There is no doubt that Greensboro felt the power of Tiger Woods this weekend at the Wyndom Championship which happens to be the last regular season tournament and the phrase of the weekend was "make the top 125".
They broke all kinds of attendance records and more than half were on whatever hole Tiger was playing. Tiger lit up the scoreboard on Thursday and Friday and by Saturday looked as if the Triad area came out in force to watch Tiger.
Sedgefield would be considered a drive and chip course for the pros. Everyone that made the cut were under par. Tiger as he glides toward 40 years old has lost very little off his driver. He is still an excellent player when he has an iron in his hand and he had a great weekend with birdie opportunities. It is the putter that now is his biggest enemy. He didn't make enough birdie putts as everybody else did.
Why does anyone golfer a weekend hacker or pro lose the putting stroke as you age. Might be lining up the putts you can't see the grain of the putts the way you use too. We all when the doctor says you need glasses seem embarrass that our body is failing us but in order to function in life start with the bifocals. Our body motion during the swing of the club just doesn't follow through like it use too.
Tied for the lead starting Saturday Tiger had what seemed like birdie putts of 10 to 15 feet on every hole. His last ten birdie putts he made one. You know his playing partner on Saturday Tom Hoge shot the exact score that everyone that plays with Tiger in the final two rounds in the last group shoots 72. Tiger's 68 got left behind with all the 64's or better everyone else shot.
Sunday playing the next to last group his playing partner Scott Brown told everyone on the third hole he wasn't intimidated by Tiger making a hole in one. Nobody else was either as Tiger kept missing birdies enough players were and passed Tiger by.
Don't feel sorry for Tiger that despite not making the top 125 and automatically winning a tour card for next year. There are 36 other ways to win a tour card. Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson all still hold cards. Tiger has three more years on his victory in the 2013 Players Championship. If he fails to win a tournament in the next three years he then falls into to exemption of having 20 career wins and that gives him a lifetime right to play any PGA Tour event.
All the talk of the body functions at close to forty years old failing golfers and all of us alike the old man of the weekend Davis Love puts together one more weekend to pass everybody by and win. He becomes the third oldest pro to ever win a PGA Tour event. He reminds us that all those old guys can still play the game. It is a matter of whether they can do it for four straight days.
Monday, August 24, 2015
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