2010: Ten good things that happened to Tiger Woods – Part 2
An answer to your question:
Number seven is when Woods silenced the doubtful.
After the scandal, Woods appeared at The Masters in April for the first time and mind you, the event had been rather tough on him.
The Augusta National had an airplane circling the field with the banner, "s*x addiction, yeah right. Me too!” and had a stony faced Woods playing the holes struggling to fight off the effects of the mystery joker.
When Tiger had announced his entry to the Masters, many had wondered if he’ll perform at par to his pre-scandal form but the thirty-four year old removed all-that qualm by his play and carded a beautiful 68 at the initial round
of the tournament without any warm-up game.
Its only golf now:
In simple words- the divorce was finalized.
Before August, every press conference had one question for Woods and that was how his marital status was. In return Tiger always replied that it was a personal matter between him and his wife. However, all that changed after the
couple announced their divorce.
Though it wasn’t what Woods wanted but after August, he could finally focus on his golf and appear at a press conference without such questions thrown at him.
And so came Foley:
“We both have decided that Hank Haney and I will be parting ways” said Tiger Woods.
Why you ask? It’s because although the results were good, Woods had never been perfectly satisfied with his swing.
Woods thus said good bye to Haney as his coach and started working with Sean Foley adding another positive change in his life.
A 66:
Where a 68 silenced the critics at the Masters, Woods managed to card a 66 at the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach.
With an opening round of 74 and a 72 following it, winning seemed to be a bit of a stretched hope by the golfer but Tiger didn’t lose the optimism, he grabbed his pace back and proved his abilities after carding a minus 6 on the
leader board of the U.S. Open 2010.
And he’s back!
For a moment it looked as if the old Tiger is back.
At number three, Tiger’s play at the Chevron World Challenge proved to be a good moment in 2010 where the thirty-four year old played three solid rounds. However, round 4 decided to go tough on him as nothing seemed to land on
the greens that led to a failed play-off between Woods and Graeme McDowell.
So Tiger proved two things from this game, one is his consistency and second is that he still has his skills intact.
Ryder success:
He won one full point for his team.
At the runner-up place, Tiger’s moment at the Ryder Cup stands tall where he played possibly the best golf of the year.
When the U.S team stood two down in contention to the European team, Woods gave his game a kick and carded 7 birdies from his 12-hole trek and managed to claim one full point at the continent rivalry.
A new year, a new hope:
Currently, the best thing we can think in Tiger’s life is that the year is ending.
As far as 2010 is concerned, it had been a downer for Woods. He watched his marriage end in front of his eyes, his career crashed hard, he became a joke for many late night comedians and he fell from the world number one position
with the tag of a serial adulterer.
Nevertheless, Woods' first crack at a major will be in April from the 8th to the 11th and with 2011 approaching, the thirty-four year old is ready to step into a new year and thus a new start.
From all I know, 2011 is bound to be better than 2010 for Woods.
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