Tiger Woods wins Wachovia Championship
Tiger Woods won the Wachovia Championship today, as Steve Stricker, his closest competitor down the stretch, basically choked on 16 and 18. Tiger choked on 17 and almost on 18, too, but he had a 2-stroke lead to play with. Vijay Singh, Rory Sabbatini, and Phil Mickelson put up no fight.
OK, "choke" is a pretty strong word, especially when the finishing holes on 16, 17, and 18 were playing so difficult. They are great finishing holes! Perhaps the best on the PGA tour. But, if any of you saw the swings of Steve Stricker on 16 off the tee and 18 from the middle of the fairway, you could tell the guy had a huge case of the nerves because he had been tied or close to tying Tiger for the lead. That's understandable for Stricker because the guy hasn't won a stroke play event since 1996.
But Tiger's balky iron play on 16 and 18 was pretty surprising. He grimaced after his swing on 18, clutching his knee, but who knows if that just wasn't an excuse for his really bad swing. That's one of the worst swings I've ever seen from Tiger -- a huge hacker's dip, with a lot of up and down movement. The announcers were all pretty baffled and tried to speculate that Tiger might be injured. Tiger's so good, though, that he still made an up-and-down for par.
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Tiger is sure lucky Michelle Wie wasn't playing in this event. She's tough as nails down the stretch and right where she needs to be with her game at the moment.
This is the "real" Daryl checking in. I'm flattered by all the attention that Mr. Anonymous is paying to little ole me. Of course, it would more interesting to actually argue the issues with someone, rather than engage in name calling. Anonymous is behaving like.....well, like a 16 year old girl. Kind of ironic when you think about it.
Tiger played good yesterday. hope his knee isnt hurt.
Hey Stricker, ever hear of a knockdown shot? Ever hear that it's easier to putt if you're actually on the GREEN? Unbelievable. How can a guy even be on the PGA tour and not be able to hit the green from 70?
Hey Vijay, why the grin when you three putt and basically just give up? Why is it so funny to have Tiger simply walk all over you?
its always fun to watch mickelson miss 2 foot putts, also fun to watch vijay do the same thing, and to watch him triple bogey the last hole..... i really can not explain why these other golfers seem to purposely lose once tiger shows up on the leaderboard, one thing is for sure, they are not doing it on purpose, they have no spine, its pathetic, long live tiger
zach johnson, the masters hero, finished 26 shots back, dead last, do i hear rich beem, bob may, ben curtis, craig perks????
I am starting to wonder if players such as Vi'gay' and Mickelson are thinking that they can't catch Tiger. Now that Mickelson is getting lessons (finally) from good ole' Butch, I don't see his game getting to the level to compete against Tiger head-to-head. Every minute that Tiger spends with Haney is every minute that he is getting closer to surpassing Nicklaus' record for majors. I am willing to bet from here till Woods retires, the next top 5 players in the world are going to be competing for 2nd place prize money, then they will hold little ceremonies in the bar of the clubhouse to make themselves feel like winners. I hope Tiger keeps winning and I also hope that we haven't seen his best game yet. Long live TW!
the thing that is annoying me about mickelson, is no one has mentioned yet that his game is going to have to suffer before it gets better, just like tiger's did, and also no has has mentioned that mickelson wont be willing to let that happen, he will not do what it takes to beat tiger, he cant beat tiger, he has already said it, tiger is the only one who makes the magic happen, it is just meant to be, vijay only did well when tiger was changing his swing, not to mention played in twice as many tournaments as tiger.....
Stricker got 2nd money. That was all (in his mind) that he had real hopes for. He was way out of his comfort zone challenging Woods.
Zach = fluke of monumental proportions. I bet the powers that be at ANGC are still wondering how the hell did he win.
Woods = 22 majors, 100 regular wins before he is done.
Singh just can't putt. Too bad.
Stricker got 2nd money. That was all (in his mind) that he had real hopes for. He was way out of his comfort zone challenging Woods.
Zach = fluke of monumental proportions. I bet the powers that be at ANGC are still wondering how the hell did he win.
Woods = 22 majors, 100 regular wins before he is done.
Singh just can't putt. Too bad.
The point that I would like to make is that Tiger Woods may have health issues in the future as his golf swing is very demanding on his body. For example he may suffer back or indeed knee problems. If that happened Jack's record would probably still stand.
Tiger has already changed his swing to try and minimise the impact it has on his body and to allow him to play for longer. But is it working?
I agree with the poster who said how much fun it is to watch Phil and Vijay miss short putts.
I also fear for Tiger's body / longevity, given how stressful his swing is...
this blog is becoming so fucking lame. the golf knowledge level of people posting on this site has gone so far downhill it is comical.
may i suggest a name change to the golf blog for nit-wits
poster at 6:40 pm, why dont you just drop the pathetic inclination you have (and most others have) to tell people how dumb they are and how smart you are, nobody on here is claiming golf knowledge, but you are, so shut the FUCK up... you look at what people are saying and find a way to make it sound stupid, you have more golf knowledge than us, then good, professional golfers have more knowledge than you, so what do you have to say to that? it's laughable to watch people everyday constantly find a way to diss others, and get a 1 up on them, as you have done, nobody is claiming golf knowledge, so once again, shut the fuck up
to poster at 8:56
it is not that i think i am smarter than you or any of the other misinformed commenters on this silly blog. i am mearly pointing out that before you and others so freely opine on golf issues - at least read a few articles or do a little research on the stats - it is not that hard as most golf web sites are filled with golf factoids.
as for the rest of your whinning dribble, go fuck yourself. you are such a cry baby that i don't think it is even worth taking issue with anything particular that you wrote. you are so threatened and afraid that you resort to written temper tantrums -- you sound like a little girl who is hurt because noboby understands her.
i'll bet when you were writing your response to my first post you were both crying and laughing at the same time--- just like a women!!!
"--- just like a women!!!" Teach yourself something useful like grammer and spelling.
Tiger posted the lowest winning score in the history of the event. Do you really think he just chunked that swing? Come on. You guys (I say "guys" because you can't seem to exchange views without calling each other names) may be on to something regarding the inability of many pros, men and women, to finish events, though. Lorena Ochoa hasn't been able to do it; Natalie can't seem to close the deal lately; Jerry Kelly couldn't, and you named the others who came up short. Tiger still trumps them all in finishing ability, and speaking of which, I'll take the long odds on our boy Zach. He'll be back.
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