Golf is about to get a lot more fun - by @thedogekid
Key take away from the Players Championship.
Tiger Tiger Tiger!
In case you didn't know, Tiger Woods played at the Players Championship for the first time in what seems like eons.
He didn't disappoint.
Keep in mind that this is a golf course that he traditionally has struggled mightily on. In fact, his own words were something along the lines of...
"I either play really good here, like when I won in 2001 and 2013, or I play really really bad"
Which was evidenced by several missed cuts over the last several years.
(Source: https://nypost.com/2018/05/13/tiger-woods-biggest-statement-comes-after-play-in-bold-step/)
This year's Players...
Unfortunately for golf fans, Web Simpson played far better than everyone else so the tournament was pretty much decided by middle of the day Saturday as Web had a 6+ shot lead most of the rest of the way.
However, Tiger finally did something golf fans have been waiting for.
After putting together a very impressive 65 on Saturday, he found himself again playing solid the following day.
He was 4 shots under par early in on the backnine when he had to start really playing agressive trying to catch Web.
In the process he made a couple mistakes that he likely wouldn't have made had the tournament been a bit closer.
In the end he finished in 11th place, but he played much much better than that.
In fact for most of the day on Sunday he found himself in either 3rd or 2nd place.
This was a huge statement in the fact that Woods played good on a very difficult golf course that has traditionally given him trouble.
And he did it against the best field in all of golf.
Tiger is back ladies and gentleman and golf is about to get a lot more fun again.
I am as excited as anyone that Tiger is back playing in tournaments, BUT I am still waiting for him to get a win under his belt before I declare him "back". The good news is we have seen a positive trend in regards to his play so far this year. As he gets more comfortable competing at that level again I do expect to see his name near the top of the leaderboard on Sunday afternoons.
I also expect his presence to light a fire under the rest of the PGA as they all must want to say that they played against and beat Tiger. Having possible final Sunday pairings of Tiger and Jordan Speith or one of the other young stars would be great for the game of golf.
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I enjoyed the article! Looking forward to more content from you in the future.
You have a minor misspelling in the following sentence:
It should be aggressive instead of agressive.aggressively would have been the correct word for that position in the sentence.
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Nice article, good to see him back and competing again! Just did a little piece on Tiger myself, check it out here https://steemit.com/sports/@willymorgan/tiger-woods-billionaire-addict-comeback-king