Will Tiger win again on the PGA Tour?

[Skerz4Life50]

I have a bet with my father-in-law about whether or not Tiger will win again in the rest of his career on the PGA tour. I firmly believe he will, and watching him today he seems to be gaining confidence and returning somewhat to his old form. He still needs to gain consistency and be much better on Sundays, but I definitely think the odds are in my favor.

He has a minimum of 8 years left on the tour (before the Senior Tour starts - which wins there wouldn’t count in the bet), but he can still continue playing even after. The big question is how his health will hold up. He still swings harder than almost all the other players, and how that will affect his back is the biggest question mark. Obviously the field is also much stronger and has caught up to him as well.

What are your guys’ thoughts?

 

[TFrazier_rivals269992]

Which do I care more about on a Saturday in late June...Tiger Woods golfing or World Cup soccer?

Neither...bring on Husker Football!!!





Sorry for hijacking your thread. Winking

 

[PeliniTheCrutch_rivals294365]

He’ll catch the right field sometime. Don’t see another major coming though...his nerves just aren’t what they used to be.

 

[blackbones]

I have a bet with my father-in-law about whether or not Tiger will win again in the rest of his career on the PGA tour. I firmly believe he will, and watching him today he seems to be gaining confidence and returning somewhat to his old form. He still needs to gain consistency and be much better on Sundays, but I definitely think the odds are in my favor.

He has a minimum of 8 years left on the tour (before the Senior Tour starts - which wins there wouldn’t count in the bet), but he can still continue playing even after. The big question is how his health will hold up. He still swings harder than almost all the other players, and how that will affect his back is the biggest question mark. Obviously the field is also much stronger and has caught up to him as well.

What are your guys’ thoughts?

I'd say you made a good bet.. He doesn't seem to have a major issue with any part of his game right now.. I think he wins at least 3 more tournaments and maybe even a major.

 

[rrthusker]

Even if he never wins again the media circus will make it seem like he wins every other week. Time for this train to leave the station.

 

[Headcard]

He’s been in contention several times this season, no reason to thhave no he won’t win again soon.

 

[SoFL Husker]

I dunno, the guy looks like he folds easier now.

He went on a 4 straight birdie fest, them promptly started to suck with his ball-striking.

I think his body is worn out.

 

[SOCALHSKR]

I really don't care, do U?

 

[SoFL Husker]

Needed to get to -9.

Lots of Tiger hate, I actually cheer more for him now, he seems humbled and at his age, winning is a lot harder.

 

[Elomb3376]

A. I think he wins again
B. A major is 50/50 imo
C. If you don’t care how he does you don’t like golf. His playing and being in contention is great for the game. Numbers show that largely people don’t care about all the great young golfers around now. Who by the way, were inspired by watching Tiger.

 

[SoFL Husker]

A. I think he wins again
B. A major is 50/50 imo
C. If you don’t care how he does you don’t like golf. His playing and being in contention is great for the game. Numbers show that largely people don’t care about all the great young golfers around now. Who by the way, were inspired by watching Tiger.

Golf competition has never been better, in part because of your last sentence.

He's 21 to 1 live.

D. Probably doesn't win on the PGA tour again. My bet. His back is fused together, and he walks with a gimp. The guy has given it his all. There is a video of him with his military Dad hitting golf balls at something like 3 years old on a talk show or some ****. Lots of swings on that back.

 

[Charlie Marlow_rivals363743]

Golf is more boring than soccer

 

[SoFL Husker]

To clarify, hats off to Tiger's Dad who instilled hard work/success into him as a youth.

 

[GeorgeFlippin]

I can see him winning a few more tournaments.

 

[SoFL Husker]

Golf is more boring than soccer

It's like Sushi. If you ever had it (played it) and you like it, it's awesome.

If not, it sucks.

GBR

 

[z28craz]

I think he’ll win again on tour. A major may be more of a stretch, but a win for sure at some point. Especially considering he’s already been in contention several times already this year and it’s really the first time in several years he actually looks like he’s playing at 100% health. The thing that made Tiger, Tiger was his mental toughness. In his prime, his mental game was head and shoulders above everyone on tour, which I believe is why he won so many majors and why several of them blowouts that were over before they ever started. After his fiascio with his wife he was never the same mentally, and has never been able to regain that mental edge. He’s still a great golfer and I still believe he has some tour wins in him, but the young talent that’s on tour now is going to make it nearly impossible for him to ever regain that dominant edge that he had about 15 years ago.

 

[z28craz]

Golf is more boring than soccer

I love the game of golf. I play on a regular basis. I’ll always watch the Majors and look forward to them all. But watching your standard week in week out tournament, like this week’s Quicken Loans Tournament, is a little more difficult.

 

[Skerz4Life50]

I dunno, the guy looks like he folds easier now.

He went on a 4 straight birdie fest, them promptly started to suck with his ball-striking.

I think his body is worn out.

The mental part of the game, along with his putting seem to be his biggest hurdles left. The mental part seems to be the biggest, as he is fighting both his body like you say, as well as the pressure to play like everyone is expecting. In that 4 birdie stretch, you could see him continually gaining confidence, but then poof...gone and a bogey.

I think that’s why his biggest key to getting back is his putter, and I like him switching. In his prime, the one thing he was also amazing at was seeing his lines and then hitting them. He hasn’t been that player in about a decade. He is still hitting his driver strong, but inconsistent, just like he always has. He irons are still fairly strong, his wedges are superb. It is his short game and putting that is failing him. And if he can get that back, he will win. Just look at Phil for proof. One of the GOAT short game players, which allowed him to win even at 47.

 

[SoFL Husker]

The mental part of the game, along with his putting seem to be his biggest hurdles left. The mental part seems to be the biggest, as he is fighting both his body like you say, as well as the pressure to play like everyone is expecting. In that 4 birdie stretch, you could see him continually gaining confidence, but then poof...gone and a bogey.

I think that’s why his biggest key to getting back is his putter, and I like him switching. In his prime, the one thing he was also amazing at was seeing his lines and then hitting them. He hasn’t been that player in about a decade. He is still hitting his driver strong, but inconsistent, just like he always has. He irons are still fairly strong, his wedges are superb. It is his short game and putting that is failing him. And if he can get that back, he will win. Just look at Phil for proof. One of the GOAT short game players, which allowed him to win even at 47.

If I tried to walk 4 rounds of golf right now consecutively at 45 I would have a heart attack, straight-up.

 

[SoFL Husker]

The mental part of the game, along with his putting seem to be his biggest hurdles left. The mental part seems to be the biggest, as he is fighting both his body like you say, as well as the pressure to play like everyone is expecting. In that 4 birdie stretch, you could see him continually gaining confidence, but then poof...gone and a bogey.

I think that’s why his biggest key to getting back is his putter, and I like him switching. In his prime, the one thing he was also amazing at was seeing his lines and then hitting them. He hasn’t been that player in about a decade. He is still hitting his driver strong, but inconsistent, just like he always has. He irons are still fairly strong, his wedges are superb. It is his short game and putting that is failing him. And if he can get that back, he will win. Just look at Phil for proof. One of the GOAT short game players, which allowed him to win even at 47.

Phil the Thrill. That Open win was epic. Then he wins this year in Mexico.

He's in my top 10 all-time, for sure.

 

[TruHusker]

Some of it may depend on what tournaments he enters. He has tranditionally attended the more well known events. Perhaps if the lesser known and attended events can pay him is "show up" money he could win the "Opal Open" in Wichita Kansas or something where the bigger names are not usually in attendance. If all you enter are the one's that every big name enters, your odds go down naturally.

 

[Hoosker Du]

He'll win some minor tourney, but Jack's major record is safe and sound.

 

[spinner4_rivals42045]

He'll win some minor tourney, but Jack's major record is safe and sound.

I think if you asked experts 10 years ago who the greates golfer of all time was, most would say Tiger Woods. If you asked the experts today, I’m not really sure who’d they say.

Tiger had a hell of a run there but he fizzled out relatively young when you look at the all time greats. Look at it this way, Jack won his last Major @ 46 years old. Tiger won his last Major @ 33, 10 years ago. And it’s not like one can say the game is more difficult now, like you can say in baseball, football, or basketball. It’s the same courses. Hell the hardest golf course is 168 years old. One may actually make a case that the game is easier today with the equipment being better.

And when Jack won his @ 46, he shot a 279 in1986 at the Masters to win it, which was the same score Sergio Garcia scored in 2017 to win it. So not like they are scoring much better today either.

So I’d probably go with Jack as the best of all time now. No way in hell would I have said that 10 years ago, but Tiger is on a 10 year Majors drought and I don’t think he will ever win one. He lost his edge after the famous car accident and I’m not sure he has the same killer in him. So he may get lucky and win a “router eater open” but he won’t win a major

 

[Wagasapi]

Yes.

 

[oldjar07]

Tiger still has probably 5 more years of good golf in him before he drops off a cliff and retires. I think he'll win at least 5 more tournaments and a major in that time.

He was putting well earlier this year but hasn't been for a couple months now. If he puts it all together there's no doubt he'll win one.

 

[z28craz]

Well he didn’t melt down today, and honestly outside of Molinari tieing a course record 62, Tiger would have been in contention.

 

[hddude55]

Well he didn’t melt down today, and honestly outside of Molinari tieing a course record 62, Tiger would have been in contention.

He used to limit his play to a handful of the tournaments with the best fields plus the majors. Other than his own end of season tournament I don't recall seeing him enter many tournaments minus most of the top ten or fifteen competitors-- until this week. Desperate times.

 

[ZJSARENOTFREE]

He will always have some sort of a chance at Augusta. Certain people just know and play that course well and he is one of them.

 

[Skerz4Life50]

He used to limit his play to a handful of the tournaments with the best fields plus the majors. Other than his own end of season tournament I don't recall seeing him enter many tournaments minus most of the top ten or fifteen competitors-- until this week. Desperate times.

This weeks tournament was one that he hosts, and helped start in 2007 (?). It really wasn’t that abnormal, other than few other big name golfers played (I believe quite a few played on the European tour this weekend).

It used to be a much larger tournament when it was sponsored by AT&T and was held at Congressional. Unfortunately with it being at TPC Potomac, and Tiger not being at the event for the last couple of years, it has really died and many of the best golfers have chosen to play other tournaments.

 

[nu2u]

He will always have some sort of a chance at Augusta. Certain people just know and play that course well and he is one of them.

Yep - slim (and fading).

There are quite a few players who perform well at Augusta and almost a dozen of them are 10-18 years younger than Woods. Those players no longer fear Tiger Woods.

Past his prime and now the competition is passing him. It happened to Palmer and Nicklaus, and other great golfers before him. It happened to the great Jack Dempsey, to Muhammed Ali and others. its happening to Usain Bolt. Now Tiger Woods.

 

[oldjar07]

He used to limit his play to a handful of the tournaments with the best fields plus the majors. Other than his own end of season tournament I don't recall seeing him enter many tournaments minus most of the top ten or fifteen competitors-- until this week. Desperate times.

He hasn't played any more tournaments than he has in years past. He's barely played golf the prior 2 years so he doesn't even qualify for some of the more competitive tournaments. He's just doing what he needs to do to get back to playing at a high level. He's not purposely avoiding competition so he can win a tournament like you seem to suggest.