Golf: Tiger Woods - breaks up with his putter, replaced by Nike
Tiger Woods, the greatest player in the history of golf, in the British Open pre championship meeting with the media announced unexpected news, that he is switching his putter which he has been using since 1999.
The pre championship meeting was highly anticipated as media attacked Wood’s about his personal life, but what come as a shock was announcement by Wood, that for British Open, he is changing his Scotty Cameron putter, with which he won 13 of his majors, by a Nike METHOD putter. This news came as a surprise because in an era where most of the golfers change their putters during a tournament, Tiger Wood has been playing with the same putter that has been in his bag since 1999 and with the same putter, he won 72 times around the world in last 12 years.
Wood explained that this change is due to St Andrew’s slower green.
As wood says, “I've always struggled on slower greens," "I've always putted well on faster greens. This putter does come off faster. . . . It rolls the ball better and rolls it faster. So these greens, I've had to make very little adjustment in how hard I'm hitting it compared to if I had my older putter."
During the press conference, Wood refused to answer questions related to his personal life. The British reporters bombarded him with questions regarding his marriage to Elin Nordegren, and whether his divorce has been finalized or not. He avoided such questions and refused to answer them. Wood also declined to reply that why he prefer to get treatment by doctors who do not have a license to practice in US. He also refused to answer about his interview by FBI.
Wood told reporters that he is trying to become a good person, especially a good father and that is why he is taking out some time for his kids.
Tiger Wood is struggling to come off from one of his worst putting performance two weeks ago, at Aronimink and now he is trying to become the first ever golfer to win the three Open Championship. Previously Wood won Open championships in 2000 and 2005 at St. Andrews and if he wins 2010, Open Championship then he will make a world record.
Tiger Woods will be paired for the first two rounds of British Open with Justin Rose of England and Camilo Villegas of Colombia.
Wood is number one on the official ranking despite performing poor in AT&T, whereas Rose won three starts on the US PGA tour but he failed to qualify for the US open
It will be clear by the next weekend, whether Tiger Woods will be in the league to win the 2010 British Open. Rumours are circulating that Tiger Woods will be returning to his golf career by winning the British Open 2010. All the golf fans throughout the world are hopeful to see Tiger Woods back in glory and with his victory in British Open all the scandals regarding to Tiger Woods will cease. Till then all the best luck and wishes for Tiger Woods.
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