Monday, August 13, 2007

"Coach" Woods Wins At PGA

Hello. Congrats to Tiger Woods for winning the PGA. It's now the 8th year Tiger has won 5+ times. He's a lock for his 9th Player of the Year award. It was his 13th major. He's 13-0 when leading after 3 rounds. He's 8-0 when leading after 2 rounds. And so on.....
I was a bit upset at Jim Nantz on Friday, the only day I watched, when he said Tiger had taken control of the tournament. At the time, Tiger was at -3, one shot behind Scott Verplank. However, Nantz was proven to be right, although a bit premature.
Rich Lerner said something of interest in his wrap-up: he feels Tiger is the best coach ever. Lerner bases that on Tiger's ability to map a strategy and then execute.
Two points - Jack Nicklaus was pretty good at doing the same thing. Jack made using driver sparingly an artform. He was also the first to use yardage books.
Second, Tiger only has to coach himself, which is far easier than motivating a team of individuals with different goals and desires.
Tiger is now a master strategist. His attention to detail and willingness to improve are now at a high level. However, I still think he has to work on not being so aggressive at times. I think he'll have a good career as a player, but not as a coach.

Regards,
Steve

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