18,   :-)

you are right.  no it doesn't happen overnight.

but for Tiger Woods it has happened before.

i don't know what he did in college, etc.

but on the pga tour, he did not start

dominating in golf until he learned good course

management.   i did not say winning.  i said

dominating.  

when a person's mind is not clear,  and anger

is over riding clarity of mind, people are liable

to do things they regret.   and that goes for all

people.  not just Tiger. 

i am curious.  did you read my entire post?

i think we might not be on the same page. 

i would like to know if you read the entire post.

thanks.

:-)

TIGER WOODS IS THE BEST!

You are right about them not controlling The Masters, but because they recognize it as an official part of the Tour's schedule, and it is an official money event that counts on the PGA Tour and it awards FedEx Cup points, the Tour still has the right to fine him.

CC,

thanks for answering gppg's question.

i did not know the answer.

:-)

TIGER WOODS IS THE BEST!

I read it and I understand what you are saying so don't think this is a sermon. I disagree about his course management I don't think that is his problem.  It wasn't meant to be this year for Tiger. I don't want to take anything away from Bubba but, this years Masters was an apparition. I didn't watch the other top players but, based on their placement they struggled too so I think it goes beyond course management.

Tiger has been catching a lot of heat for this behavior for years. There are montages of Tiger blow ups on youtube.

ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkgJ3TbaMgk

ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EIbRJGIfh8&feature=related

18,  :-)

lol !!!

i have heard and seen Tiger's rants and cussing before. 

lol !!!

and i myself used to cuss like a sailor.   yes. it is true. 

so my preference for Tiger.   i hate his cussing.

i wish he would stop.   but he has not.

but his course management?  the proof is in the pudding.

when he got that together, he dominated golf.   and i believe

the lack of it began to creep back up on him while he was

with Haney.   and so it is today.  

course management is only going to help to elevate his

game even more.   he will have a clear head and know

better what shots he needs to hit and what his next

moves should be out there on the course, etc.  especially

when he hits trouble shots. 

and the cussing and ranting (which i hate )  are Tiger's

own personal pep talks to himself.   lol !!!!   i still believe

he could do the same thing without the cussing, but that's

just me. 

course management is a lot of things, but when it is lacking,

it is not a good thing for golfers.   yes. they can win. 

but they can do even better when they also have that

piece of the puzzle in place as well.

i love the fist pumps, and all the other raw emotion, etc.

:-)

TIGER WOODS IS THE BEST!

I don't believe course management was his problem at the Masters, and we certainly didn't hear a word about course management at API. After all he won it. He knows where he has to hit them and where the good miss is. Face it, he just didn't hit it well at all at the Masters for what ever reason. If you aren't hitting it well, course management sort of goes out the window and you are continually scrambling. 

Cussing, club dropping, doesn't bother me. Booting it on the other hand, maybe not.

 

gppg,   :-)

yeah.  it's ok that we disagree.  but i believe course management comes

into play at all times.  no matter how a golfer is hitting it. 

sometimes it is more noticeable than at other times.  but i believe it can

help a person dig out of a hole, or at least , help to make the hole smaller.

even if it is nothing more than walking away from a bad day or a bad shot,

with a better outlook and good perspective for the next tourney or the next shot.   

commentators don't  talk about course management they way they used to.  

but it still has an impact on the player and his/her game. 

one has to be able to stay on top of their emotions, not allowing bad

feelings and emotions to take control of what they are doing on the golf

course.  it does not mean a peson goes into denial.  it just means that

a person makes sure they stay in the right frame of mind as they are

playing.    if angry and negative emotions take control, it can and does

effect a golfers performance.   and i believe i could see it in Tiger's

play.  and i have been seeing it for the better  part of a year, i just

did not pay much attention to it because  he used to have such

great course management.    but now i realize that is what i have

been noticing.  yes.  the swing change is in process, etc., but i also

think his course management has to be sured up as well.

it helps a golfer to quickly  put bad shots, etc. , behind them as they

approach their next shot.   and when they can clearly focus on what

they want to do on each shot, they begin to have and keep the

advantage.

:-)

TIGER WOODS IS THE BEST!

lol @ booting the club.   :-)

18,

when Tiger's club went into the gallery,

i believe that was an accident.

and thank goodness, no one appeared to

be hurt.

:-)

TIGER WOODS IS THE BEST!

2009 Australian Masters: he threw it pretty good.

had to get the lie adjusted after the round.

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkgJ3TbaMgk

I think Feherty is right.  He needs to have fun again.  And he's equated fun with winning, but it's not for a lot of guys and doesn't have to be for Woods.  Play the game like everyone else does, because you enjoy it and don't equate winning or dominating with fun.  They don't have to be the same thing even if that's what you obviously want to do when you're out there.

I'm in no way saying Eldrick won't get back or anything like that, I just believe he's right.  And Feherty never says anything about what he thinks E needs to do, but he said it kind of came to him on Saturday while watching Woods.  He's been there, equating a feeling to happiness that isn't actually happiness.  You just think it is because it's what you want.