Tiger’s Return Unsuccessful So Far
May 25, 2010 • by Nathan Zielinski
Filed under Sports
Tiger Woods’ decision on when to compete again on the PGA Tour was set up to be a fairy tale. Woods planned to return on the week of the tour’s most historic tournament on the schedule, The Masters. The Masters is played at Augusta National Golf Club, a course that Tiger ripped apart earlier in his career, winning four green jackets, the prize for winning the championship. Tiger has finished near the top of the leader board over the past couple years, but after the controversy in his social life and his extended break from the game there was no telling where Woods would finish this year. Woods surprised all of his critics by finishing at a more than respectable eleven under par, and tied for fourth place.
Tiger took his usual month off before tournaments and again competed at the Quail Hollow Championship in Charlotte. However, Tiger played mediocre on Thursday, and had a horrific round on Friday. Tiger finished at an unexpected nine over par, his worst as a professional. It was only the sixth time in 241 tournaments that Woods had missed the cut in during his professional career. After the tournament, Tiger was unexpectedly light with reporters during his post-round interview. Tiger joked, saying, “Well at least I’ll have the weekend to watch and see how its really done,” which is an unheard of comment coming from his mouth.
Tiger looked to redeem himself a week later at another prominent tournament on the PGA Tour, the Players Championship. Tiger performed much better than he did in his previous outing, and played his way into the weekend, but did not once scare the top of the leader board. However, everything seemed to be going smoothly until Sunday morning. After bogeying his first two holes, Tiger pulled out of the tournament with what was originally diagnosed as a neck injury. However, after running a few tests it was discovered that Tiger had a bulging disk in his neck. After this, many questions arose on what Tiger’s already small schedule would look like. He pulled out of many of the tournaments he was originally scheduled to play in, and once again the golf world was left Tigerless.
After a week of keeping the media and his fans in the dark, Woods released information on when the next Tiger sighting would occur. Woods will be competing in this year’s British Open, which will be played at St. Andrews, a course Tiger has had previous success at. St. Andrews is known around the world as the ”Home of Golf”, so once again Tiger’s return will have drama involved.
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