Major Weekend Woes Worsen for Tiger
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By DERON SNYDER
Movies can’t do it. TV shows are poor substitutes. Broadway plays fall short.
Nothing comes close to matching the human drama of sports when Eldrick “Tiger” Woods is involved. His enthralling storyline compels more than ever, four years after the shocking twist that turned golf and his world upside down.
He turned pro in 1996 and dominated for 14 years before things came to a crashing halt on Thanksgiving night in 2009. Since then we have asked and he has answered a couple of questions:
Would he ever win another tournament? It took 749 days, but he finally did it in December 2011. Yeah, but that wasn’t an official event; would he ever win again on the PGA Tour? That took a little longer, but he checked off that box in March. Could he string together victories like before? He has won three times this year, more than any other golfer on the tour.
Now only the most daunting and pressure-filled question remains: Will he ever equal Jack Nicklaus’ record of 18 major wins? Woods needs four more to tie, but he’s having the hardest time capturing his first since 2008. He’s been in position to win each of the four majors this season, only to fall out of contention in the final two rounds.
