{"id":43717,"date":"2020-08-10T06:26:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T03:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/tiger-woods-accepting-mediocrity-at-pga-championship-doesnt-feel-right\/"},"modified":"2020-08-10T06:26:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T03:26:00","slug":"tiger-woods-accepting-mediocrity-at-pga-championship-doesnt-feel-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/tiger-woods-accepting-mediocrity-at-pga-championship-doesnt-feel-right\/","title":{"rendered":"#Tiger Woods accepting mediocrity at PGA Championship doesn\u2019t feel right"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Tiger Woods accepting mediocrity at PGA Championship doesn\u2019t feel right<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 There was an unfamiliar and disconcerting look of satisfaction on Tiger Woods\u2019 face and in the tone of his voice as he readied to exit Harding Park from the 2020 PGA Championship shortly after lunchtime Sunday.<\/p>\n

Note the \u201cshortly after lunchtime\u2019\u2019 portion of that last sentence. That meant Woods was miles from contention. The leaders were barely in the warm-up stage of their day.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I got out of this week is that I felt I was competitive,\u2019\u2019 Woods said Sunday after closing out a thoroughly mediocre week with a final-round 67 to leave him 1-under for the tournament.<\/p>\n

For those of us who still have vivid memories of Woods\u2019 dominance en route to 15 career major championships and 81 overall wins on the PGA Tour, walking away from a tournament speaking with an air of satisfaction about being \u201ccompetitive\u2019\u2019 doesn\u2019t compute.<\/p>\n

It had a \u201cparticipation trophy\u201d vibe to it.<\/p>\n

Can you imagine the reaction you\u2019d have gotten from Woods if you asked him in the early 2000s after a tournament at which he finished well back in the pack if he felt good about the fact that he looked \u201ccompetitive\u2019\u2019 that week?<\/p>\n

He\u2019d have burned a hole into your golf shirt with an evil stare.<\/p>\n

But this is where we are now with the 44-year-old Woods: participation trophies and medals for trying.<\/p>\n

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It is, of course, not fair to expect the same dominance from Woods that we saw in 1997, 2001 or even 2008 \u2014 particularly given the physical toll his body has taken, most recently with multiple back surgeries. It\u2019s just a little jarring to hear him talk this way sometimes.<\/p>\n

A little later in his post-round interview Sunday, Woods played the \u201cthat\u2019s golf\u2019\u2019 card, beginning a sentence with \u201cthat\u2019s golf\u2019\u2019 before adding, \u201cWe lose way more tournaments than we win.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is one of those weeks where I didn\u2019t quite make the putts when I needed to, and I missed a couple shots on the wrong sides,\u2019\u2019 he went on. \u201cBut overall, I think I had one three-putt for the week and I had no doubles, and that\u2019s always something that you want to do going in throughout 72 holes of a major championship.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Lauding himself for not making a double and having only one three-putt sounded so weekend recreational golfer.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I would have made a few more putts on Friday early on, and the same thing with Saturday, I felt like I would have been right there with a chance [to win],\u2019\u2019 Woods said. \u201cIt didn\u2019t happ<\/a>en, but I fought hard, and today was more indicative of how I could have played on Friday and Saturday if I would have made a few putts early.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Again: Hearing Woods fall back on \u201cwould\u2019ve, could\u2019ve, should\u2019ve\u2019\u2019 did not sound like the driven Woods we once knew. But it\u2019s his reality now, which is taking some getting used to.<\/p>\n

Woods finished the week having hit 29 of 56 fairways, 45 of 72 greens in regulation and he took 115 putts, which is too many.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just a lack of tournament golf to me,\u2019\u2019 Woods\u2019 caddie, Joe LaCava, said Sunday. \u201cWhen you\u2019re under the gun and grinding [and] and every shot actually counts, that makes a difference to me. I don\u2019t know what he did and didn\u2019t do over the five months. I know he played some golf with his son and practiced some.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut it\u2019s hard to practice not knowing when you\u2019re going to play. He did some preparing before Memorial, some preparing for here. We just need more tournament rounds. It\u2019s not like anything is horrible. I just think everything needs a little bit of work and fine-tuning. And that comes from some reps and maybe some range time at the tournament sites, and playing tournament golf.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome work needs to be done. He knows it.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Woods\u2019 next move is a week off followed by the first FedEx Playoffs event at TPC Boston beginning Aug. 20, followed possibly by the BMW Championship and the Tour Championship before the next major, the U.S. Open at Winged Foot the week of Sept. 14.<\/p>\n

Perhaps the most positive thing to come out of this week is that Woods\u2019 balky back held up in the cool, damp Bay Area weather.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always look at the health,\u2019\u2019 LaCava said. \u201cI think he feels and looks healthy. That\u2019s big for me. If he\u2019s feeling and looking healthy, I know he can play.\u2019\u2019\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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