Woods didn't play enough rounds in 2015 to be ranked, but his 46.77 percent scrambling percentage - getting up and down for par from various places off the green - was worse than No. That's a problem that didn't get fixed and it doesn't just go away because you don't practice.'' The biggest thing standing in the way - assuming he can do all those things, which right now is a big assumption - you have to be able to scramble. "Let's assume his back is better and he can practice. In the past, you wouldn't have said that was a perfect course for Tiger. Greensboro was a course where he had to hit very few drivers and there weren't as many chances to hit it on a hazard or out of bounds. He played his best golf at Greenbrier (T34) and Greensboro (T10). "He has to reinvent himself to an extent,'' said Hank Haney, one of Woods' former instructors. But there is certainly a sense that he can do so if he chooses - and find success. There would seemingly be many steps to take in his recovery before implementing any kind of game plan. Whether he really believes that, or will seek to follow that path, is purely conjecture. In essence, Woods is talking about reinventing himself. That's the thing I need to be aware of going forward.'' some of the things I was working on at the end of the year were starting to click. I've learned a few more shots around the greens in the past couple years. "Understand how to play more iron shots into the correct spots. "If I don't hit it as far, hopefully hit more fairways,'' Woods said. Hopefully I can be more efficient in other parts of my game.'' "But the neat thing is that golf offers so many different avenues, so many different ways to get it done. "All athletes have to face that,'' Woods said during a recent interview. Tale of the tape of Tiger Woods' injuries. He could better manage his game and maybe, just maybe, lessen the physical toll. Woods' ability to overpower a golf course as he did early in his career is no longer as pronounced, certainly not now with back issues seemingly limiting his ability to swing with such force - even though he was hitting 300-yard-plus drives in his last tournament at the Wyndham Championship in August.īut there has long been conjecture in golf that Woods can dial it back, not seek the distance off the tee that he still possessed in an injury-plagued season. If Woods were to regain his form and fitness - huge "ifs'' at this point - what kind of golfer would he be? Or maybe, what kind of golfer should he be? 1 and short of that, nothing else really matters. Woods was unable to offer a timetable on when he could even begin rehabilitation, let alone swing a golf club, leading to understandable doubts for the 14-time major champion. At what level and how well and for how long are all questions that have no answer as he turns 40 - his age alone leading to as many doubts as the three back procedures - making his return a mystery.īut Woods never said he was done, pledging to come back at some point, presumably after he takes plenty of time to recover from his latest surgery in October, the third in 18 months. The ominous reports about his demise notwithstanding, Tiger Woods is going to play golf again. You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser
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