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>>Well, one needs look no further than this week. On Friday, Woods came to the 17th -4 and on the cut line. If he parred the final two holes, he would make the cut.<<

Fair enough, it was +4 but let's take a peek anyway.

>>On 17, he blasts a huge drive down the middle of the fairway, and, for some unknown reason, tries to hit the green of a 650 yard par-5, which had only been reach twice before in major championship history (and at shorter lengths).<<

Not unknown at all. Tiger was trying to make eagle which would have been implausible under your scenario. Contrary to what you say, reaching the green or getting close to the green in 2 was no big deal for Tiger once he got off the monster drive.

>> There was ABSOLUTELY NO REASON to go for the green in two. What happened? Woods missed his second shot and carded a bogey, forcing him to birdie 18 to make the cut.<<

Beautiful hindsight and totally results oriented but irrelevant to the point. Woods was a victim of what is known as "That's Golf". He wound up in an impossible lie 6 feet from the green and 15 feet from the pin. That could have happened if he used nothing but wedges to reach the green. How can you say that someone "missed the shot" when he hit a 300 yard shot 6 feet from being perfect.

>>Incidentally, sitting in the clubhouse at -3 would have looked a lot better on Sunday, wouldn't it? <<

Actually, if he had made eagle instead of bogey, 5 under would have looked a lot better.

You'd no doubt make a great caddy for Fred Funk or Jeff Sluman but don't try it with the big guys.

don't try it with the big guys.

You mean the guys with bad course management? You're trying to justify a stupid decision. When you are sitting on the cut line and you need two pars to make the cut, you don't take major risks. That's called BAD course management. BAD. What he did was STUPID. Plain and simple.

Woods was a victim of what is known as "That's Golf".

Close. Actually a victim of bad course management. Knowing when to take risks is a part of golf. Knowing when to play it safe is also a part of golf. A lesson that you, and Tiger, have not learned.

So, when Jean Van De Velde pulls out driver on the 72nd hole of the Open Championship, I imagine that Caddy Evad would have said, "Grip it and rip it, Jean; a three would look GREAT on the scorecard."