A couple of weeks ago, Rory McIlroy won the US Open Golf Tournament for 2011 with an impressive and dominant display that started the comparisons to Tiger woods. Clearly, the winner deserved the glory and provides proof he is one of the top players and not just a rising star. And that brings me to the consideration about the prospects of Tiger Woods in the game.
I stated a while back in this post that Tiger Woods will be back after his tribulations and that he will still be among the players to beat. With more than a year gone since that assertion I think that I would still wager a considerable sum on his return. Tiger's injuries notwithstanding, my confidence in his ability comes from the fact that he plays a sport in which the physical diminution of skills does not occur as quickly and the range in ages of the top players is among the widest in professional sports today. Secondly, the skills that are required to perform in golf are built over time and may be improved over a longer stretch and this gives Tiger a significant advantage.
For that reason, articles such as this about Tiger being invincible probably overstate Tiger's supposed decline, if any and fail to mention the fact that PGA Rankings released last month should be read cautiously. For instance, while the ranking system places Tiger as seventeenth, it is clear to me that this is largely explained by the fact that he has played the least among all players ranked above him. Tiger will be back.
I stated a while back in this post that Tiger Woods will be back after his tribulations and that he will still be among the players to beat. With more than a year gone since that assertion I think that I would still wager a considerable sum on his return. Tiger's injuries notwithstanding, my confidence in his ability comes from the fact that he plays a sport in which the physical diminution of skills does not occur as quickly and the range in ages of the top players is among the widest in professional sports today. Secondly, the skills that are required to perform in golf are built over time and may be improved over a longer stretch and this gives Tiger a significant advantage.
For that reason, articles such as this about Tiger being invincible probably overstate Tiger's supposed decline, if any and fail to mention the fact that PGA Rankings released last month should be read cautiously. For instance, while the ranking system places Tiger as seventeenth, it is clear to me that this is largely explained by the fact that he has played the least among all players ranked above him. Tiger will be back.
No comments:
Post a Comment