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 Posted: Wed 8:05, 28 Aug 2013 Post subject: over 71 in second round |
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over 71 in second round
AKRON,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], OHIO-Other guys would be satisfied just to be here, playing in an exclusive tournament after having missed nearly three months to an injury. To that,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Tiger Woods said,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], "I'm not other guys."
So he is not in the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational for exhibition purposes. Even though his putting stroke is still spotty, even though he shot 1-over-par 71 on Friday and is tied for 36th,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], he insisted he is still shooting for the trophy.
"Why show up at a tournament if you're not there to win? There's no reason to come,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," said the golfer who is seven shots behind the leaders, Keegan Bradley, Rickie Fowler, Ryan Moore and Adam Scott.
The thing is, Woods has not won a tournament since 2009. And he still must prove that he again can be a cut above of all those other guys on tour.
"I never write Tiger off. I mean,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], he has proved almost every critic wrong every time. If they say he can't do it,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], he does it," said Scott, who shot par 70 on Friday with Woods' former caddie Steve Williams on his bag.
"What we saw from 1999 onwards, for seven or nine years, it's hard to believe that it'll happen again. But he's the same guy. He can do it. For guys who didn't see it, it's hard to explain how good he really was playing, especially in the early 2000s."
Woods repeated on Friday what he said on Thursday: He is excited and encouraged with the way he is hitting the ball. He is more than upbeat about finally being pain-free. "You have no idea,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," said the man who is wearing sneaker-style Nike golf shoes.
British Open champion and Woods pal Darren Clarke, who played with Woods for a second consecutive day, said, "He's playing a lot better again, an awful lot better. It's good to see."
Still, Woods has work to do with that Scotty Cameron putter. He did sink a solid five-footer for birdie on No. 17. He drained a 21-footer for birdie on No. 7. But for him to win tournaments again, he must avoid what he did on No. 14: miss a two-footer for par.
Instead of shouting or cursing,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], he just took a walk on the green to collect his thoughts. Then he nearly missed another short one on No. 8.
"Today was not very good," he said of his putting. "The path wasn't very good going back. It was underneath the path and it was under the plane, and it was just not very good."
That was technical talk. He was more direct later, when he said, "Got to go work on that a little bit . . . I didn't make as many putts today,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but I'm close to putting it together."
Whether he can be as dominant as he was 10 years ago is debatable. Scott pointed out that improved technology has levelled the playing field. There are also more talented, aggressive young players,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], such as Fowler, who shot 64, and Bradley, who shot 65.
Scott said: "Until someone is that much better, then it's wide open,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], really. That's what I feel like. This is an opportunity for everyone."
Even to the young pros,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], though,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Woods is more than just another guy. "When he gets it back and he's up at the leaderboard,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], I'm sure he'll have the same impact," said Bradley, 25. "I know when I look at him, he's still Tiger Woods to me."
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