Tiger Woods, formerly golf’s ultimate closer, won Arnie’s event so dramatically in 2009 with a final hole birdie, but he was anything but at Bay Hill. After playing 16 bogey free holes in tough conditions, two closing pars would have tied with the resurgent Sergio Garcia for eighth place. He would have also joined a [...]
Woods stumbles again at the finish line
March 28th, 2011 · 1 Comment
Tiger Woods: The Answer is Coming Very Soon
March 9th, 2010 · 2 Comments
It is possible that Tiger Woods was 100% sincere with his apology.
But as he said, his actions will tell the story. And they are beginning to indicate a gap between his words and deeds. For starters, his people say that he had to make the announcement on the Friday (Feb. 19) of the WGC Match [...]
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Tiger Woods Streak Bid By the Numbers
March 13th, 2008 · No Comments
Tiger Woods’ PGA Tour winning streak of four straight events (and about seven months duration) is on the line this week at Bay Hill. So what are his chances of extending it to five in a row? Good because he’s Tiger. Bad because he doesn’t care for the greens, which are slow and bumpy, but [...]
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Masters Derby at the Arnold Palmer Invitational
March 12th, 2008 · No Comments
The PGA Tour loves to promote those FedExCup points, but the Cup is way over the horizon and out of sight. The players still have until August 17 to qualify for the playoffs.
The Masters, now that’s a horse (pun intended) of a different color. Only four weeks remain for Masters’ hopefuls to claim a berth [...]
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Bay Hill’s Greens Could Prevent Woods from Seeing Red
March 11th, 2008 · No Comments
A pitcher who can end a baseball team’s losing streaks is called a stopper. If the mass of PGA Tour pros are looking for a stopper to Tiger Woods’ four event PGA Tour win streak (and prevent him from running the table this season), they need look no further than Bay Hill.
Woods won four straight [...]
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