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Tiger Woods Winning Means the Hype Machine is Already in Overdrive

By Eric Gray | June 4, 2012 @ 11:35 am

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It was certainly vintage Tiger Woods on Sunday as he tore through the competition, shooting a 5-under 67 and winning The Memorial by two shots.

The improbable chip-in on the 16th hole and the fiery fist pump that followed definitely brought back memories of the Tiger who dominated golf for nearly a decade. The win was Woods' second on tour this season, and it moved him up to the number four spot in the World Golf Rankings.

So guess what? Tiger's a 6-1 favorite to win the U.S. Open next week. It's easy to get caught up in the 'Is Tiger back?' hysteria. The way he played when he won at Bay Hill in March had a lot of people making him the favorite to win the Masters. He came in 40th. Read More » »

Matt Kuchar Wins 2012 Players Championship

By Travis Pulver | May 14, 2012 @ 8:00 am

Matt Kuchar, winner of the 2012 PLAYERS Championship

Once again, someone not named after a member of the feline family finished the day at the top of the leaderboard. While Tiger Woods floundered and finished tied for 40^th, the day and the tournament belonged to Matt Kuchar.

Consistency and avoiding mistakes made the difference for Kuchar who never had an outstanding round, but did have a good round on all four days of competition (68-68-69-70) to finish 13-under par and claim victory.

Tiger Woods Looks to Rebound at The Players Championship

By Eric Gray | May 9, 2012 @ 11:34 am

Tiger Woods practices at TPC Sawgrass for the 2012 Players Championship

It's been about six weeks since Tiger Woods finally won again on the PGA Tour, following a two and a half year drought. His game and ball control had people (me included) proclaiming he was back. He isn't.

Yes, Woods is currently ranked number seven in the world golf rankings, but that's still largely based on his past body of work, though his March win at Bay Hill helped. Yes, Tiger can still hit shots that most players only dream about, but those are coming much more rarely than they used to. The fear that Tiger's presence used to instill on opponents is largely gone, and now even some of the most respected analysts are doubting Tiger. Read More » »

The Curious Timing of Hank Haney’s Book About Tiger Woods

By Eric Gray | April 4, 2012 @ 10:20 am

Tiger Woods and his former coach Hank Haney in 2008

Hank Haney, who coached Tiger Woods for six years, has been a trending topic over the last month for writing a book about their time together. It would be one thing if it was a book about golf, but Haney and his publishers knew that wouldn't exactly be a hot topic.

One way to sell books is to talk about the private life of one of the most private athletes in the world. Talking about that kind of book will get you interviews by the dozens. That's exactly what Haney has been doing the last few weeks, even if some of his interviews didn't end up going so great. Haney got into it with a host from WFAN and eventually hung up. Read More » »

2012 Masters Preview: Hunting Tiger

By Eric Gray | April 4, 2012 @ 8:39 am

The sign leading to the famous Amen Corner at Augusta National

Hello, friends.

There hasn't been this much excitement around the Masters in a while, and the biggest reason is that Tiger Woods is coming off his first PGA Tour win in two and a half years. Love him or hate him, Tiger being at the top of his game makes the good players step it up, and the lesser players fall by the wayside.

The oddsmakers have Woods as the favorite at 5-1. If he plays like he did winning the Arnold Palmer Invitational two weeks ago, he'll be slipping on his fifth green jacket on Sunday. But there are plenty of guys who will be gunning to make sure that doesn't happen. Read More » »

2012 Masters Groupings and Tee Times Announced

By Eric Gray | April 3, 2012 @ 10:43 am

2012 Masters

Tiger Woods tees off during a practice round at Augusta National

We're just two days away from the start of the 76th Masters tournament, and people are getting pretty excited to say the least. Some are saying it's the most anticipated Masters in recent memory. Makes sense, considering four-time Masters winner Tiger Woods is supposedly "back" after getting his first win in two and a half years, three-time winner Phil Mickelson seems at the top of his game, and Rory McIlroy leads a group of young and hungry stars.

It starts Thursday, and luckily for you, we have the groupings and tee times that you care about. All times are EDT. Read More » »

How much is Tiger Woods Worth to the Game of Golf?

By Travis Pulver | March 28, 2012 @ 11:25 pm

Tiger Woods and caddie Joe LaCava at the Arnold Palmer Invitational

Tiger’s past value is unmistakable. Much of the money in the game now is thanks to pre-scandal Tiger and his uncanny ability to dominate the game. Since his ignominious return to the game following the exposure of his scandalous behavior, his play has often been a little, well, scandalous itself.

After taking off a good chunk of the ’11 season due to injury, Tiger appears to be back and on the hunt to retake his stance on top of the golfing world. Since November ’11 when he was ranked No 58 in the world, he has been on track to do so placing well at a few tournaments (even with a round from hell where nothing went right) not to mention his first win in over 107 weeks at the Chevron World Challenge.

He may not be the Tiger fans once loved, it still makes for one heck of a golfer. When he won the Arnold Palmer Invitational (and climbed up to No 6 in the rankings) the talk began anew on whether he is the best in the game.