right and prohibiting what is wrong Blackstone Commentaries I p44)
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To: jazusamo

You think that Jack Nicklaus had him whacked in the legs.... : )


12 posted on 09/21/2015 7:30:30 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: jazusamo

Good.


13 posted on 09/21/2015 7:55:43 PM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: jazusamo

Now would be a good time for him to retire before he becomes an even more pathetic shadow of himself on the course.


14 posted on 09/21/2015 7:56:52 PM PDT by Loyalist (Who whom?)
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To: minnesota_bound

15 posted on 09/21/2015 7:57:12 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Travis McGee; Loyalist

BUMP.


16 posted on 09/21/2015 8:10:32 PM PDT by jazusamo (0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin....and the turkey has.)
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To: Jonty30

He was too focused on blondes that weren’t his wife...


17 posted on 09/21/2015 9:10:31 PM PDT by Hotlanta Mike ('You can avoid reality, but you canÂ’t avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.Â’)
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To: jazusamo

Ever since he concocted that phony story about being harassed in kindergarten because of his race—a story that was refuted by his teacher—I have been rooting for Eldrick Woods to lose (no, I won’t call him by his silly nickname).


18 posted on 09/21/2015 9:52:39 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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Woods still has a shot at Jack’s record. In ten years Tiger can join the Seniors Tour. Jack holds the record with eight Senior majors. Hehehe.


19 posted on 09/21/2015 9:58:56 PM PDT by DAC21 (.z)
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To: scooby321

His body has broken down which is probably do to Steroids

Shoot most Golfers play into their 60’s on the Senior Tour.

...

I remember seeing Woods collapse from back pain when he was 18 years old. I never thought he would be a contender because of it. I can’t say he never did PEDs (he’s demonstrated that he’s a cheater on and off the course), but he’s always been prone to injury. Golf is hard on the body at the level they play and considering how often they play.

Drugs could have helped him recover from injury, but I don’t think they could have made him play better. He’s always been a mediocre driver compared to his peers, but one of the best iron players. His recovery shots and short game were also among the best.

And I think this linked article shines light on one of the worst things he’s ever done:

http://www.gloriaallred.com/Gloria-s-Videos-and-Statements/Maureen-Decker-Statement-Regarding-Tiger-Woods-Kindergarten.shtml


20 posted on 09/21/2015 10:09:45 PM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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