I hope my remark was not interpreted as critical of Woods. I feel for all that he's lost: his dad, his wife, a part of his reputation, and now the mere opportunity to even play a game he loves, and that he reinvented.
I recently rewatched his first Masters win and realized he was playing another game from anyone else. Driver and wedge, driver and wedge--even, as I recall, on the 13th.
So many of his records defy belief:
13-1: His playoff record. 10-4 would be impressive, given that one shot can win or lose a playoff for either side. And your opponent, after all, has just shown himself good enough to play you even for 72 holes. 13-1.
13: 13 consecutive years--well a couple weeks short of that--as the world's #1. The closest to that record is Greg Norman's six.Â
7: Consecutive tournament win streak. No golfer in the last 60 years has won even five in a row. Except:
3:Â Number of consecutive five-tournament winning steaks.Â
He played a different game, and you can look back at that swing--the sheer violence of it--and guess his body would not survive it.
Like no other. Here's hoping for better days for him once again.
I recently rewatched his first Masters win and realized he was playing another game from anyone else. Driver and wedge, driver and wedge--even, as I recall, on the 13th.
So many of his records defy belief:
13-1: His playoff record. 10-4 would be impressive, given that one shot can win or lose a playoff for either side. And your opponent, after all, has just shown himself good enough to play you even for 72 holes. 13-1.
13: 13 consecutive years--well a couple weeks short of that--as the world's #1. The closest to that record is Greg Norman's six.Â
7: Consecutive tournament win streak. No golfer in the last 60 years has won even five in a row. Except:
3:Â Number of consecutive five-tournament winning steaks.Â
He played a different game, and you can look back at that swing--the sheer violence of it--and guess his body would not survive it.
Like no other. Here's hoping for better days for him once again.