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No More Tiger
Jun 18, 2008 | 4:32 PM
Category: Sports
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Stunning news today courtesy of Tiger Woods web site, that Tiger will miss the rest of the season, and soon undergo surgery to repair a torn ACL that he injured last summer.

Wow.

And you think the economy is bad now.

Tell that to all the Big Wigs at the various networks who just saw their biggest draw, and money maker, go up in smoke.

Not to mention the tournaments that expected to have the sports #1 draw in their field. Or the advertisers that may want to rethink spending big bucks on tournaments that Tiger will no longer play in. And on, and on, and and on it goes.

How Tiger lasted almost a year, playing with a torn ACL I don't know, and how this layoff will affect him no one knows yet either.

But I know this. Don't bet against Tiger. Ever.

His doctors advised him to skip the US Open, and his swing coach, Hank Haney even doubted if Tiger could physically handle Torrey Pines... 

"The week of Memorial [two weeks before the Open], I thought there was no chance he could play," Haney said in a telephone interview from his home in Texas. "The doctors told him he needed to be on crutches for three weeks and then three more weeks of inactivity, and then you start rehabbing.

"But Tiger looked the guy in the eye and said, 'I'm playing in the U.S. Open and I'm going to win.' Then he started putting on his shoes and told me we're going to go practice. It's just incredible."

That said, there are no guarantees in life, and surgery is never an easy or predictable science.

Will Tiger be better than ever, or will playing through the pain at the US Open have a long lasting impact on his assault on Jack Nicklaus record of 18 major titles?
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scottythecomic read my blog view my photos
Jun 20, 2008 | 1:31 PM

It's all B.S. He no more played with a torn ACL than you or I would.
MattStark read my blog
Jun 21, 2008 | 11:20 AM

What's BS? That Tiger, his coach, his doctors all seem to be saying the same thing regarding his injury?

Why would Tiger lie about something like this?
scottythecomic read my blog view my photos
Jun 21, 2008 | 4:24 PM

But listen to what the sportscasters are saying. I've had a torn ACL playing football and there is NO WAY you can generate a golf swing, much less anything else.
MattStark read my blog
Jun 23, 2008 | 2:42 PM

I'm no doctor, and I don't even play one on TV, so when the doctors describe his ACL injury- as well as his coach, etc, I gotta believe them.

I'm thinking of tearing mine on purpose now to see if it improves my golf game-- it certainly can't hurt it...
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