For all you golfers (Page 2): Wishing you a speedy recovery.

roaddogie

Wishing you a speedy recovery.

roaddogie

The "Freedom Award" is bullshit but I think he has paid his dues and wish him good luck.

Nalu Loc: Southern Arizona

I would also vote for Hogan as far as come backs. I did not think Tiger could do it, but, I was proven wrong. Still pretty amazing, but not as good as Hogan.

mas24 Loc: Southern CA

Tiger has 5 Green Jackets, each representing a win at the Masters. He has 15 Major Wins. Three less than Arnold Palmer. If Tiger wins his next Major, he will be within reach of at least tying Arnold's 18 wins record. It is not going to be easy. Because, there is just too much competition out there playing golf.

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

mas24 wrote:

Tiger has 5 Green Jackets, each representing a win at the Masters. He has 15 Major Wins. Three less than Arnold Palmer. If Tiger wins his next Major, he will be within reach of at least tying Arnold's 18 wins record. It is not going to be easy. Because, there is just too much competition out there playing golf.

I’m sure you meant Nicklaus, not Palmer.
Mark

PGHphoto Loc: Pittsburgh, PA

arthurfweidner wrote:

Less we forget,it has not been that many years ago he was caught doing things with hookers and he lost his wife over all that.We Americans seam to forget too easy.We make heros out of bad people.Now I have heard he will get the freedom award.The morols of us Americans have hit rock bottom.Many have already forgot what 9/11 is about.

WOW - not sure how you link Tiger Woods to forgetting about 9/11. Most people are rightfully willing to forgive and forget somebody doing wrong who wasn't intentionally trying to hurt others. As many of us, including me have done things in our private lives that were stupid or selfish.

Not so much with a deliberate attempt to hurt thousands (of course with the exception of one new congresswoman).

PGHphoto Loc: Pittsburgh, PA

markngolf wrote:

I’m sure you meant Nicklaus, not Palmer.
Mark

And before we get carried away with putting Tiger in the same class as Nicklaus - even if he does tie for number of majors - take a look at how many major second place finishes each have. Nicklaus has 19 Tiger has 6. Nicklaus has 43 top 3 finishes compared to 22 for Tiger. Don't get me wrong, Tiger is very good and the best out there in recent times but still not even close to Nicklaus in terms of skills and ability.

Maybe if he didn't have the back issues and the personal issues he could have rivaled Jack but Tiger also handcuffed himself by changing his swing mechanics at least 3 times and switching coaches at least that many times. Not saying he would have been better off not doing that but certainly there were long stretches after each of those changes before he got back to winning !

woodworkerman Loc: PA to FL

One does not have to "throw stones" to take a stand on morality. Tiger is not the only athlete with excellent achievements in a sport, but very bad decisions outside the sport that seriously hurt other people. Everyone is imperfect, but everyone should "strive" to be "better than" those who have failed so publicly.

Nalu Loc: Southern Arizona

PGHphoto wrote:

And before we get carried away with putting Tiger ... (show quote)

And I like to speculate how Hogan would have faired if he hadn't had the car crash.

mas24 Loc: Southern CA

markngolf wrote:

I’m sure you meant Nicklaus, not Palmer.
Mark

Oops!!

hookedupin2005 Loc: Northwestern New Mexico

arthurfweidner wrote:

Less we forget,it has not been that many years ago he was caught doing things with hookers and he lost his wife over all that.We Americans seam to forget too easy.We make heros out of bad people.Now I have heard he will get the freedom award.The morols of us Americans have hit rock bottom.Many have already forgot what 9/11 is about.

People make mistakes. It is the nature of life. To overcome the obstacles put in front of us is admirable, for celebrities such as Tiger, or even "regular" people. I do not claim to know what his private life is about now, but it looks like he has put the ghosts of his past away, and found the right path. He SHOULD be admired for his accomplishments, both physically, and mentally. And what does 9/11 have to do with Tiger Woods comeback?

sirlensalot Loc: Arizona

I am glad he is back. Plenty of time to add to his already incredible list of wins.

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

mas24 wrote:

Tiger has 5 Green Jackets, each representing a win at the Masters. He has 15 Major Wins. Three less than Arnold Palmer. If Tiger wins his next Major, he will be within reach of at least tying Arnold's 18 wins record. It is not going to be easy. Because, there is just too much competition out there playing golf.

He has only one (1) Green Jacket. Even Nicklaus, with 6 wins at Augusta National, has only 1 Green Jacket. No one receives more than one.
Mark

mas24 Loc: Southern CA

markngolf wrote:

He has only one (1) Green Jacket. Even Nicklaus, with 6 wins at Augusta National, has only 1 Green Jacket. No one receives more than one.
Mark

Interesting. The TV Sports News Media said Tiger won the Masters in 1997, 2001, 2002, 2005, and 2019. Making that 5 Masters wins. So, you don't get a jacket for each win? Or, does one jacket covers all the wins.

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

mas24 wrote:

Interesting. The TV Sports News Media said Tiger won the Masters in 1997, 2001, 2002, 2005, and 2019. Making that 5 Masters wins. So, you don't get a jacket for each win? Or, does one jacket covers all the wins.

Correct. Only one!
Here's the scoop on the rules of the Green Jacket.
https://www.thoughtco.com/do-masters-champions-get-to-keep-the-green-jacket-1564623

Mark