Tiger on the prowl, 4 back

[PineGroveBully]

Simpson struggling to shoot par today. Tiger has 5 holes to play sitting at -14. If he could post -16 it could get real interesting. Was tied for 69th after 72, 68th after 144. Now sitting in 2nd.

 

[Shmuley]

Bye bye, Eldrick

 

[olblue.sixpack]

Bye bye, Eldrick

If his recent play is any indication, Tiger isn’t going away anytime soon. And my guess is anybody associated with the tour with half a brain couldn’t be happier.

 

[RocketDawg]

It makes me happy. And twice as many tune in when he's playing. I'm not a huge Tiger fan but I like to watch him play.

Looks like his back is holding up pretty well this time. Hope he doesn't start overswinging again.

 

[MSUDawgFan86]

Meh Golf is fine with or without him. He’s had to play out of his mind the last 2 days just to end up losing by 5-6 strokes.

 

[Shmuley]

Double bogey at 17. Whoops.

 

[hatfieldms]

Golf is fine without him but much more popular with him. I personally love the fact that he is back

 

[olblue.sixpack]

Golf is fine without him but much more popular with him. I personally love the fact that he is back

Most watched PGA tour event in five years.

 

[Bulldogg31]

Most watched PGA tour event in five years.

Yep. People hating Tiger and saying they won't watch for moral reasons is pretty rich. If they held all athletes to those same standards they'd have no need for a TV.

 

[thatsbaseball]

I've heard a bunch of reasons for not watching Tiger but that's a new one on me.

 

[PineGroveBully]

He will win again and it won't be long. He will be in a final pairing at a major this year. It's clear his back is finally sound. Now it's just a matter of playing enough to get his consistency back. I love watching this new generation of golfers, in particularly Rickie, but as they were coming on I hated that they never had to respect that fear that Tiger put in golfers thru the 00's. It may not be the same now as it was during the years of the Tiger Slam, but when they hear that roar on the weekend, they don't hafta look at the scoreboard to know who just found a little bit of magic.

 

[RocketDawg]

The one that shocked me today was Spieth. Was he intimidated playing with Tiger? His putting used to be his mainstay and lately, particularly on 18, it just wasn't very good.