[Mick]

I don't feel like there have been a lot of anti-Tiger posts here, but the article makes a very good point about Tiger just growing older and we spectators creating a dramatic narrative around it to suit our entertainment tastes.  Furthermore, golf is an individual sport, and Tiger has only ever been about Tiger.  If he'd played a team sport for a team of our geographic or sentimental liking, perhaps we'd see him as one of our own, having gone through a draft process, being selected, and then making the cut to represent our locale or team.  Instead, we see him from afar and draw similarly distant conclusions.

As for team competition, Tiger has played in seven Ryder Cups, with non-spectacular results during a period in which Europe dominted the USA.  The Euros won five and lost two.  Tiger excelled head to head (4-1-1), was indifferent in fourballs (5-6-0) and foursomes (4-7-1) for a career record of 13-14-2 when the USA was losing the average Ryder Cup by 15.15 to 12.85.

RYDER CUP EXPERIENCE
Years Played: 1997-99-2002-04-06-10
Total Matches: 29
Career Ryder Cup Record (W-L-H): 13-14-2
Singles (W-L-H): 4-1-1
Foursomes (W-L-H): 4-7-1
Fourballs (W-L-H): 5-6-0
Total Points Won: 14
Total Points Won Point %: .48

[Mick]

I don't feel like there have been a lot of anti-Tiger posts here, but the article makes a very good point about Tiger just growing older and we spectators creating a dramatic narrative around it to suit our entertainment tastes.  Furthermore, golf is an individual sport, and Tiger has only ever been about Tiger.  If he'd played a team sport for a team of our geographic or sentimental liking, perhaps we'd see him as one of our own, having gone through a draft process, being selected, and then making the cut to represent our locale or team.  Instead, we see him from afar and draw similarly distant conclusions.

As for team competition, Tiger has played in seven Ryder Cups, with non-spectacular results during a period in which Europe dominted the USA.  The Euros won five and lost two.  Tiger excelled head to head (4-1-1), was indifferent in fourballs (5-6-0) and foursomes (4-7-1) for a career record of 13-14-2 when the USA was losing the average Ryder Cup by 15.15 to 12.85.

RYDER CUP EXPERIENCE
Years Played: 1997-99-2002-04-06-10
Total Matches: 29
Career Ryder Cup Record (W-L-H): 13-14-2
Singles (W-L-H): 4-1-1
Foursomes (W-L-H): 4-7-1
Fourballs (W-L-H): 5-6-0
Total Points Won: 14
Total Points Won Point %: .48