But seriously, all the consternation in the media about Tiger being in some sort of slump is dumb. (I don’t mean to say that anyone here is engaging in that.)
He’ll be back. Remember 2004-ish, when he wasn’t doing so hot? He hadn’t won a major in two years. What happened? Laser show. Relax. Specifically, he made top 5 in ten of the next twelve majors, winning five of them. (Never mind that one where he missed the cut.) He tied for 4th at the Masters and U.S. Open this year, so he’s clearly still Really Good At Golf.
I understand that “laser show” is not technically appropriate in this context. But you know what? My graph has labeled axes, so suck on that.
The earlier post was inspired by the always awesome Joe Posnanski. http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2010/07/18/writing-off-tiger/
My thoughts on the topic boil down to:
* Tiger is probably still the best golfer on the planet.
* That might not be enough to pass Nicklaus.
One mildly cherrypicked stat from the article: The most majors anyone in history has won after age 35 was 4… by Jack Nicklaus. Tiger has had one of the best starts to a career of all time. His two-year drought has put him in the position of needing the best finish to a career of all time to set the record.
I hate to say it, ’cause Dodgers, but you should add Kirk Gibson to your graph.
Can’t wait until Adrian Beltre makes a new category “… on one knee.”