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The freefall continues: Tiger Woods drops out of the world top 20
By Jay Busbee - Yahoo Sports
We all knew this day was coming, we just didn't think it was coming so soon. Tiger Woods has dropped out of the world top 20, a moment which we've all anticipated in the last few months, but one which retains major historical significance.
You know the story. Woods hasn't been close to a world-beating golfer since his scandal broke in November 2009. This season, he's played exactly nine holes of competitive golf since Augusta, an ill-fated excursion to The Players Championship in May. And now, he's only ranked No. 21 in the world.
Indeed, perhaps the only surprise surrounding Woods' place in the rankings was the fact that he remained in the top 10 for so long. But the Official World Golf Rankings tally scores based on a rolling two-year average, and since Woods had a successful 2009 -- before Thanksgiving, at least -- he was cruising on past successes.
Which is why he'll be hitting terminal velocity in the rankings before long. We're coming up on the two-year anniversary of a remarkable run in which he posted two wins and a second-place finish in three straight tournaments -- the Buick Classic, the Bridgestone and the PGA Championship -- and once those no longer count in his favor, he'll have only the September 2009 BMW Championship and the November 2009 Australian Masters counting in his favor.
The top of the rankings remain familiar: Luke Donald, Lee Westwood, Martin Kaymer, Rory McIlroy and Steve Stricker. Phil Mickelson comes in at No. 6, and British Open winner Darren Clarke is No. 31. (Auburn also received votes, which seems a little strange.)
We don't need any more reminders of how far Woods has fallen. And although winning will solve many of his on-course ills, those days seem further away than ever before.
CoolOriginally Posted by Godfather
What an awesome dayI followed Rickie Fowler for quite a bit of it. He's a really cool young guy, nice to his fans, smiles, great golfer. Think he's one of my favorites now.
Moved around and got a change to see Daily, Schwartzel, Ogilvy, Donald and a bunch more.
And wow... what an amazing course Shaughnessy is. It costs around $75,000 to join and then $1000/month to be a member so needless to say I'll probably never play thereBut I can see why it considered amongst the best modern courses in the world. Difficult as hell too.
I caught the end of it on tv......... cant even remember the winners name though
It went to play-off, he won then started crying during his interview
Heard today that he'll be back in action next week
I haven't heard that
I'm sure thats what they said on sky sports news earlier
Ah, just a rumor so far
Yep, not official - i only mentioned it since id heard it on Sky Sports (biggest sports channel over here)
Damn rumor spreaders
I dunno if he will play at all the rest of the year or not. He's been hurt for a good part of the season and he's just not hitting the ball very good at all right now. Hard to believe that this whole cheating on his wife scandal messed him up this bad
80% of golf is in the head, if your mind aint right then your game aint right
Ok, i just made that up........ but it might be true.....ish
It sounds good
And I truly do believe a lot of it has to do with your head...look what happened to David Duval....he was awesome and #1 in the world and then he just lost his game and it never really returned
It definitely plays a major part for sure
Tiger Woods enters PGA Championship
Associated Press
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. -- Tiger Woods has already missed two major championships this year. He doesn't plan on missing the last one.
Woods has formally entered the PGA Championship, to be played Aug. 11-14 at Atlanta Athletic Club. He has been out of golf for nearly three months so that injuries to his left leg can properly heal. He will make his return next week in the World Golf Championship event at Firestone.
PGA spokesman Julius Mason said Friday that Woods' agent, Mark Steinberg, told him Woods intends to play the PGA as long as everything goes well at Firestone and there are no complications to his left leg.
Woods has failed to win the last nine majors he has played, one short of matching his longest drought.
I already told you that
Hope he does well. His putting at the Bridgestone was pretty bad this weekend.
His old Caddy with Adam Scott was interviewed longer than Scott was after they won
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