Tiger’s Magic Continues
Tiger Woods won his 4th consecutive tournament today by outlasting Stewart Cink in a 4-hole playoff. This was hardly vintage Woods as he struggled coming in while Cink was making clutch birdies to tie him. Woods clearly was struggling with the flat-stick on the closing holes as he either came up short, or was blowing it by the hole.
Lucky for him, Cink isn’t Mickelson, Singh, or Els as Tiger would have probably lost if one of the big guns were in the playoff. It was a little odd seeing Tiger struggle, after watching him the past weeks completely own his swing and not doubting his ability. Today was different, but as has been said for years now, Woods can win with his “B game” if his opponents are not on their “A games”, and Cink was clearly not on his “A game” in the playoff.
One other interesting note is that this years tournament must have started earlier than normal so as not to run into daylight problems as has happened in the past. That also meant that the tournament was tape-delayed, but you could actually watch real-time progess on numerous golf sites.
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I was at the third and fourth round this past weekend. Players teed off on holes one and ten to keep ahead of the impending weather. The final round actually started later than planned. the first groups were scheduled for 7:30 but rain pushed it back to 9:00.
Thanks for the update Paul.