Present and future?
There are two things to take away from Tiger Woods's seventh consecutive PGA Tour win ...
- Tiger Woods, yes, is ridiculous and, without a shadow of a doubt, the best player alive;
- The only person to challenge him was my boy Charles Howell III.
Howell, who played with him at the 2003 Presidents Cup, nearly pulled it off. He made three birdies in a four-hole stretch and had a 50-foot eagle putt on the 18th hole to that would have forced a playoff, but he played it too high over the ridge and three-putted for par and a 68.
"I gave him a run," Howell said. "Anytime you try to win a tournament against that guy, it's tough. I played well down the stretch. He just never flinched."
This is Howell's second second-place finish in three weeks, moving him to seventh place on the PGA Tour Money List, which puts him in an excellent position to earn an invitation to The Masters. After a horrible 2005 and 2006, Howell set about to completely redefine his swing and approach to the game ... and it appears to be paying off.
- Tiger Woods, yes, is ridiculous and, without a shadow of a doubt, the best player alive;
- The only person to challenge him was my boy Charles Howell III.
Howell, who played with him at the 2003 Presidents Cup, nearly pulled it off. He made three birdies in a four-hole stretch and had a 50-foot eagle putt on the 18th hole to that would have forced a playoff, but he played it too high over the ridge and three-putted for par and a 68.
"I gave him a run," Howell said. "Anytime you try to win a tournament against that guy, it's tough. I played well down the stretch. He just never flinched."
This is Howell's second second-place finish in three weeks, moving him to seventh place on the PGA Tour Money List, which puts him in an excellent position to earn an invitation to The Masters. After a horrible 2005 and 2006, Howell set about to completely redefine his swing and approach to the game ... and it appears to be paying off.
posted by Jmac at 6:58 AM
1 Comments:
Have you seen the clip of the commercial Tiger made (I can't remember what it's a commercial for) where he tackles a thief who steals his golfbag? It's awesome.
Apparently Tiger was supposed to just throw a golfball at the thief, but he told the director that he was going to ad lib something so keep the cameras rolling. Tiger runs after the dude and NAILS him.
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