Tiger's Amex Has No Limits
Hello. Congrats yet again to Tiger Woods for winning. This time he defended his WGC American Express championship. He did it in convincing style too, defeating a start-studded field by 8 shots. While it didn't have the drama of last year's playoff win over John Daly, it was still something to behold.
His streak is now at 6 wins, although he says it isn't because of losing in the first round of the World Match Play, a non-PGA Tour event with only 16 entrants, 2 weeks ago. Still, whether it's a streak or not, 8 wins for the year with 2 majors is a career for most players. Heck, John Daly has created a cult with 5 career wins and 2 majors!
And as dominate as Woods has been in majors his career, he's even more dominate in WGC events. He's now 12 wins in 22 starts! Incredible considering the field strengths.
Amazing how in early June we (and I'll include myself) wondered if Woods would ever be the same after losing his father to cancer. Many thought Phil Mickelson would catch or succeed Woods as the new dominate force.
Now Tiger appears to be better than ever. And Phil is at home, done for 2006. There appears to be no long term rival for Tiger now. Hopefully if nothing else we'll get some one tournament rivalries such as Bob May taking Tiger to the limit in the 2000 PGA or Grant Waite making Tiger sweat in the 2000 Canadian Open.
What can the rest of the PGA Tour do to catch up? In a word, patience. Learn how to win the Chrysler Classic of Greensboro, which starts Thursday. Then learn how to contend in a major. Get to play with Tiger on the weekend, and learn how to shut out the crowd distraction. Let your confidence build. Say you're starting today with a clean slate. Get your whole camp on board with the #1 player in the world goal. If any of the entourage doubt you, cut them loose.
And most of all, have fun. Imagine what excitement they'd be if you did get into major contention. And enjoy it.
Will it be enough? Hopefully we'll get a chance to find out.
Regards,
Steve
His streak is now at 6 wins, although he says it isn't because of losing in the first round of the World Match Play, a non-PGA Tour event with only 16 entrants, 2 weeks ago. Still, whether it's a streak or not, 8 wins for the year with 2 majors is a career for most players. Heck, John Daly has created a cult with 5 career wins and 2 majors!
And as dominate as Woods has been in majors his career, he's even more dominate in WGC events. He's now 12 wins in 22 starts! Incredible considering the field strengths.
Amazing how in early June we (and I'll include myself) wondered if Woods would ever be the same after losing his father to cancer. Many thought Phil Mickelson would catch or succeed Woods as the new dominate force.
Now Tiger appears to be better than ever. And Phil is at home, done for 2006. There appears to be no long term rival for Tiger now. Hopefully if nothing else we'll get some one tournament rivalries such as Bob May taking Tiger to the limit in the 2000 PGA or Grant Waite making Tiger sweat in the 2000 Canadian Open.
What can the rest of the PGA Tour do to catch up? In a word, patience. Learn how to win the Chrysler Classic of Greensboro, which starts Thursday. Then learn how to contend in a major. Get to play with Tiger on the weekend, and learn how to shut out the crowd distraction. Let your confidence build. Say you're starting today with a clean slate. Get your whole camp on board with the #1 player in the world goal. If any of the entourage doubt you, cut them loose.
And most of all, have fun. Imagine what excitement they'd be if you did get into major contention. And enjoy it.
Will it be enough? Hopefully we'll get a chance to find out.
Regards,
Steve
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