Tim Dahlberg of The Associated Press/The Canadian Press has an
article on Tiger Woods, 1/5/11 Regarding Tigers golf woes.
In it he quotes a psychologist named Sharon Chirban as being of the opinion that Tiger is unable to handle the shame of his extra marital affairs. She could be correct, though, without him completely opening up and pouring out his feelings we won't know.
I believe he is just plain angry. Angry that he got caught, that the people he entertained didn't forgive him, that Elin wouldn't give him another chance.
This is a classic case Tiger of " What were you thinking"?
Did it never occur to you that eventually one of the 14 women
could reach out and touch say, the National Enquirer? That, routinely dangles big money for juicy stories of the misdeeds of the rich and famous.
The past is the past Tiger, the future is where you need to get to.
I read that you are trying this and trying that even to the point of changing your golf swing. Good luck with that one.
From what I've seen your short game is around 75% of what it was, but your fairway hitting is awful. If you vastly improve your drive to the green your short game will improve on confidence alone. And that old magic will return. So I suggest that right from the first tee you shoot for centre fairway approximately half the distance to the edge of the green say 200ft. Most anyone who shoots a round of 90 on a Sunday
morning can do that. This will leave say about 225 to the green on your 2nd shot. You par the hole. Sure everyone wants birdies and eagles but you don't. You want consistency, which along with it will come confidence, which along with it comes the magic. Each and every hole after that is a brand new game.
Hit dead centre 200yards or half the distance to the green. Remember although you are only playing par, at least your not off in 4ft rough. or in 5ft of water. O.K. you just played 2 holes and you are in the same position as the rest of the leaders. Oh a couple may be a stroke or two ahead but there is still 70 holes to go and your confidence is gaining. How good would you feel about getting to the end of the front nine hitting every fairway exactly where you intended to. On the back nine you now try to place one 300 yds in middle, if it was successful you try again on number 11. If it wasn't you revert back to just half the distance. Keep in mind that by doing this you could in all likelihood pick up two or three birdies over the 18 holes. How would that make you feel in the clubhouse? What position are your adversaries in and more importantly are they getting a little nervous that Tiger is a threat again. Never forget, it's one step at a time on comebacks.
Speaking for all of us duffers out here if we are teeing off aiming to hit the ball 150yds, it better be on the fairway consistently or else we won't get many invites to play a round. Any top golfer should have no trouble doing so at
200/250 yds weather permitting of course.
Get out of this mentality of trying to murder the ball. The ball is your friend, don't let it out of you sight unless it's in the cup.
I know you have changed your swing before successfully, but you weren't 35y.o. and it wasn't following knee surgery, and it wasn't after the most stressful year of your life. Start winning again and then decide if you want a
new swing. The old one will do for now. Just sayin'
Good luck.
